AICD and COVID-19: Information for members, clients, faculty and stakeholders

Director sentiment soars as climate change remains a top issue

Director Sentiment Index jumps into positive territory for the first time in three years.

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A new practical guide to help directors identify and elevate stakeholder voices to the board

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New resource to help boards deal with workplace sexual harassment

Our new director tool provides guidance on addressing and preventing workplace sexual harassment

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Expiry of COVID-19 relief:
Virtual AGMs, electronic signatures and continuous disclosure

What does this mean for boards and director?

Women ASX board appointments off to a positive start in 2021

Of all directors appointed to ASX 200 boards this year, nearly half have been women

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Keep one eye on pandemic fallout, and one on the longer term, says Global Risks Report 2021

3 May 2021 | Richard Smith-Bingham

Last year will forever be defined by COVID-19’s devastating impact on societies and economies. However the global pandemic also intersected with a range of other threats to accelerate and exacerbate p...

Why CMOs are the new leaders

1 May 2021 | Denise Cullen

Having proved their value as the guardians of public health during the COVID-19 pandemic, chief medical officers are now in demand in boardrooms around Australia.

3 steps to overcoming emotional exhaustion

1 May 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has impacted our mental health and wellbeing, heightening the risk of executive burnout. But to mitigate its effects, directors need to address the root causes.

Underlying inflation falls to record low

30 April 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.6 per cent over the March quarter to be up just 1.1 per cent in annual terms. The annual rate of underlying inflation fell to a record low of 1.1 per cen...

Expiry of COVID-19 relief that permitted virtual AGMs and electronic signatures and continuous discl...

28 April 2021 | Laura Bacon

The Government’s Treasury Laws Amendment Bill (2021 Measures No.1), which proposed extending the COVID-19 relief to hold virtual AGMs, and in Schedule 2 introduce a fault element in respect to d...

March retail sales buoyed by state exits from lockdown

23 April 2021 | Mark Thirlwell MAICD

Retail turnover rose 1.4 per cent over the month in March, boosted by growth in Victoria and Western Australia after both states had exited from February lockdowns. Minutes from the RBA’s 6 April mee...

How long will it take for global travel to rebound?

22 April 2021

When will global travel resume? And what will it take for the sector to rebuild and recover? These issues were explored by directors from the travel and tourism industries at the 2021 Australian Gover...

New joint guidance for navigating virtual AGMs, electronic signatures and electronic shareholder com...

19 April 2021

To help organisations navigate the ongoing uncertainty around holding AGMs and executing electronic documents in the current environment, the AICD has collaborated with the Governance Institute of Aus...

Directors slow to file for small business insolvency under latest reforms

19 April 2021 | Andrew Fielding

The take up of restructuring reforms for small businesses, provided by legislation enacted on 1 January 2021, has been slow – but this may change now that JobKeeper assistance has come to an end...

Vaccines as a workplace issue

19 April 2021 | Shelley Dempsey

As Australia’s vaccine rollout proceeds, many employers are grappling with the question of whether they can launch vaccination policies in the workplace. Here we assess the picture, which is a grey ar...