This is recently been stupidly renamed to CPA Australia. What a dumb name ! It doesn't tell you what it is or what it does, but only that it has something to do with CPAs and with Australia. Is it a regulatory body? Is it an Australian CPA firm? Imagine the NRMA or RACT renaming themselves "Automobiles NSW" or "Cars Tasmania", respectively. This dumbness isn't, however, restricted to accountants or the private sector. There's a thing in NSW called the Building Services Corporation. A reasonable man would assume that they provide building services, and call them up for a quote, only to find out that thet are a regulatory body. Gee, what happened to the days when you could tell government regulatory bodies by the fact they had "commission" in the name. What next? The Australian Conciliation and Arbitration Commission being renamed to "Work Australia" ??? I just can't wait...
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