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border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:165px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a3385784-71e0-4da0-b392-607d3a5bfdb0/me_afaanz/Nives.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="165" alt title height="auto" 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style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">We would like to thank our members and associates for your continued support and engagement. </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-3" width="33.333333333333336%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:143px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/8pr/fp6/ykd/Marvin%20Wee.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="143" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-4" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Our special thanks go to our Platinum Sponsor, CA ANZ, Gold Sponsor CPA Australia and Bronze Sponsor MYOB for their invaluable support during the year.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> The AFAANZ Board would also like to thank all our members who have contributed to the success of the following programs and committees in 2024:</p><ul style="line-height:1.2;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><li>Conference Technical Committee</li><li>Doctoral Symposium Faculty</li><li>Research Grant Assessment Panel</li><li>Insight Series Presenters</li><li>Education Forum</li><li>Education & Research Sub-committees</li></ul><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> The highlight of 2024 was the attendance of 350 members at the annual conference in Auckland. In 2024, we also saw the continuation of the Insight Series with 550 members registering for nine seminars throughout the year. We thank CA ANZ and our SIGs for organising interesting and insightful sessions that continue to engage our members. Another significant milestone in 2024 year was the inaugural CPA Australia’s Academia and Industry seminar, attended by 50 of our members. We look forward to continuing these important events and engagements in 2025. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">We are also excited to welcome a new SIG: <strong>Accounting for Indigenous Perspectives,</strong> which will begin operating in 2025. This SIG is now available for you to join through your member portal. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> We extend our congratulations to Shah Taha Islam from Monash University and Joshua Adotey from University of Canterbury, for being selected to represent AFAANZ at the 2025 EAA and AAA Doctoral Colloquiums, respectively.<br /><br /> Submissions are now open for the 2025 AFAANZ Conference, which will be held in Brisbane during the week beginning 8 July 2025. We are delighted to announce that the two plenary speakers will be <a href="https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/renee-b-adams" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">Professor Renée Adams</a> from the University of Oxford and <a href="https://www.sydney.edu.au/business/about/our-people/academic-staff/clinton-free.html#collapseprofileteaching" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">Professor Clinton Free</a> from the University of Sydney. The submission deadline is <strong>Friday, February 7, 2025</strong>, and the <em>Call for Papers</em> is included below in this Newsletter. <br /><br />Finally, we encourage you to renew your individual membership for 2025 to continue enjoying the valuable benefits AFAANZ offers. As a member, you gain access to exclusive opportunities, including eligibility to apply for research grants and awards, access to our webinars, and engagement with the SIGs. Don't miss out on these opportunities to connect and learn!</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Institutional Members will be contacted in late January 2025 for the renewal of their membership.<br /><br />Wishing you all a safe and joyful festive break and best wishes for the New Year.<br /> <br /><strong>Nives Botica Redmayne & Marvin Wee</strong><br />AFAANZ Presidents </p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-5" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:660px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/mib/4k9/d7i/af39c92f-d61c-4ed7-84e4-ed09065a2d96.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="660" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"><strong>AFAANZ 2025 Conference</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"> </span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"><strong><em>6 July - 8 July 2025</em></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"><strong><em>Sofitel Brisbane Central, Queensland, Australia</em></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 20px;"><strong><em>Call for Papers</em></strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">AFAANZ is devoted to a broad spectrum of accounting and finance research, and we welcome innovative research approaches as well as those that are well established. Papers are invited in the broad areas of accounting, auditing, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, education, finance, tax, and other related fields. Best paper awards and outstanding reviewer awards will be presented at the conference. All papers at this year’s conference will be subject to blind peer review. AFAANZ encourages new and developing researchers to attend the conference. We will again extend a discount to full-time higher degree research students.</span> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">AFAANZ 2025 will be held face-to-face at the Sofitel Brisbane Central in Queensland, Australia. The two plenary speakers at the conference will be:</span></p><ul style="line-height:1.2;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;font-size:16px"><li> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">Professor Renée Adams, University of Oxford</span></li><li><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">Professor Clinton Free, University of Sydney</span></li></ul><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Guidelines for Submission</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">All details regarding the submission of papers are available on the AFAANZ conference website at <a href="https://www.afaanz.org/conference" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">https://www.afaanz.org/conference</a>. Papers can now be submitted at</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://www.openconf.org/afaanz2025/openconf.php" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;">https://www.openconf.org/afaanz2025/openconf.php</a></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">Papers will only be considered if at least one author is an individual member of AFAANZ, with members enjoying a reduced registration fee for the conference. To become a member of AFAANZ, please go to <a href="https://www.afaanz.org/membership" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">https://www.afaanz.org/membership</a>.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Submission Date</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">Papers must be submitted by Friday, 7 February 2025, 5pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time. Late submissions will NOT be accepted.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Notification</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">Email notification of the outcome and review feedback of submissions is expected to be sent to the submitting author in April 2025.