b"Corporate Governance StatementAudit and Risk Committee Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited engaged independent firm, BDO Audit Pty Ltd,as an external auditor for the reporting year to June 2024.The Board of Uniting (Victoria and Tasmania) Limited is proud to present the organisation'ssixth setof Annual Financial Statements.In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other informationSigned in accordance with a resolution of the Directors.and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial report or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated.If, based on the work we have performed on the other information obtained prior to the date of this auditors report, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Jude Munro AO Responsibilities of responsible entities for the Financial Report Chair of the Board of DirectorsThe responsible entities of the registered entity are responsible for the preparation and fair2 October 2024presentation of the financial report in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the ACNC Act, and for such internal control as the responsible entities determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.In preparing the financial report, responsible entities are responsible for assessing the Groups ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the responsible entities either intends to liquidate the Group or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.Those charged with governance are responsible for overseeing the registered entitys financial reporting process.Auditors responsibilities for the audit of the Financial ReportOur objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors report that includes our opinion.Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material misstatement when it exists.Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report.A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial report is located at the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board website (http://www.auasb.gov.au/Home.aspx) at:http://www.auasb.gov.au/auditors_responsibilities/ar3.pdf This description forms part of our auditors report. BDO Audit Pty LtdElizabeth Blunt Director Melbourne, 2 October 2024 46 Uniting Vic.Tas and Uniting Housing Annual Report Uniting Vic.Tas and Uniting Housing Annual Report 47"