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  • Preparing for NFP change

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    A look at how the National Disability Services responded to change by providing a professional development scholarship program for NFP directors in the disability sector. The Australian not-for-profit (NFP) sector is large, diverse and growing. The Productivity Commission estimated that t...

  • Finding your purpose

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2012

    Dr Stephen Judd believes many charities have lost their way. He tells Nichola Clark why it’s important for NFPs to know who they are and have a clear purpose. Dr Stephen Judd GAICD was happily enjoying his promising IT career back in the 1990s when two events occurred that would change hi...

  • Healthcare reform: Towards healthcare reform

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2011

    Domini Stuart investigates the challenges of healthcare reform and why all directors should be interested in the changes. It would be a mistake for any director to shrug off health reform as being of no interest to anyone outside the health sector itself. Healthcare has a major effect ...

  • 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...

  • Inside Your Institute Policy Update Aug10

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2010

    An outline of some of the issues addressed by the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ Policy and Advocacy team. Policy Update Changes to Corporate Governance Principles On 30 June, the ASX Corporate Governance Council released final changes to the Corporate Governance Principles and...

  • Letters to the Editor

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Aug 2010

    I write to highlight the importance of claiming the privilege against self-incrimination. When a company director is compelled by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to attend an examination, it is important to be aware of the right to claim the privilege against self-i...

  • Feature Building healthy boards

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2010

    A new breed of boards is likely to emerge as part of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s plan to reform the nation’s healthcare system. Domini Stuart gains some insights into how they could be created. Building healthy boards Challenges of sitting on a hospital board may include A complex ...

  • Opinion The hospital governance challenge

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2010

    With the Rudd Government moving closer to its proposed health reform, John Mero flags some of the governance issues and challenges a new breed of hospital boards is likely to encounter. The hospital governance challenge Hosp...

  • Feature A governance health check

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2009

    Domini Stuart pinpoints the many balls directors in the healthcare sector have to juggle to improve the health of their organisations. A governance health check A juggling act The many challenges directors in the healthcare sector have to juggle include: The GFC Government in...