</span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;"><strong>Enquiries</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 14px;">Any enquiries regarding the submission process for papers can be directed to Lily Chen and Michaela Rankin at <a href="mailto:chair@afaanz.org" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;">chair@afaanz.org</a></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"> <tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:660px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/ehy/aea/qd3/824b833e-0dcb-4a23-b442-8091bf0a9d5c.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="660" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-6" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:660px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/d9t/num/8t3/CA%20Christmas%20Banner.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="660" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Dear AFAANZ members,</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">As we close out 2024, from all of us at CA ANZ, thank you for another wonderful year of partnership and achievement. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">While the premium we place on our partnership with AFAANZ is embodied in our platinum sponsorship of your organisation, it’s the day-to-day engagement, consultation and support that we value the most. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> While I was unable to make it to Auckland for this years’ AFAANZ conference, our large delegation loved every minute. From the doctoral symposium to the special interest groups, CA ANZ is excited about the impact of our ongoing commitment to the academic community. Together, we’re collaborating on curriculum development, fostering connections between business and academia, and tackling the challenge of attracting young people to the profession. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Changing young peoples’ perceptions of accounting through our <em>Attractiveness of the Profession</em> campaign has been – and will continue to be – a very significant investment by CA ANZ that will help encourage more people into accounting studies at university. Thank you to AFAANZ members who provided their input to – and who have so warmly supported – our innovative campaign. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">The conference was also a place for vibrant discussions about accreditation, trust in the profession, the CA embedded Masters pathway, AI in the profession and our world-class CA Program. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> In the third quarter of the year, you may have heard about changes to our CA Program pathways that we’re going to launch in 2025. You can read more about the new pathways <a href="https://www.acuitymag.com/people/new-pathways-to-the-CA-program/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">here</a>. Designed to facilitate a more diverse CA Program candidate pool, they include the creation of a pathway for high school graduates called CA Fundamentals that we’ll be trialling as pilot program, and a revised CA Foundations (which has been around since 2015). I want to thank your presidents this year, Marvin Wee and Nives Botica-Redmayne, FCA for their very constructive engagement with us on these important changes and we look forward to sharing more information as we prepare for launch mid-next year. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> We were again reminded of the power of our relationship when we hosted the AFAANZ Educator’s Forum in Melbourne recently. Beyond our pride in hosting the event, bringing CA ANZ and AFAANZ experts together created some memorable moments. Josephine Haste FCA really enjoyed delivering her session on the impact of biases in decision making. She spotlit the Columbia space shuttle disaster in 2003, which could have been averted if biases hadn’t affected decision making across management functions. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">In a similar vein, just as our work together smashed through barriers and created greater understanding in 2024, I can’t wait to see what we can achieve in what promises to be an epic 2025 as our relationship goes from strength-to-strength. We wish you all a safe, relaxing holiday season. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>Simon Hann</strong> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Group Executive, Education & Marketing </p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-7" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad" style="padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:30px"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <a href="https://www.charteredaccountantsanz.com/become-a-member/why-ca/information-for-career-advisers?cid=E~D~AOP-AFAANZ~202410" target="_self" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;">caanz.com/epic-educators</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:297px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/srd/z9v/wr0/CA%20Difference%20Makers%20Logo.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="297" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-8" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"><strong>CPA Australia and AFAANZ "Academia and Industry" </strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"><strong>Professional Development Series</strong></span></p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> CPA Australia and AFAANZ are proud to present <em>Academia and Industry</em>, a new professional development series designed to build bridges between academic and industry practice. The series aims to foster collaboration between accounting and finance academics and industry leaders, unlocking opportunities to advance the profession.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> By strengthening these connections, the series seeks to equip academics with industry insights and help practitioners tap into academic knowledge, driving sustainability and innovation in the accounting profession.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Join us as we bring together thought leaders from both sides to shape the future of accounting.</p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:660px"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8gLO_zN3Q3WhbgT1AQgRhg#/registration" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/5hb/rhz/obq/CPA%20AI%20Event%202.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="660" alt title height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">To register for this event, click <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8gLO_zN3Q3WhbgT1AQgRhg#/registration" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">HERE</a>.</p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:530px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/dt1/g42/ms1/Insight%20Series%20Banner.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="530" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> CA ANZ is proud to continue hosting the Insight Series events for 2025. This highly interactive program will be primarily virtual, providing better access to AFAANZ members across the globe. Enhance your research and teaching skills, get advice on publishing, be informed of recently introduced accounting standards, get hands-on experience of emerging pedagogical technology and connect with your colleagues across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">There are already four events planned that begin in February - click <a href="https://www.afaanz.org/afaanz-insight-series" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">HERE</a> to view the seminars and register.