Why Naidoc is Important
Celebrating the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during NAIDOC week is the first step towards building a unified country.
Acknowledgement of Country – NRW 2022
Written by: Jacqui Sealy – The Pro Forum Community of Practice The ProForum acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. An Acknowledgement of Country is about promoting awareness of [...]
Car parks, sports grants or is it a Conflict of Interest?
Written by: Phil Sealy – The Pro Forum Community of Practice In Section 6.4.6 of the APS Values and Code of Conduct in Practice1, states “If an APS employee has a significant role in a political campaign, there is potential [...]
Why on earth does it continue to go wrong!
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice A story that wouldn’t normally get much traction made headlines recently – it involves two areas that procurement and project professionals must consider: Stakeholder engagement Conflicts of Interest As [...]
Stakeholder engagement goes wrong…again!
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice Stakeholder Engagement: Touted as a fundamental skill of any project, procurement, and contract manager – the ability to truly communicate and incorporate a wide variety of interests into achieving [...]
Probity Challenges us all sooner or later!
Written by: Donna Kirk – The Pro Forum Community of Practice If Probity is simply the evidence of ethical behaviour – why do, we keep getting it wrong? It doesn’t matter whether you are in the private or public sector [...]
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 3 – What must and should be done about a Conflict of interest?
Written by: Brett Lyndon – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd In this final of our 3-part series we look forward to what must be done after a Conflict of Interest is disclosed. It is reasonably common knowledge that any [...]
It’s all about the Value!
Written by: Jacqui Sealy – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Value for Money – it is a term that we don’t often think about automatically when we consider buying goods and services for ourselves. When you have the money, [...]
A caretaker government – is it Business as Usual?
Written by: Donna Kirk – Pro Leaders Academy Pty Ltd Australia is a representative democracy. In this political system, eligible people vote for candidates to carry out the business of governing on their behalf. The democratic election process requires that [...]