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Content Type:
Media Release
24 Apr 2013
The relationship between business and the Federal Government has further deteriorated, according to a survey of company directors which has found that only 8 per cent of directors (down from 12 per cent) agree with the statement ‘the Federal Government understands business.’ Conversely, 50 per cent ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Peter Pearce
dispels some modern myths to help directors and their organisations embark on an ethical journey.
Ethics is the essential but too often silent ingredient in corporate governance, risk and compliance (GRC) efforts. For directors and boards, GRC and a whole lot else will alwa...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Michael Tooma outlines the lessons Australian directors can learn from New Zealand’s Pike River Mine disaster that killed 29 miners in November 2010.
At one level, the New Zealand report, Royal Commission on the Pike River Coal Mine Tragedy, reads like so many reports before it – another ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Once Australia’s most senior public servant, Professor Peter Shergold is now enjoying new challenges as a professional director. He talks to Zilla Efrat about leaving the public sector, the strengths public servants can bring to boards and how business and government can better understand each other...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
A listed company has an obligation to continuously disclose information which may have an effect on its market price or value. Continuous disclosure is based on the principle that all investors should have equal and timely access to information about a company. This Q&A explains ASX listing Rule...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
Every company must have at least one director and public companies must have at least three directors. Collectively, the directors are known as the Board of Directors and the Board of Directors acts on behalf of shareholders in supervising the company. This Q&A looks at the key roles performed b...
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Content Type:
Director Q and A
31 Jan 2013
Insider trading is the trading of securities while in possession of information which is not generally available and this is prohibited within the Corporations Act. This Q&A discusses what activities are prohibited, the various exceptions, and the penalties for individuals convicted of insider t...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Some of the key highlights and policy priorities that shaped our agenda throughout 2013.
As 2012 draws to a close, I thought it appropriate to review some of the key highlights and policy priorities that have shaped our agenda throughout the past year. These priorities are selected for a ...
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Content Type:
Media Release
17 Sep 2012
The proposed Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) will have no impact or a negative impact on not-for-profit (NFP) governance across a range of areas, according to the findings of an Australian Institute of Company Directors’ study, the Directors Social Impact Study 2012.
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Content Type:
The Boardroom Report
08 Aug 2012
Warnings against making NFP directors liabilities too onerous, Company Directors moves against ever rising regulation, Tips on how to assess management's effectiveness, Emerging miners' corporate governance struggles, Focuses of the ATO's 2012-13 compliance program
Warnings against making...
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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:
General
21 May 2012
Last week’s announcement by Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury and the Minister for Social Inclusion, Mark Butler, to delay implementation of governance standards in the forthcoming Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC) legislation highlights the complexities involved in regulat...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
16 May 2012
This submission relates to the exposure draft of the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Further MySuper and Transparency Measures) Bill 2012.
The submission focuses on the following matters:
• the collection and disclosure of information generally;• the disclosure of remuneration...
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Content Type:
Media Release
27 Apr 2012
The Australian Institute of Company Directors welcomed draft Federal Government legislation making the governance of superannuation funds more transparent, but said more reform was needed.
These reforms should include giving industry superannuation funds the ability to replace employer and union...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2012
Janine Mace explores how Australia’s superannuation pot, with $1.34 trillion in assets under management by 30 June 2011, might be better governed.
For years, the legislation around Australia’s superannuation system has been derided as a moveable feast – constantly changing and difficult ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2012
Poor tax governance can damage the standing of a company, its share price and its directors’ reputations. As regulatory scrutiny increases, Domini Stuart discusses how directors can manage tax risks more effectively.
Seven things a director needs to knowTheo Sakell of Pitcher Partner...