From 1 July 2019 there are more stringent company requirements under new Commonwealth 'Whistleblower' legislation. What are the issues? Organisations are now developing and introducing their own Whistleblower policies to meet legislative requirements with many still 'finding their feet' preparing their policies, practices, training, communications, and record-keeping processes. What does this mean for you? There […]
Community Participation Plans (CPPs) are now mandatory. They need to be prepared by Councils for their LGA to make it clearer and easier for members of the community to understand how they can participate in planning decisions. They are intended to be high-level documents which describe how and when a planning authority, such as a […]
Austroads has developed the National Prequalification System (NPS) to create a harmonised framework for roadworks and bridgeworks construction contracts. NSW Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) is a participant in the NPS. RMS has in turn placed this requirement on Councils. Delivering services to the RMS is a significant source of financial revenue for many Councils. […]
The Office of Local Government (OLG) has just released a discussion paper on the much-awaited Risk Management & Internal Audit Framework for Councils. The proposed framework is largely modelled on the Public Sector Framework (TPP 15-03) and has very similar requirements. What’s new or changing? What this will mean for Councils Centium can work with […]
As from 1 October 2018 (last year), NSW associations also registered as a charity no longer need to lodge its annual summary of financial affairs with Fair Trading or pay the annual lodgement fee. Charities must still lodge their Annual Information Statement (and financial statements if required) with the ACNC for each financial year. The […]
We have several Best Practice Guides in various areas of risk management. Each one of these guides is intended to be modular, simple, straightforward, and on a single page. Each one has up to 15 statements which describe the things you would expect to see if the organisation was at ‘best practice’ (see also Self-Assessment […]
Keeping up to date with investigation techniques is a core function of any Compliance, Human Resources, Governance or Integrity team. Often time lapses and due to the busy environments, we work in, investigations training for key staff is frequently overlooked. It doesn’t matter if you work in an internal or external compliance team or in […]
The ACSC has recognised the vulnerabilities that agencies face during MoG changes and have issued a Guideline Paper to assist agencies protect themselves during those changes (see attached). The Guide recognises that adversaries target organisations undergoing major organisational change because they know the disruption makes it easier for social engineering attacks. And this doesn't apply […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE COMMONWEALTH FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS REPORT NSW AUDIT OFFICE REPORT ON ENGAGEMENT OF PROBITY ADVISORS AND PROBITY AUDITORS NEW COMMONWEALTH WHISTLEBLOWER LAW It’s easy to engage us! For NSW State Government: Centium is listed on SCM0005 and SCM0020 (Advanced). This allows you to directly engage us based on a quote. For NSW Local Government […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE CYBER SECURITY APRA CPS 234 RECORDKEEPING NEW DISPOSAL AUTHORITY FOR PATIENT RECORDS BUSINESS CONTINUITY PCI DSS It’s easy to engage us! For NSW State Government: Centium is listed on SCM0005 and SCM0020 (Advanced). This allows you to directly engage us based on a quote. For NSW Local Government and Not For Profits: Centium is […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE CYBER SECURITY COUNCIL RECORDKEEPING COUNCIL PROBITY ADVISORS & AUDITORS FRAUD & CORRUPTION BUSINESS CONTINUITY SAFETY CULTURE It’s easy to engage us! Centium is listed on LGP218 (Management Consulting & Internal Audit). This allows you to directly engage us based on a quote. CYBER SECURITY WILL YOU MAKE THE 31 AUGUST DEADLINE? Councils process, store […]
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Cyber Security; Will you make the 31st August deadline? Recordkeeping; MoG changes bring about records management considerations. ICAC report on corruption across NSW. Probity Advisors; Learnings from the NSW-AO on the management of probity advisors Corruption; ICAC report on corruption trends across NSW Business Continuity; Can you sleep at night knowing that […]
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