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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
Many not-for-profit (NFP) organisations, were heading into a "perfect storm", if they weren’t already in it. That was the view of Dr John Harte FAICD, the founder and principal of Integrity Governance, when addressing the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ NFP Forum:13 in Sydney last month –...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2013
Kathleen Conlon talks to Tony Featherstone about boardroom diversity, the risks of policy-on-the-run, strategy formation and how emerging directors can find their first board position.
A constant danger for boards is the potential for "groupthink" if directors agree too easily with the co...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Dr Ken Henry talks to Tony Featherstone about Australia’s role in the Asian century, how our tax system should be reformed and life outside of the public service.
From high above Melbourne, Dr Ken Henry AC provides a glimpse of how great Australian business can become and a scale of natio...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Praveen Gupta outlines some of the proposed reforms to corporate law that could change the way companies operate in India.
Back in the 1950s, as a young republic, India chose to tread the socialistic path. Not surprisingly, the nationalisation of the following ensued: airline industry (1...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Fiona Baron investigates how companies are bedding down the carbon tax and coping with its compliance requirements.
The introduction of the Federal Government’s carbon tax in July 2012 was bound to be something of an anti-climax.
For directors in particular, once the politics surround...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
The Prime Minister has announced that Australia’s federal election will be held on 14 September. We ask a range of directors whether knowledge of the election date so far in advance will boost or reduce business uncertainty and what key questions directors need to ask in the run up to the election.
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues.
THIS MONTH:
Improving diversity through mentoring
Global leadership in board diversity
Human rights and anti-discrimination
Reform of NFP gov...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2013
Brinos Lambrinos reviews the current superannation landscape, and possible near-term changes, to help directors keep up with the Government’s tinkering with how they save for retirement.
Superannuation, while an important issue for taxpayers, is also highly complex, none more so than for...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Is your organisation prepared for an unexpected crisis? Domini Stuart discovers what’s best practice in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
Thirty years ago, disaster recovery and business continuity plans (DR/BCPs) were little more than insurance policies. Decisions were ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Bruce Cowley and Steven Grant detail how the NSW Government has taken the lead in reducing laws imposing liability on directors for corporate fault.
One of the biggest issues of concern for company directors in recent years has been the explosion in the number of Commonwealth, state and t...
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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:
CDM Article
01 Feb 2013
Fiona Baron talks to father-and-son team and well-known directors from Cairns, George and Ken Chapman, about their views on directorships and what it takes to make a family business work.
George Chapman AO FAICD is every bit the entrepreneur. Back in the 1960s, at just 23 years old, he la...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
John M Green ponders what the year 2013 may hold for us.
Christmas is the time when people of all faiths join together in peace and harmony to rejoice in retail. Christmas is also about pausing, but only after you’ve finished shopping.
As the holiday season approaches, it’s wise to re...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Rick Lee and James Strong discuss past and future challenges as Company Directors’ leadership baton is handed over.
Rick Lee FAICDOutgoing chairman Australian Institute of Company Directors
Company Director (CD):
What has given you the greatest satisfaction as c...
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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:
CDM Article
01 Dec 2012
Zilla Efrat asks some directors and advisers to forecast the risks that will keep directors up at night in 2013.
The directors
Elizabeth Carr FAICDChairman of the Macular Degeneration Foundation. Director of the Kokoda Track Foundation, Kambala Anglican School for Girls NSW and...
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Content Type:
Media Release
14 Nov 2012
Director sentiment has reached its lowest level in two years in the face of increasing concerns about the health of the Asian economies and growing pessimism about Europe and the US.
According to the findings of the second half 2012 Director Sentiment Index*, which measures the opinions and futu...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2012
Keith De Lacy talks to Tony Featherstone about the deteriorating relationship between government and business in Australia, life after politics and the joys and challenges of being a company director.
A full-time board career is an obvious, orderly, linear progression for many directors a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2012
Peter Yu talks to Zilla Efrat about how Indigenous governance is at the crossroads and how his career has evolved alongside changing political dynamics in Australia over the past four decades.
Peter Yu believes Indigenous governance is at the crossroads of massive change.
Yu, who is c...