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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
Directors are known by a variety of names but they all have the same duties and responsibilities regardless of their title. In this Q&A we run through the roles of several types of directors including alternate director, chairman, de facto director, executive director, independent director, lead...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
20 Jul 2012
This submission to the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is in response to the draft prudential standards for superannuation and APRA’s “Response to Submissions”, which were released on 27 April 2012.
In the submission, we focus on particular issues in the foll...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
15 Nov 2010
On 15 November 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Department of Health and Ageing in response to a Discussion Paper “Medicare Locals - Discussion Paper on Governance and Functions”. The submission set out our views on various governance aspects of Medicare Locals. In p...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2010
Senior directors discussed the ins and outs of resigning from a board gracefully at the
Company Directors Conference, Directorship:10
in Christchurch, New Zealand, in May.
Should I stay or should I go?
Like many other experienced dire...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2010
Professor Bob Baxt
reviews a government proposals paper aimed at restricting access to company registers.
Protecting minorities from raids
The decision of the Full Federal Court in AXA Asia Pacific Holdings Limited v Direct Share Purchasing Corporation Pty Ltd [2009] FCAFC 15 provided a ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Oct 2009
Most directors will face a conflict of interest at some time in their careers.
Domini Stuart
investigates how they could arise and how they should be handled.
The black, white and grey of conflicts of interest
Key Points
Most directors will face a conflict of interest at some po...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2008
AICD’s WA division president,
Fiona Harris
, discusses why there’s no room for diversity of values in the boardroom.
No compromise on values
When I started out on the road to being a director, I remember reading about the Old Boys Club from which most directors were dra...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
Two new AICD learning programs,
The Executive Director
and The Executive Board , have been launched to help executive directors and executive boards tackle their unique challenges.
Australia’s forgotten director
As Australian public companies have moved towards boards consisting of non-e...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2005
Did you think auditor independence is strictly for the auditing profession to deal with? Not any more. Auditor independence: your obligations
By Greg Pound, chief accountant, Office of Chief Accountant, Australian Securities and Investments Commission
Did you think auditor independence is stric...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
06 Jan 2005
Much of the media discussion of multiple directorships has been based on the assumption that the issue is widespread and the consequences are invariably undesirable. I would like to suggest an alternative view. Recent Australian research shows that only three out of every 100 directors hold three or...
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Content Type:
Position Paper
31 Jan 2002
This protocol, in general terms, outlines the principal legal duties (obligations) of company directors. AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF COMPANY DIRECTORS GENERAL PROTOCOL FOR COMPANY DIRECTORSThis protocol, in general terms, outlines the principal legal duties (obligations) of company directors.It does not...
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Content Type:
Book
Dealing with conflicts of interest is one of the most difficult tasks company directors face.
This publication provides directors with a concise, straightforward guide to different ways of thinking about conflicts of interest, the problems that they can present and some tools to help directors c...
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Content Type:
General
Click here to be taken to the Audit Committees 2nd Edition main page. This page is for purchasing the ebook version.
This publication is in Epub format and is compatible for most devices including Apple and Android tablets and smartphones and to view on your PC or laptop.
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Content Type:
Book
The second edition of Julie Garland McLellan's public sector board handbook, All Above Board: Great governance for the government sector, is now available.
With a new foreword by the Hon Nick Greiner AC FAICD (Life), eight chapters and 46 case studies, All Above Board 2nd Edition is a must-have...
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Content Type:
General
Like any endeavour, there are a raft of terms that relate to directorship and governance.
The Language of Directorship - a 55 page glossary - covers hundreds of terms from A-Z that you may find helpful in your day-to-day work as a director.
This publication is a companion to the Comp...
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Content Type:
General
Strictly (Mining) Boardroom is a mix of boardroom practice, resource sector management and investment observations and discussion, written in Allan Trench's trademark dry, humorous style.
Many of the subject themes covered in this book end in a series of questions for readers to think about, to ...
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Content Type:
General
A guide for boards of public companies
This new thought leadership paper from Louise Pocock, senior policy advisor with Company Directors, examines the vexing issue of "short-termism" and the impact it has on corporations. Pocock also offers several potential solutions for Australian boards wis...
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Content Type:
Book
The second edition of Julie Garland McLellan's public sector board handbook, All Above Board: Great governance for the government sector ebook version is now available.
You can now download this ebook to your tablet (iPad and Android), smartphone or view in a browser which supports the "epub" f...
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Content Type:
General
This page is for the ebook. To purchase the print book please click here
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"Being good at whatever you did before doesn't mean you will automatically be a good director. You have to be prepared to have an inquiring mind and work at it." Elizabeth Carr FAICD
While b...
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Content Type:
General
Taking an international perspective, Bob Tricker examines different models and theories of corporate governance and applies them in a real world context. The author is highly experienced in this field and his practical discussion throughout allows students to appreciate the reality of governance.
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