To develop and issue, in the public interest,
high quality professional and ethical standards.
high quality professional and ethical standards.
The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) was established as an independent body in February 2006, as an initiative of CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia (now Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand). CPA Australia, the Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and the Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) are the three Members of the APESB.
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31/03/2026
Australian Roundtable to Inform Development of IAASB and IESBA Work Plans for 2028-31
27/03/2026
APESB marks two decades of setting ethical standards in the public interest
10/02/2026
APESB marks two decades of setting professional and ethical standards in the public interest
06/11/2025
APESB issues a new compiled Code and prohibitions guidance
17/09/2025
APESB CEO encourages firms to treat ethical culture as a strategic advantage at IESBA’s inaugural global ethics conference
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