Category: Governance

The Health Care (Engagement Strategies) Variation Regulations 2019 (SA) have prescribed new content requirements for ‘engagement strategies’ Here’s what South Australian public hospitals need to know.

In this case, a $10 million penalty was imposed on a supplier of scheduled medicines for egregiously flouting regulations relating to representing, advertising, and prescribing therapeutic goods.

A suite of reforms have been introduced to modernise Victoria’s fire services framework and to implement additional protections for injured firefighters.

In this case, the Queensland Supreme Court held that a dentist, who had been lawfully terminated for allegedly sexually harassing a dental assistant, was liable to compensate his former employer for the loss of opportunity to profit ...

From 1 July 2019, Australia’s corporate whistleblower scheme will be strengthened to enhance protection for persons who disclose sensitive tax and corporate information in certain circumstances.

The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (Qld) will amend the National Law to clarify when health practitioners are required to make a mandatory notification about another practitioner’s ...

Developing a compliance program is key to ensuring an organisation satisfies its governance and compliance responsibilities. Here's how to make sure yours is implemented effectively.

As of 1 January 2019, companies with an annual consolidated revenue exceeding $100 million are now required to disclose how their operations and supply chain may carry a risk of modern slavery and describe what the company is doing to ...

The meaning of ‘corrupt conduct’ has been expanded to capture the corrupt conduct of certain persons working in the private sector.

New biosecurity legislation will now require organisations to notify the Director of Biosecurity if they are in control of goods that are the subject of a temporary or permanent import ban.