Recent corporate failure has challenged the credibility of the accounting profession, leading many stakeholders to question the usefulness of financial reports for decision-making. This paper examines fluctuations in the accounting profession’s authoritative influence over accounting standard...

This study provides a comparison between the preferred learning modes (traditional, interactive, group case-based lectures) of international and domestic students undertaking a new undergraduate accounting topic at an Australian university. A Likert-scale survey questionnaire was used to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine a number of key issues relating to intellectual capital disclosure by addressing some of the strengths, weaknesses and gaps of the extant research. Design/methodology/approach – The paper begins by examining the definitions of intellectual...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine the patterns of intellectual capital reporting (ICR) of large listed firms in a developing nation, Sri Lanka. The aim of this study is to highlight the differences in ICR practice between developing and developed nations. Design/methodology/approach – The...

This study uses data on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 200 firms for 2011–2014 to examine the impacts of Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) non–International Financial Reporting Standards (non–IFRS) earnings reporting guidelines on non-IFRS earnings reporting...

The concept of materiality, originating in the accounting domain and applied in the auditing domain, is an essential tool for improving audit quality. A renewed interest in materiality research emerged in Australia after submitting Exposure Draft no. 243 by the Australian Accounting Standards...

This study examines the instructional preferences exhibited by students in an Australian and a Zimbabwean setting, and how cultural conditioning can reflect in the instructional design choice. Using graphical and textual presentations of an experiment with three instructional designs and 217...

Using content analysis of annual reports of the top 20 firms (by market capitalization) listed on the Australian stock exchange in 2004, this paper describes the state of intellectual capital reporting practices in Australia. The paper also compares the results with a previous Australian study...

This paper provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Charles Darwin University Tax Clinic (‘CDU Tax Clinic’) – located in Australia’s Northern Territory – as part of the inaugural National Tax Clinic Program conducted over the course of 2019. The CDU Tax Clinic was...