</p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <em><strong>All past insight series events have been recorded and are available to view <a href="https://www.afaanz.org/afaanz-insight-series" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">HERE</a>. </strong></em></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-10" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:462px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/zfs/7ab/vdt/Indigenous%20SIG%20banner.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="462" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-9" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> We are excited to welcome a new SIG: <strong>Accounting for Indigenous Perspectives,</strong> which will begin operating in 2025. This SIG is now available for you to join through your member portal. If you need help with joining this SIG, please email <a href="mailto:info@afaanz.org?subject=Accounting for Indigenous Perspectives SIG" target="_blank" title="info@afaanz.org" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">info@afaanz.org</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr> </table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-10" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="image_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:330px"><a href="https://www.afaanz.org/call-papers" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/g6q/d8c/ryr/Call%20for%20Papers%20Banner.jpg" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="330" alt title height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table></td><td class="column column-2" width="50%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>To view all the current Call for Papers from our Institutional Members and journals, click on the Call button. </strong></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-11" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="text_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;text-align:center;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><span style="word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px; color: #0018ff;"><strong>Here are the new announcements for this month:</strong></span></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:598px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/rpy/0jt/1rw/IFRS%20PaderBord%20Banner.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="598" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-4" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) will hold a Research Forum in conjunction with Accounting Horizons and Paderborn University in Germany on 6–7 November 2025. The IASB Annual Research Forum series has been one of the most prominent platforms for dialogue relevant to accounting practice and standard setting. The invited audience will comprise about 50 academics and 50 non-academics. You are invited to submit academic research papers to help inform the standard-setting activities of the IASB. All manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with Accounting Horizons’ policies and manuscript preparation guidelines. Please submit your manuscripts through the Accounting Horizon’s homepage (<a href="https://aaahq.org/Research/Journals/Accounting-Horizons" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">https://aaahq.org/Research/Journals/Accounting-Horizons</a>) by 31 March 2025. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">All details are available <a href="https://www.ifrs.org/content/dam/ifrs/news/2024/call-2025-iasb-research-forum.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">HERE</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-5" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-6" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:660px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/7dy/kjy/0ko/Essex%20banner.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="660" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-7" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">The Accounting and Accountability in Emerging Economies (AAEE) 4th Biennial Conference and Emerging Scholars Colloquium 2025 will be held in Bali, Indonesia.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> After the first three successful conferences being held in the UK, the 4th Accounting and Accountability in Emerging Economies* (AAEE) Conference will now take place in Indonesia. The conference has a history of providing a high-profile forum for academics, policy makers, research students and other key stakeholders to discuss issues relating to, and deepening and broadening knowledge of, the role accounting and accountability in emerging economies; and to build and consolidate a network of active institutions, scholars and policy makers involved in accounting, accountability and global development research. This year’s theme is “Sustainable Development and Accountability in Emerging Economies.” The theme and the venue of the conference symbolizes the intellectual and policy ambitions of the conference. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>Key dates</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">28 February 2025 - Deadline for submission of papers</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">31 March 2025 - Notification of acceptance</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">25 June 2025 - Emerging Scholars Colloquium</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> 26 - 27 June 2025 - Main Conference Dates</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">All details are available <a href="http://www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/06/25/aaee-conference-2025" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">HERE</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-8" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-9" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:660px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/h7r/txi/e8p/AWE%202025%20Banner.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="660" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-10" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> We are pleased to announce the Seventh Annual Accounting Workshop on Experiments (AWE) to be held on Friday 16 May 2025 at UNSW Sydney. The keynote address will be presented by Associate Professor Emily Griffith, University of Wisconsin-Madison. This conference is to be preceded by a Doctoral Forum which will occur on Thursday 15 May 2025, with a doctoral masterclass conducted by Professor Mandy Cheng, UNSW Sydney.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>KEY DATES AND LOGISTICS FOR AWE 2025</strong><br />21 February: Extended abstract (or full paper) due for main conference and one-page overview due for doctoral forum<br />7 March: notification of decision<br />24 April: full version of accepted papers due for main conference and summary of PhD study (up to 30 pages) due for doctoral forum<br />15 May: Doctoral forum 16 May: Main conference</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">All Call for Papers details can be found <a href="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/kga/b2b/5e5/AWE%202025%20Call%20for%20paper.