'We're in the naughty corner': accountants blast government over exclusion from federal budget lock-up

By Matthew Knott
Updated May 5 2015 - 12:10pm, first published April 23 2015 - 1:30pm
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg
Treasurer Joe Hockey's office said CPA had been inadvertently put on an incorrect list and would be invited into the lock-up. Photo: Mark Graham/Bloomberg

The head of the peak body representing accountants has blasted the Abbott government for a lack of consultation and expressed scepticism that his organisation was excluded from next month's budget lock-up due to an accidental administrative error.

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