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Independent auditor's report to the members of Sundance Energy 
Australia Limited 
Report on the financial report 
We have audited the accompanying financial report of Sundance Energy Australia Limited, which comprises the 
consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2014 the consolidated statement of comprehensive 
income, the consolidated statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year 
then ended, notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information, and 
the directors' declaration of the consolidated entity comprising the company Sundance Energy Australia Limited 
and the entities it controlled at the year's end or from time to time during the financial year. 
 
Directors' responsibility for the financial report 
The directors of the company Sundance Energy Australia Limited are responsible for the preparation of the 
financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the 
Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal controls as the directors determine are necessary to enable the 
preparation of the financial report that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 
 
Auditor's responsibility 
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our audit in 
accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply with relevant ethical 
requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about 
whether the financial report is free from material misstatement. 
 
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the 
financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the 
risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk 
assessments, the auditor considers internal controls relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of 
the financial report in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the 
purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal controls. An audit also includes 
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates 
made by the directors, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report. 
 
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. We 
have given to the directors of the company a written Auditor’s Independence Declaration, a copy of which is 
included in the directors’ report. 
 
 
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