Woodside Petroleum Ltd|Financial Statements 139

Independent audit report (cont.)

A member firm of Ernst & Young Global Limited

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation

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► Conclude on the appropriateness of the directors’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and,

based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or

conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Group’s ability to continue as a going concern. If

we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s

report to the related disclosures in the financial report or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to

modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our

auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as

a going concern.

► Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the

disclosures, and whether the financial report represents the underlying transactions and events in a

manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the

audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we

identify during our audit.

We also provide the directors with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements

regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may

reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.

From the matters communicated to the directors, we determine those matters that were of most

significance in the audit of the financial report of the current year and are therefore the key audit

matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public

disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should

not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be

expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.

Report on the audit of the Remuneration Report

Opinion on the Remuneration Report

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 76 to 97 of the directors' report for the year

ended 31 December 2018.

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of Woodside Petroleum Ltd for the year ended 31 December

2018, complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.

Responsibilities

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 Australian

Auditing Standards.

Ernst & Young

T S Hammond

Partner

Perth

14 February 2019