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In the opinion of the directors of Leighton Holdings Limited, the accompanying concise financial report of the Consolidated Entity, comprising Leighton Holdings Limited and the entities it controlled for the financial year ended 30 June 2010:
a) has been derived from or is consistent with the full financial report for the financial year; and
b) complies with Australian Accounting Standard AASB 1039 Concise Financial Reports and Section 314 of the Corporations Act 2001.
Signed for and on behalf of the Board in accordance with a resolution of the directors:
D A Mortimer AO W M King AO
Chairman Chief Executive Officer
Dated at Sydney this 6th day of September 2010
Independent Auditor's Report
Report on the concise financial report
The accompanying concise financial report of Leighton Holdings Limited (the “Consolidated Entity”), comprising Leighton Holdings Limited (the “Company”) and its controlled entities comprises the Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2010, the Income Statement, Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Changes in Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and related notes 1 to 9 derived from the audited financial report of Leighton Holdings Limited for the year ended 30 June 2010. The concise financial report does not contain all the disclosures required by Australian Accounting Standards.
Directors’ responsibility for the financial report
The directors of the Consolidated Entity are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the concise financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standard AASB 1039 Concise Financial Reports and the Corporations Act 2001. This responsibility includes establishing and maintaining internal controls relevant to the preparation and presentation of the concise financial report; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.
Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the concise financial report based on our audit procedures. We have conducted an independent audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards, of the financial report of Leighton Holdings Limited for the year ended 30 June 2010. Our audit report on the financial report for the year was signed on 6 September 2010 and was not subject to any modification. The Australian Auditing Standards require that we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report for the year is free of material misstatement.
Our procedures in respect of the concise financial report include testing that the information in the concise financial report is derived from, and is consistent with, the financial report for the year, and examination on a test basis, of evidence supporting the amounts and other disclosures which were not directly derived from the financial report for the year. These procedures have been undertaken to form an opinion whether, in all material respects, the concise financial report complies with Australian Accounting Standard AASB 1039 Concise Financial Reports.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.
Independence
In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001.
Auditor’s opinion
In our opinion, the concise financial report of Leighton Holdings Limited and its controlled entities for the year ended 30 June 2010 complies with Australian Accounting Standard AASB 1039 Concise Financial Reports.
Report on the Remuneration Report
We have audited the Remuneration Report included in the Directors’ Report for the year ended 30 June 2010. The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation and presentation of the remuneration report in accordance with Section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the remuneration report, based on our audit conducted in accordance with auditing standards.
Auditor’s opinion
In our opinion, the remuneration report of Leighton Holdings Limited for the year ended 30 June 2010, complies with Section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.
KPMG A W Young
Partner, Sydney
6 September 2010