Beyond box-ticking Your Board just approved an ambitious three-year strategy. Two weeks later, a partnership opportunity lands - one that could accelerate everything. It’s not without risk, but the Board cannot agree whether it’s the kind of risk your organisation should take.
As Centium celebrates its 10 year anniversary, we’ve been reflecting on how much the Australian workplace has evolved — and where challenges remain.
The $125,000 procurement threshold was recently introduced and when used properly, can streamline supplier engagement and make it easier to work with SMEs that may not have the resources to compete in full tender processes.
The investigation is complete. The findings are clear. Your organisation – established to care for vulnerable individuals – has failed to prevent an incident of misconduct. Now comes the harder question: what next?
From 17 November 2025, the revised Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) have reshaped how Australian Government entities approach procurement, particularly through panels like the Management Advisory Services (MAS) panel.
The changes place particular focus on engaging Australian-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs), giving them priority in lower-value work and embedding stronger ethical considerations into value-for-money assessments.
Not-for-profit (NFP) organisations hold extremely sensitive data about donors, vulnerable beneficiaries, volunteers, and staff, yet often operate with limited IT resources and expertise.
Not having the right cybersecurity controls in place can lead to financial loss and/or reputational damage; the time it can take to fix a problem is time better spent working on and in your business.
The October 2025 Quarterly Risk Compass identifies four critical audit priorities—AI governance frameworks, major project delivery scrutiny, procurement ethics and value-for-money, and citizen-centric service delivery—that are reshaping internal audit focus across government and organizational sectors.
NFPs in aged care and disability support face existential reputation risks that can unravel years of community trust within days, making proactive misconduct prevention and transparency systems not just compliance overhead but essential strategic infrastructure for protecting their mission.
NFP Board Directors often arrive with passion and good intentions but lack governance experience, leading to either hands-off oversight that misses operational risks or hands-on involvement that obscures strategic threats—both resulting in Boards asking "why didn't we know sooner?" when preventable crises emerge.
