The Treasury Laws Amendment
The new law applies to standard form contracts entered into or renewed on or after 9 November 2023, where one party is a small business and the other party is a larger business or government agency.
Revisiting Contracts and Force Majure 2 years into the pandemic
Its impossible to make sense of a particular contract without reading it first, but here are few guidelines to help those of you dealing with force majeure clauses, or contracts that don’t have them.
Lobbying influence – The good and the bad!
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice The definition of a Lobby Group1 is a body formed to influence legislation on a particular issue. Lobby groups are important and a legitimate activity. They are an important [...]
Modern Slavery Action – What is being done (Part2)
Written by Brett Lyndon, General Manager Training Pro Leaders Academy, a leading trainer in procurement and ethical behaviour. In its COMMONWEALTH MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT 2019 –20 “The (Australian) Government recognises that responding to modern slavery risks in operations and supply [...]
The shame of Modern Slavery – What is the relevance (Part 1)
Written by Brett Lyndon, General Manager Training Pro Leaders Academy, a leading trainer in procurement and ethical behaviour. The Pro Forum held an event recently discussing Prioritising the Eradication of Modern Slavery . Following that event, I was asked how [...]
Creating Unenforceable contracts – are you doing it without realising?
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd We all know we must read the fine print – but when it comes down to it, we don’t. We skim. We can be forgiven for the assumptions we [...]
An Ethical Australia with Ethical Behaviour
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd An ethical Australia with ethical behaviour is what we believe to be our current state in general. However on Monday 26 October Q&A aired a program with a challenging [...]
Part 1 Your Conflict of Interest (COI) – Brett Lyndon
Written by: Brett Lyndon – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Pro Leaders Academy Facilitator, Brett Lyndon will take you through a 3-part series looking deeper into the area of Conflict of Interest, its implications and what steps you can [...]
The Devil is surely in the detail – working from (WFH) does not escape notice
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Regardless of where you work, an Employer has a legal obligation to provide a safe working environment for staff. If this is not provided and an incident occurs, there [...]
Scrutiny of contracts
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Awarding contracts is a straightforward task and yet is often fraught with challenges. The awarding of contracts or choosing suppliers is standard practise in both commercial and government processes, [...]