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  • Governance of Not For Profit Organisations

    Content Type: Director Q and A

    31 Jan 2013

    The basic precepts of good governance are fundamental to all organisations even though most corporate governance codes focus their attention on listed companies. These include having a board charter, well defined roles and responsibilities for board members, appropriate financial knowledge, and acco...

  • Governance Issues in Private Companies

    Content Type: Director Q and A

    31 Jan 2013

    Most corporate governance codes focus their attention on listed companies. However the basic precepts of good governance are fundamental to all organisations – having a board charter, well defined roles and responsibilities for board members, appropriate financial knowledge, accountability and trans...

  • 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. ...

  • Vol 10 Issue 15

    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...

  • Company Directors takes a leadership role in developing governance guidelines for NFPs

    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...

  • Vol 10 Issue 8

    Content Type: The Boardroom Report

    02 May 2012

    Unlocking hidden networks; Pressure rises for remuneration committees; More independent directors needed on super fund boards; Room for NFP boards to lift their game; Five ways to boost your team's IQ Unlocking hidden networks More than half the directors participating in a recent survey ci...

  • Women's company director training scholarships announced

    Content Type: Media Release

    30 Apr 2012

    Women’s Affairs Minister Mary Wooldridge has announced the 34 successful recipients of the Victorian Women’s Governance Scholarship program. The scholarship program is a joint initiative of the Victorian Coalition Government and the Australian Institute of Company Directors to provide 34 women w...

  • Submission on Draft Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    27 Jan 2012

    This submission is in response to the Draft Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Bill 2012, released by the Federal Government on 9 December 2011. Our submission begins by outlining a number of concerns with the consultation, including the continued practice of Federal Treasury and the Federa...

  • Submission on Consultation Paper "Review of not-for-profit governance arrangements"

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    27 Jan 2012

    This submission is in response to the Consultation Paper “Review of not-for-profit governance arrangements”, released by the Federal Government on 8 December 2011. Our submission began by outlining a number of concerns with the consultation, including the continued practice of Federal Treasury an...

  • Submission on Consultation Paper "A Definition of Charity"

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    16 Dec 2011

    This submission is in response to a consultation paper titled “A Definition of Charity”, released by the Federal Government on 28 October 2011. Our submission put forward that there should be no alteration to the current presumption that charities falling within particular categories...

  • NFP sector governance under the microscope

    Content Type: Media Release

    27 Sep 2011

    The Directors Social Impact Study 2011, Australia’s only study examining the governance of the not-for-profit (NFP) sector and the contribution made by its directors, was launched on 27 September 2011. The study reveals that on average non-executive directors of NFP organisations spend ...

  • Governance of Tasmanian Health Organisations

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    05 Sep 2011

    This submission to the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services is in response to the Draft Tasmanian Health Organisations Bill 2011 (the Draft Bill), released on 11 August 2011. While some of the aspects of the Draft Bill represent an improvement on similar legislation that has been pr...

  • Charity directors get access to education to promote good governance

    Content Type: Media Release

    12 Jul 2011

    Australian Scholarships Foundation has announced up to 325 scholarships for board members of charitable organisations, to support strong governance of the Not-For-Profit sector. The scholarships, funded by the Perpetual Foundation and the JS Love Trust, will give participants a place on the Aust...