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  • Focus on the quality of the audit not mandatory audit rotation, say global directors

    Content Type: Media Release

    16 May 2013

    The issue of when to change audit firms should be a matter for the individual company, its directors, audit committee and shareholders and should not be subject to externally imposed regulations requiring mandatory rotation of audit firms, according to an international network of company directors. ...

  • Directors say conditions are improving but Government still does not understand business

    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 ...

  • Directors sceptical about impact of ACNC

    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. ...

  • Directors welcome improvements to charities legislation

    Content Type: Media Release

    24 Aug 2012

    The Australian Charities and Not-for profits Commission (ACNC) legislation introduced this week into Federal Parliament is an important step on the road to reform of regulation for the not-for-profit (NFP) sector. We welcomed the Government’s changes to provisions in the original draft legislati...

  • Company Directors releases Working Paper on deregulation

    Content Type: Media Release

    31 Jul 2012

    Regulation continues to increase at an unprecedented rate, putting the brake on economic growth and increasing the cost of doing business in Australia. These are the views expressed within a Working Paper, Business Deregulation: A call to action, released today by the Australian Institute of Company...

  • Productivity growth crucial for Australia's economic prosperity, says business

    Content Type: Media Release

    14 Jun 2012

    Business sent a clear message to the Australian Government at yesterday’s economic forum that productivity growth is crucial for Australia’s long-term economic prosperity. “The Prime Minister agreed that Australian governments must take a long term view to increase productivity and improve inter...

  • Infrastructure, regulation and innovation on directors' agenda in Darwin

    Content Type: Media Release

    08 May 2012

    More than 350 chairmen, directors and business leaders will gather in Darwin this week for the Australian Institute of Company Directors national Company Directors Conference Directorship:12 – Capture the view from the top to be held from 9-12 May, 2012. This is the first time the Conference has...

  • All directors to bear the brunt as Government fails to target real phoenix company operators

    Content Type: Media Release

    03 May 2012

    At a time when the international economy is focused on increasing business productivity, the Australian government has again prioritised conformance over performance by over-regulating the majority of directors to target the few engaged in fraudulent phoenix company activity. In a submission to ...

  • Greater super fund transparency welcome but more reform needed, say directors

    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...