This page contains the policies, publications and other papers relating to the functions of the Professional Standards Councils and Cover of Excellence^® schemes.

Annual reports - tabled in Parliament Current Archived - dating back to 1998-1999 Framework for Compliance Model Code of Ethics Principles

Policy papers Business entity associations Complaints and discipline systems Payment of annual fees Professional Indemnity Insurance PSC Code of Conduct Policy Statement - Disclosure of Research Strategy

Application guidelines Scheme Documents Current Archived News and Events

Annual reports

Current		Size	Pages
	Professional Standards Combined Annual Report 2010-2011	1245KB	78
	Professional Standards WA Financial Addenda 2010-2011	1024KB	28
	Professional Standards QLD Financial Addenda 2010-2011	919KB	20
	Professional Standards VIC Financial Addenda 2010-2011	1024KB	24
	Professional Standards Combined Annual Report 2009-2010	1351KB	124
	Professional Standards QLD Financial Addenda 2009-2010	1662KB	24
	Professional Standards VIC Financial Addenda 2009-2010	1329KB	23
	Professional Standards SA Financial Addenda 2009-2010	997KB	14
	Professional Standards WA Annual Report 2009-2010	1189KB	72
	Professional Standards Combined Annual Report 2008-2009	1012KB	80
	Professional Standards WA Annual Report 2008-2009	991KB	60
	Professional Standards Combined Annual Report 2007-2008	1.6MB	60
	Professional Standards WA Annual Report 2007-2008	1751KB	50
	Professional Standards VIC Annual Report 2007-2008	4087KB	46
	Professional Standards Combined Annual Report 2006-2007	871KB	44
	Professional Standards WA Annual Report 2006-2007- Part 1 Professional Standards WA Annual Report 2006-2007- Part 2	7434KB 8367KB	12 17

>>> Click here for archived annual reports

		Size	Pages
	A Framework for Compliance under Professional Standards Legislation	304KB	31

		Size	Pages
	Model code of ethics principles	736KB	74

Name		Size	Pages
	Business entity associations	37KB	3
	Complaints and discipline systems	62KB	11
	Payment of annual fees	104KB	13
	Professional indemnity insurance	48KB	5
	Professional Standards Councils' Code of Conduct	71KB	4
	Policy Statement - Disclosure of Research	278KB	4
	Policy Statement on Complaints, Compliments and Queries	61KB	17

		Size	Pages
	Application Guidelines**	782KB	89
	Application Template**	569KB	45

The following list shows, by jurisdiction, where there are currently schemes in force [] or in the application process []. Click on the name of the association for relevant scheme documents.

		ACT	NSW	NT	Qld	SA	Tas	Vic	WA
Accountants	CPA Australia
	Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
	National Institute of Accountants	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
Barristers	NSW Bar Association					-	-
	South Australian Bar Association	-	-	-	-		-	-	-
	Victorian Bar					-	-		-
Building consultants	Australian Society of Building Consultants	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
Engineers	Engineers Australia
	Investigative and Remedial Engineers (NSW)	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
Computer professionals	Australian Computer Society						-
Solicitors	Law Institute of Victoria	-	-	-	-	-	-		-
	Law Society of NSW	-		-	-	-	-	-	-
	Queensland Law Society	-	-	-		-	-	-	-
	Law Society of South Australia	-	-	-	-		-	-	-
Surveyors	Professional Surveyors				-	-	-		-
Valuers	Australian Property Institute Valuers Limited						-
	Australian Valuers Institute Co-operative Ltd	-		-	-	-	-	-	-

>>> Click here for all archived scheme documents

>>> Click here for all archived News and Events