- BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Woodside Petroleum Limited is Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company
with much success over many years. Woodside is coded WPL on the ASX. For
more company information and annual reports see:
http://www.woodside.com.au/Pages/default.aspx. You will be required to assess and
analyse Woodside Petroleum from an auditing perspective, in the period leading up
to reporting period ending on 31st December 2013 (Woodside’s fiscal year is
1/1/20XX-31/12/20XX), thinking what could possibly go wrong that might affect the
reliability of the financial reports.
The Internet is a valuable source of information for obtaining background
information on a client, as well as the UniSA Library databases (eg
EBSCO/ProQuest) available on the UniSA library link on the Unit Homepage. The
link to the UnISA/OUA Library HomePage is here:
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/services/oua/. You are encouraged strongly to use
the Internet and other media to assist you in collecting further information relating to
Woodside Petroleum. To do well in the assignment, it is expected that you will
undertake research on the entity beyond merely Woodside’s homepage and their
annual reports.
(a) From your research, identify four (4) issues or events (accounting or otherwise)
that may have an impact on the planning of the audit of Woodside Petroleum for
years ending on or after 31st December 2013.
(b) State what audit evidence you would gather in order to gauge the issues identified
in part (a) above, for inclusion in the planning strategies for the audit of Woodside
Petroleum.
