The document provides an overview of the key bodies that regulate external financial reporting in Australia, including the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB), and the Financial Reporting Council (FRC). It discusses how in 2002, the FRC committed Australia to adopting the standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), now known as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This resulted in major changes to Australian accounting standards from 2003-2004 to align with IFRS.