Media releases

Month: Sep

• Governance Institute welcomes new ‘super registry’, further steps on virtual meetings

  30/09/2020

  Governance Institute of Australia says the Federal Government’s $800 million digital business announcement provides some much-needed clarity for organisation’s struggling with the impact of COVID-19 under laws that are “mired in the 19th century”.

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• Guide released to help organisations navigate new world of virtual AGMs

  14/09/2020

  A new guide to holding a virtual AGM has been released that will assist the ASX-listed organisations holding their meetings before the end of the year, as well as anyone else still grappling with holding a meeting during the pandemic.

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• AICD and Governance Institute launch new report: Governance through a crisis

  11/09/2020

  The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Governance Institute of Australia have published a new report about the impact of COVID-19 on board practices and insights into the governance challenges in the current climate.

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• Virtual AGMs and e-signatures here to stay? Governance Institute welcomes Senate Committee recommendations on “long overdue” reforms

  03/09/2020

  Having advocated strongly on these issues, Governance Institute of Australia has welcomed a Senate Committee report into the use of Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology, saying three key recommendations will be of particular interest to organisations during the current unpredictable times

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