It’s a two-way street

It’s a two-way street

Most people are also used to the idea of signing an employment contract when they start a job, outlining the legal obligations of the employer and the employee. Again, this document is designed to protect the interests of all parties and set out expectations. However,...

President’s report: Representation abroad and at home

Andrew Conway and I attended a special launch of the reinvigorated brand in Malaysia at the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur in August. In attendance at the ceremony were Ms Majell Hind, Consul-General of the Australian High Commission, Mrs Chau Duncan,...

Learnings from the Centro judgement

The charges ASIC alleged that the seven directors of Centro Properties Group and Centro Retail Group failed to discharge their duties with due care and diligence in approving the financial reports for Centro Properties Ltd, Centro Property Trust, and Centro Retail...

Build a business dashboard

But this is like watching what comes out of a company’s digestive tract and not what goes into it. Instead, some simple and effective metrics can be deployed to help plot the entire ‘business tract’ of a company, to see what goes in and where it comes from, what’s...
Tax Office update – Oct/Nov 2011

Tax Office update – Oct/Nov 2011

In 2011 we have also invested in new technology to help detect and stop potentially overstated or fraudulent claims for refunds. The increased sophistication of our systems and the use of risk models have seen a sharp increase in the number of potentially suspicious...