Leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.
OnBoard delivers our leading market insights purposefully curated for directors, general counsel and company secretaries.
This newsletter is designed to support you in your roles as you lead your organisations through corporate governance matters, both now and in the future.
This issue looks at some of the most interesting and emerging governance events over the past quarter.
In This Edition
Insight
Adopting artificial intelligence? Ethics and good governance are critical
As generative artificial intelligence (AI) continues to be adopted at exponential rates, the key question for directors, senior business leaders and legal teams is no longer whether we should adopt it, but rather, how do we ethically and strategically implement and use it?
29 September 2026
Insight
Lessons in Optimism
The Supreme Court of New South Wales delivered judgment on 30 June 2026 in proceedings brought by ASIC concerning profit guidance issued by Regional Express Holdings Ltd (Rex).
29 September 2026
Insight
The ‘lived experience’ of whistleblower programs: implications for directors
Australia's corporate whistleblower regime is at a key inflection point, with Treasury's statutory review now underway, the courts starting to shape the boundaries of whistleblower protections and liability and an intensified public focus on the management of complex whistleblower matters.
29 September 2026
Insight
2026 AGM season lessons so far
Shareholder dissent at 2026 AGMs held so far has been selective. Most board-supported resolutions have passed, but some remuneration votes, director elections and incentive grants have attracted comparatively greater opposition.
29 September 2026
Insight
ASIC v Noumi (No 7): CEO liability decision
In July this year, the Federal Court (Jackman, J) delivered its judgment in relation to ASIC’s allegations that the former Managing Director and CEO of Noumi Limited (formerly called Freedom Foods Limited) breached various provisions of the Corporations Act in relation to statements in the Noumi accounts for the 2019 financial year and the first half of the 2020 financial year.
29 September 2026
Insight
Governance reform: Mallesons’ submissions on ASX and APRA proposals
ASX and APRA are each undertaking significant governance reform processes, with ASX consulting on a draft fifth edition of the ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations and APRA consulting on draft Prudential Standard CPS 510 Governance.
29 September 2026
Insight
The UK wants to scrap the reporting red tape – Australia should take note
As Australian directors and senior business leaders vent their frustrations with excessive regulation and red tape, the UK is consulting on proposals to radically streamline its corporate reporting framework.
29 September 2026
Insight
Challenges for Boards 2026: The productivity imperative and the real implications of the Federal Budget
At our recent Challenges for Boards webinar, panellists explored how regulation, investment confidence, AI adoption and policy uncertainty are shaping organisational performance and long-term competitiveness.
29 September 2026
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