The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) issued for public comment Proposed International Standard on Auditing 600 (Revised) ‘Special Considerations' – Audits of Group Financial Statements (Including the Work of Component Auditors) (ED 600). The Australian Auditing...

PurposeThis special issue paper aims to describe the early effects of COVID-19 on auditing in New Zealand, and the subsequent reforms that the authors expect will follow.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use published sources to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on auditing, and potential...

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the increasing potential demand for meta-analysis studies in auditing. The paper includes a review of a new technique and meta-regression analysis, and explains its advantages in comparison to meta-analysis techniques used in prior auditing...

PurposeThis paper aims to uncover the practices of different privacy auditors to reveal the extent of any similarities in such practices. The purpose is to investigate the drivers of practices used by privacy auditors and to identify potential for improvements in the practice of privacy auditing...

We examine evidence about the value of public sector auditing to stakeholders in New Zealand. We apply models of auditing from previous research in mainstream auditing literature to identify gaps in the existing understanding of public sector audit. We obtained evidence by conducting interviews...

In this paper I examine issues at the frontiers of auditing research. After the global financial crisis and the earlier round of reforms, there are many opportunities for research, some driven by current proposals for reforms and some by fundamental research issues. Research can contribute to...