The function of the auditor-general: Independence, competence and outsourcing - The policy implications

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 30-35

  Houghton, Keith A ^a   Jubb, Christine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0002426116     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.1998.tb00076.x     Document Type: Article

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