News Update

Month: Feb

• Whistleblower template now available

  by Michelle Huckel, Policy Advisor, Governance Institute of Australia
  19/02/2020

  Not-for-profit Law, a service of Justice Connect providing legal help for community organisations, has developed a whistleblower policy template to assist organisation comply with the whistleblower provisions of the Corporations Act.

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• Governance Institute’s pre-budget wish list 

  05/02/2020

  The Governance Institute of Australia’s pre-budget submission recommends various ways in which the government could improve regulation and help reduce the costs and inefficiencies in doing business and running charities. 

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• New TEQSA accreditation and James Cook Masters partnership for Governance Institute

  05/02/2020

  Governance Institute successfully gained accreditation from the national regulator for higher education — Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) —  for a new Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance and Risk Management. The accreditation has been granted for the maximum period of seven years. 

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• The governance professional’s guide to better managing climate change risks

  05/02/2020

  The Governance Institute of Australia has released guidance for company directors and other governance professionals that breaks down the complexity of identifying and disclosing climate change-related risks.  

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