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">HERE</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="divider_block block-11" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #bbb"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-12" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div style="max-width:314px"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/public/users/Integrators/a3385784-71e0-4da0-b392-607d3a5bfdb0/me_afaanz/AASB_logo.gif" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="314" alt title height="auto" /></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-13" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) is inviting researchers to submit proposals for innovative and thought-provoking studies that will challenge the status quo and meet the demands of a rapidly evolving reporting landscape. The AASB is interested in research that has the potential to inform future standard-setting activities or contribute to the broader dialogue on financial and non-financial reporting. Successful proposals must demonstrate a clear methodology, potential impact on reporting practices, and relevance to stakeholders. </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Full proposals are required in order to ensure that concepts can be fully evaluated. These proposals should include (as a minimum guide):</p><ul style="line-height:1.2;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><li>Lead Organisation</li><li>Lead Research(ers)</li><li>Other Team Members</li><li>Title of Proposal</li><li>Rationale for Project</li><li>Supporting Materials</li><li>Timeline and Milestones </li><li>Cost (including GST)</li><li>Team Members CV’s</li></ul><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Proposals should be 10-30 (Max) pages long, including any supporting materials.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><em><strong>The closing date is 11:59 pm on Sunday 16th February 2025</strong></em>.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Here is the link to the Tender: <a href="https://www.tenders.gov.au/Atm/Show/791544b3-8019-47de-bfa9-1b219d94f264" target="_self" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;">Current ATM View - AASB-2024-12: AusTender</a></p></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="row row-12" align="center" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tbody><tr><td><table class="row-content stack" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:660px;margin:0 auto" width="660"><tbody><tr><td class="column column-1" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;font-weight:400;text-align:left;padding-bottom:5px;padding-top:5px;vertical-align:top;border-top:0;border-right:0;border-bottom:0;border-left:0"><table class="divider_block block-1" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad"><div class="alignment" align="center"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" width="100%" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="divider_inner" style="font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:4px solid #00f"><span style="word-break: break-word;"> </span></td></tr> </table></div></td></tr></table><table class="image_block block-2" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0"><tr><td class="pad" style="width:100%;padding-right:0;padding-left:0"><div class="alignment" align="center" style="line-height:10px"><div class="fullWidth" style="max-width:528px"><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/1467629x/homepage/forauthors.html" target="_blank" style="outline:none" tabindex="-1"><img src="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/xna/how/oow/ACFI_ReX_FreeFormat_WOL%20%28002%29.png" style="display:block;height:auto;border:0;width:100%" width="528" alt title height="auto" /></a></div></div></td></tr></table><table class="text_block block-3" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" role="presentation" style="mso-table-lspace:0;mso-table-rspace:0;word-break:break-word"><tr><td class="pad"><div style="font-family:sans-serif"><div class style="font-size:14px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px;color:#555;line-height:1.2"><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px">Ready to submit your article to <em>Accounting & Finance</em>? 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Single issues of the journal can also be purchased through Sheridan but only at the regular e-only rate; the discount rate does not apply to single issues.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong>2025 Discount Rate: </strong>80% off the full 2025 POD price</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>2025 Discount Code: </strong>528E8Q8C0Q1F (note that the discount code changes annually)</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong>Eligibility: </strong>The 2025 discount code is valid only for whole volume subscriptions (2025 volume) through 31 December 2025. The discount does not apply to single issues.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>How to order</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong>There are two ways to order:</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>Option 1: Purchase directly from Sheridan POD webstore</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Anyone can use the <a href="https://ondemand.sheridan.com/pages/wiley-home" target="_self" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;">Sheridan POD webstore</a> to easily order and purchase <strong>individual subscriptions</strong> using a credit card. Society members can apply the Member Direct POD discount code upon check out to get the discounted rate.</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong>For instructions on ordering through the Sheridan POD webstore, see the attached document “<a href="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/ec8/kap/3dc/Member%20Direct%20POD%20-%20Ordering%20Instructions.pdf" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">Member Direct POD - Ordering Instructions.pdf</a>”.</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> <strong>Option 2: Individual or bulk subscription orders via the Bulk Order template</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong> </strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"><strong>Instructions for ordering:</strong></p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Provide a list of all subscribers’ details using the Bulk Order template (see the Excel spreadsheet attached “<a href="https://d15k2d11r6t6rl.cloudfront.net/pub/xxaw/v400uo21/62u/8pi/sbp/Member%20Direct%20POD%20-%20Bulk%20Order%20Template.xlsx" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;" rel="noopener">Member Direct POD – Bulk Order Template</a>”).</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Send the completed Bulk Order Template form to <a href="mailto:sheridan.pod@sheridan.com" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0068A5;">sheridan.pod@sheridan.com</a>, mentioning the payment details you’d like to use (see the “Wiley POD Payment Options.pdf” attached), the billing address, and the 2025 discount code).</p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> </p><p style="margin:0;mso-line-height-alt:16.8px"> Sheridan will respond to you with an invoice and payment instructions. Once payment is received, the subscriptions will be entered into Sheridan’s system and the members will receive the issues as they become available throughout the year. 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