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• Policy Update

  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...

• NSW shows the way in directors’ liability reform

  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...

• Q&A with Peter Shergold

  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...

• Policy Update

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Nov 2012

  A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. The future of the AGM Following the release of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (CAMAC) discussion paper The AGM and Shareholder Engagement in Septembe...

• Essential reading for directors

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Oct 2012

  A review of some helpful publications on directorship, governance and boards available from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Directorship and boards come with very specific challenges. To help you in your role, we offer an ever-growing collection of targeted Australian and i...

• Policy Update

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Aug 2012

  A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ policy and advocacy team’s key projects and issues. The governance of governments On 20 July, our CEO and managing director John Colvin FAICD presented to the Australian Economic Forum on the topic: "How good governanc...

• From Smart State to CanDo State

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Jun 2012

  Queensland’s new state government is still finding its feet after its landslide election victory in March. Sam Walker investigates the changes directors can expect as the dust settles. Campbell "CanDo" Newman sailed into the record books in March, leading the Queensland Liberal National P...

• Policy Update

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Mar 2012

  A monthly review of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Policy and Advocacy team’s key projects and issues. We made a record number of submissions in the last couple of months on issues ranging from superannuation to the not-for-profit (NFP) sector.We made a record number of s...

• COAG reform stalls

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Feb 2012

  Domini Stuart provides an update on COAG initiatives to reform the areas of director liability and occupational health and safety. What can directors do?Paul McClintock has three suggestions for directors on how they can help further reform.Continue to monitor progress and make it cle...

• Vox Pop Public sector innovation

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Sep 2010

  Two of the speakers at our upcoming Public Sector Governance Conference discuss how government organisations can best achieve real innovation in a risk-averse environment. Public sector innovation ...

• Your Say Letters to the editor Sep10

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Sep 2010

  Letters to the editor I read with a lot of interest the articles by Domini Stuart, “Building healthy boards”, and John Mero, “The hospital governance challenge” (Company Director, June 2010). I agree largely with the opinions expressed and with the included comments by some of the leading Australia...

• Opinion Governance in Government

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Aug 2010

  David Gilchrist discusses some of the issues faced by public sector boards and committees and what to look for before accepting a position on one. Governance in Government Throughout its history, the Australian public sector has used the services of boards and committees made up of i...

• Inside AICD Public Sector Governance Conference Leadership in public sector governance

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Nov 2009

  Jennifer Stafford discusses the highlights from AICD’s first Public Sector Governance Conference, which was held recently in Canberra. Public Sector Governance Conference There is no doubt that those with a role in public sector governance are living through challenging times. This w...

• Feature In public service

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Aug 2009

  Domini Stuart reports on how the challenges faced by directors of government enterprises can differ to those in the private sector. In public service The differences Government enterprise boards differ to those of private companies in many ways, including: They can suffer from p...

• Spoken Word The governance of government Oct 08

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Oct 2008

  Dale Budd outlined the challenges and opportunities confronting public sector governance at a recent seminar in Canberra. This is an abridged version of his speech. The governance of government Directors of public sector agencies and businesses often have a difficult role to play in ...

• Public sector boards A peek at the other side Mar 08

  Content Type: CDM Article

  01 Mar 2008

  The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. Domini Stuart examines the differences between sitting on private and public sector boards. A peek at the other side Until directors are replaced by robots, no two boards can possibly operate in exactly the same way. Nevertheless, there are...