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  • Policy Update March 2012

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    15 Mar 2012

    Our recent policy submissions span the not-for-profit (NFP) sector, anti-phoenix legislation and dividend payments. What underpins the rationale for our policy team making submissions in relation to each of these issues is how they affect our members. Australian Cha...

  • Scoping Study for a National Not-For-Profit Regulator

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    18 Feb 2011

    This submission to Federal Treasury sets out our views on the Consultation Paper titled “Scoping Study for a National Not-for-Profit Regulator”, released by the Federal Government on 21 January 2011.   The submission noted Company Directors’ support for the overal...

  • Payment of Dividends Corporations Amendment Corporate Reporting Reform Bill 2010

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    11 Jun 2010

    On 9 June 2010, the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the Hon Chris Bowen MP regarding the test for the payment of dividends included in the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010. Pursuant to the Bill companies will need to ensure that amongst other things, t...

  • Submission to Treasury on Discussion Paper Insolvent Trading Safe harbour for reorgan

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    02 Mar 2010

    We are concerned that current laws on insolvent trading sometimes prevent the best stakeholder outcomes from being achieved. They make trading out of insolvency not only extremely risky but they prohibit it for the directors of a company in solvency stress. Each director faces being held personally ...

  • Submission to Treasury on Australias corporate reporting framework

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    03 Feb 2010

    In a submission dated 3 February 2010 AICD provided its comments to Federal Treasury on the exposure draft of the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010. AICD supported most of the proposed amendments, although it expressed opposition to changing the current wording of the dir...

  • AICD submission to the Productivity Commission on Not for Profit sector

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    24 Nov 2009

    On 24 November 2009, AICD provided a submission in response to the Productivity Commission’s draft research report into the Contribution of the Not-for-Profit Sector. The submission strongly supported the recommendation made by the Commission that Australian governments should support and promote tr...

  • Senate Economics Committee Inquiry into Disclosure Regimes for charities and notforprofit

    Content Type: Policy Submission

    23 Sep 2008

    AICD believes that a ‘light touch’ needs to be applied in reforming not-for-profit (NFP) regulation so that volunteers and donors are not dissuaded by red tape from contributing their time, expertise and money to the sector. Cost burdens need to be balanced against the benefits of any regulatory reg...