Share your views on draft legislation that combines the following into a single body:

  • Australian Accounting Standards Board

  • Auditing and Assurance Standards Board

  • Financial Reporting Council.

This body will be called External Reporting Australia.

The draft legislation sets up:

  • the single body's structure

  • governance, administrative and procedural arrangements

  • dedicated technical boards to make standards for accounting, auditing and assurance, and sustainability

  • other functions and powers of the body

  • transitional arrangements.

Your feedback will help refine the draft legislation before it is introduced into parliament.

Roundtable discussions

Treasury is planning in-person roundtable discussions for mid-November.

To express interest in attending, email FRSreform@treasury.gov.au by 6 November 2025. Include your preferred location – Sydney or Melbourne.

Background

The government announced plans to combine these bodies together. Treasury consulted on the model earlier this year.

Timeline

  • Opened
    open

    30 October 2025

  • Closed
    closed

    27 November 2025

Contact us

If you have any questions, email FRSreform@treasury.gov.au.