We host events for our clients to raise awareness of emerging issues and share our insights.
- Technical audit update for public sector chief financial officers and finance managers
- Briefings for public sector audit committee chairs
- Insights sessions for clients and stakeholders
- Briefings for parliamentary staff
We also present at a range of professional and industry conferences throughout the year.
Upcoming events
If your contact details have changed or if you have any queries, please contact your QAO Engagement Leader.
Cairns workshop for audit service providers
We provide a workshop for our audit service providers each year in both Cairns and Brisbane.
Brisbane workshop for audit service providers
We provide a workshop for our audit service providers each year in both Cairns and Brisbane.
December briefing for audit committee chairs
Biannually, QAO briefs public sector and local government audit committee chairs.
Past presentations
View the presentation slides from our past events.
In this workshop, QAO and the Department of State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning provided an update on accounting standards requirements and changes, tropical illustrative financial statements, and learnings from practical implementation of AASB 15/1058.
In this annual update, QAO and Queensland Treasury provided an update on auditing and accounting standards, machinery of government changes and controls maturity model, reporting, and learnings from some of our recent reports to parliament.
In this briefing for audit committee chairs we provided a QAO update, an overview of our areas of focus, and insights on our recent reports to parliament and new approach to following up report recommendations.
In this briefing for audit committee chairs, we provided a QAO update, and reporting update, and discussed key focus areas relating to COVID-19.
In this annual update, QAO and Queensland Treasury provided an update on auditing and accounting standards, reporting, and learnings from some of our recent reports to parliament.
In this briefing for audit committee chairs we provided a QAO update, discussed insights from Managing cyber security risks (Report 3: 2019–20), and presented insights and trends for internal audit from IAA-Australia.
In this briefing for audit committee chairs we discussed topical issues, audit analytics, year end readiness, standards updates, recent fraud attempts, and the impacts of culture on audit risk. We also provided an overview of our upcoming audit program.
In this annual update, QAO and Queensland Treasury discussed the new audit standards, and reporting.
In this briefing for audit committee chairs, we provided a session on maintaining confidence in public sector reporting, discussed some emerging issues from our recent performance audit reports to parliament, provided an overview of our upcoming reports, and held a Q&A session on the new accounting standards.
In this briefing for audit committee chairs, we provided an update on QAO's business; a technical update on upcoming standards changes, timeliness and quality of reporting, and electronic signatures; an overview of our new Strategic Audit Plan 2018-21, and a presentation on our latest reports to parliament on fraud and risk assessments.