Before joining the School of Accounting and Finance in mid 2006, Graham worked in a number of private sector and public sector (Commonwealth) organisations including the Department of Finance and Administration, Centrelink and CSIRO in a variety of finance and management accounting roles. Prior to working in these roles, and before Graham completed his undergraduate degree, he worked for a global manufacturing organisation in a number of sales forecasting and marketing/pricing analysis roles. Graham's research interests are in the area of Public Sector Corporate Governance, Financial Accountability and Management Accounting. His PhD research focuses on the concepts of power and the discharge of financial accountability within the Australian Commonwealth Public Service.
Journal articles
Have Recent Financial Reforms Improved Financial Accountability in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector?, Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2009)
Since the early 1990s the Australian Commonwealth public sector has undergone significant financial reforms, due...
Corporate social responsibility reporting of two note-issuing banks in Hong Kong (with F. Hui), Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2009)
The environmental performance and management disclosure of organisations came under increased scrutiny over the past...
The New Researcher, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
Purpose This poem is a reflection of the processes and associated emotions early career academic...
Keeping up appearances: The Quest for Governance Legitimacy, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
An effective corporate governance structure is as crucial to a public sector organisation as it...
A discussion on Australia's adoption of International Accounting Standards, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
In July 2002 the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced that it fully supported the adoption...
Book chapters
On Foxes Becoming Gamekeepers: The capture of professional regulation by the Australian accounting profession (with B. Murphy, C. Smark, and T. Watts), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
There are such persons as liars, damned liars and experts, and there are accountants, bad...
Conference papers
A profile of the non-executive directors of Australia's largest public companies (with C. L. Cortese), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
This paper presents a profile of the non-executive directors of Australia’s largest public companies. Using...
Corporate social responsibility reporting in Hong Kong: Case study of three note-issuing banks (2003-2006) (with F. Hui), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
The increasing public concern on the state of the world’s environment and the impact of...
The sustainability of Public Sector Ecological Sustainable Development Reporting, Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
Over the past two decades there has been significantly increased public awareness of and focus...
Profiling non-executive directors in Australia (with C. L. Cortese), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
This paper presents a profile of non-executive directors of Australia’s largest public companies. Using descriptive...
The Non-Executive Director of Australian Statutory Authorities (with C. L. Cortese), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2007)
This paper is based on a review of the board composition of material Commonwealth Statutory...
Working Papers
Australian Commonwealth public sector environmental reporting in a new public managerialism environment, Faculty of Commerce - Accounting & Finance Working Papers (2008)
The environmental impact of organisations operations on the environment has come under significantly increased public...
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting of Two Note-issuing Banks in Hong Kong (with F. Hui), Faculty of Commerce - Accounting & Finance Working Papers (2008)
The environmental performance and management disclosure of organisations has over the past decade come under...
Reports
Submission to the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (with C. Smark), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2008)
Please find following a submission to the Independent Review of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity...
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Analysing texts used to contribute to the discharge of public sector financial accountability (with Ciorstan J. Smark), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Purpose – This paper reviews and analyses the discourse recorded in the Hansard of the...
A regional WIL model: sharing a new approach (with Michael D. Clements and Bonnie Dean), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
As work-integrated learning (WIL) becomes embedded in the higher education sector, it presents an unprecedented...
Implementing a sustainability balanced scorecard 'dashboard' approach to assess organisational legitimacy (with Matthew P. Pepper and Tairan Huang), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify and determine the contributing factors which...
Red queen takes white knight: the commercialisation of accounting education in Australia (with Edmund W. Watts and C J. McNair), Faculty of Commerce - Papers (2011)
PurposeThis paper investigates the consequences of the commercialisation of Australian universities. It also provides a...
Accounting Students' Reflections on a Regional Internship Program (with Bonnie Cord and Mike Clements), Australasian Accounting Business and Finance Journal (2010)
The opportunity to gain professional industry experience for accounting students while undertaking their undergraduate degree...