Firm – Defined in ASQM 1/ASA 220 [60] as “a sole practitioner, partnership or corporation or other entity of assurance practitioners, or public sector equivalent.” For the public sector equivalent of ‘firm’, see ‘Audit Office’ as defined in 137(a) …

Signing Officer [61] – In the context of this GS, the term ‘Signing Officer’ is used to refer to the Auditor-General (the appointed statutory auditor) or individual authorised to sign and issue the auditor’s report on behalf of the Auditor-General. The …

General Government Sector (GGS) – Defined in AASB 1049 [25] (Appendix A) and the ABS GFS Manual [26] . …

‘Machinery of Government’ (MOG) change – A MOG change refers to a restructure of existing government arrangements in the public sector that may involve the reallocation or reorganisation of government functions, responsibilities and resources between …

Public Corporations [27] (and quasi-corporations) – The terms ‘Public Corporation’ and ‘quasi-corporation’ are defined in AASB 1049 (Appendix 1) and the ABS GFS Manual. Public Corporations are typically categorised into Public Financial Corporations (PFC) …

Public sector – The combination of the GGS and Public Corporations. …

For the purpose of this GS, the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

For the purposes of this Auditing Standard , the following terms have the meanings attributed below: …

Assurance practitioner means assurance practitioner as defined in ASQM 1 . …

Auditor means auditor as defined in ASA 200 Overall Objectives of the Independent Auditor and the Conduct of an Audit in Accordance with Australian Auditing Standards . …