Society services to the public sector: Accommodating change

From: Australian CPA | Date: March 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

As Australia's public sector undergoes revolutionary

changes, the ASCPA aims to provide the needed support.

By Michelle Rice.

The public sector is perhaps one of the least recognised groups in the Society. About 15 per cent of members work in the Commonwealth, State or local Government. Within these three tiers there is enormous diversity, with CPAs working in defence, law enforcement, health, education, environment, infrastructure, business and economics, and not always in an accounting-related field.

With a relatively small membership, and moves towards higher levels of professionalism ...

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