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
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Let’s let listed company directors take risks
With a large serving of hyperbole, an activist investor and a proxy adviser recently claimed that Australian listed company law fails shareholders.
30 September 2025
Insight
Actionable ideas for re-enlivening Australia’s public markets and helping public company directors get better sleep
In what has been a relatively quiet period for Australian public markets, it was heartening when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (“ASIC”) released its discussion paper on Australia’s evolving capital markets (“Discussion Paper”) earlier this year.
30 September 2025
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The heightened focus on accountability and consequence management – navigating the challenge for boards
The way in which boards address accountability for corporate crises, material risk and compliance events and poor conduct is now the subject of intense scrutiny from various stakeholders including regulators, investors and proxy advisers.
30 September 2025
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Unlocking the ‘silent T’ in ESG – what this means from a tax governance and risk management perspective
The ATO has recently stated that there is a ‘silent T’ in ESG. In this article, we explore the ‘silent T’, and explain how a taxpayer’s tax governance and risk management policies needs to be framed by reference to reputation, cost and compliance risk management considerations that reflect the regulatory environment in which the taxpayer operates.
30 September 2025
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TWU v Qantas – unions as “private regulators” and the increasing financial risk associated with employment laws
The recent decision of Justice Lee in TWU v Qantas marks a significant development in the enforcement of employment law in Australia.
30 September 2025
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