CPA Members

I appreciate all the CPA member informed suggestions and comments both on this website, by other dissident CPA groups, and individual CPAs in other forums and on social media regarding the path of renewal for CPA Australia (plans, process, people etc). I am proud to be an FCPA and of the integrity ...

Here's mine : Dear Mr Dickson and Members of the Board, I suspect you are receiving some long and ranty letters in relation to recent events, so I will endeavour to keep this short. By way of background, I am a CPA of 18 years standing, with a career across the US, Asia Pacific, and Europe. I have ...

Members we are in the middle of a shit storm of great proportions. Another day, another scandal at CPA Australia. This time the Board – while arguably inquorate – has announced a $4.9m termination payment to our CEO. Members are quite rightfully turning their thoughts to why – within the course of ...

The great late John Clarke would have loved to parody this crazy situation. Unfortunately he's not around to do it, so I've given it a go: DAWE: CPA Australia CEO Alex Malley, good evening MALLEY: Good evening Bryan DAWE: What on earth is happening at CPA Australia? MALLEY: Well things have never b...

I am advised that my email to the NSW Divisional Committee has been circulated by the NSW DC president (Simon Chhoeu) to fellow DC members for consideration at their meeting and that he will address my email on behalf of DC accordingly. My email to Simon Chhoeu and Shabnam Amirbeaggi below: Dear , ...

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Mon Jun 19, 2017 10:14 pm

CPA Quorum and Directors actions Ltr to CPA 18052017 signed.pdf

That is such a well thought out and well written correspondence that clearly points out the Board's deficiencies under the Constitution
Well done Andrew and thank you for your efforts

A few key findings:- it has 14 full-time equivalent staff members but yet the wage bill is $3.8 million, including that paid to directors and executives the directors received $380,000 for CPA Advice work, and the executives $620,000, with only six meetings held it cost $63,000 a meeting and $113,0...

I think this (NBL Sponsorship) will be one of the first things we will be calling for an investigation into. How possibly can the board have approved a gift of $736,000 to the NBL when the immediate past president and current long serving director of CPA Australia Graeme Wade is also Chairman of th...

A credible succession plan is a must - the ultimate goal here must be to return the organisation to the members and their interests, so the challenge is creating a new structure that listens to all members concerns and provides a credible mechanism for all to vote and be heard on the strategic direc...

The majority of CPAs still have no idea about these issues. We need to keep building up the numbers. It's possible to cause a spill but not easy as you can see from some of the things like being unable to get email addresses. We need to be a little patient, we have only been going for a couple mont...

Only took about a year and over $5m dollars! In any case only the SMSF only option was reduced in price. The other levels are the same. May be CPAA are thinking 23 planners at the other levels = success! I don't think it's cheaper or easier than other options in the market place and has restriction...

What a load of bull dust! The CPA members deserve better! Please join the Alex Malley fan club on twitter, last time I checked it is PR managed to remove all negative comments, brilliant isn't it. Last I heard lee white is unemployed Thanks for the information Good idea Nate1 - but he blocked me! H...

For the record the endorsement was: Alex Malley is a gifted public speaker. His oratory on the issues that are important in business and in life is imbued with the passion and commitment that he genuinely feels about the things that matter; and a great many things matter to Alex. He has vast experi...

All entertaining when nobody has a thing to say about the failed merger that created CAANZ, making a loss, paying bonuses and now led by a $2.2m earning CEO! Not a word of protest about the reputational damage to the accounting profession, despite a complete takeover of ICAA by an insolvent body (a...

Wow, all are very interesting and valid points indeed. Growing perception of CA is better than CPA just gotten worse. Long term damages done to CPA brand and to its existing members due to: >Malley's greed and lavish lifestyle with members fund (Narcissistic presenter) >Board's failure of Director'...

Sorry to introduce inconvenient facts to an argument, but how is it that 5x the growth of CPA members over the lst few years and actually protecting members funds by delivering a surplus is a bad thing in an accountants eyes??? Far better to discount membership fees and make a loss??? Congratulatio...

Great points Nate1. Most of the Board are professional academics - how many of them have actually started and built a business or actually employed anyone? The "Chairman" gets paid more than most ASX listed Board Chairs!!! Its like a little clique for Macquarie Uni has beens. Have a read of the "Li...

This website has existed for only about 5 weeks. We've now got 276 members, 100 since the last email CPAA sent. We haven't even used the membership list yet. But personal contacts by phone or email to known contacts is best anyway. We need to develop an information statement that people can use to ...

Firstly thank you Brett for speaking up and saying what we all have been thinking for a very long time. I too was at HQ about a month ago and was told that CPA had taken over the lease of the Coffee shop located in the foyer at Freshwater Place. Apparently staff get a 20% discount?? A competition w...

This would be the real promotional video for the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-kff7yvcP4 Alex gets out of elevator Alex walks down corridor whilst telling someone something about a paper they are holding Alex waves hands in front of obviously impressed uni students Alex says "It's about a...