How We Think

In our highly connected world, it’s rare to leave work and not receive an email, phone call, or text message that re-opens the metaphorical work door. Starting from 26 August 2024, employees will have a new ‘Right-to-Disconnect’ outside of work hours. In the case of small businesses, they will have an additional year, i.e. until August 2025, to comply with the changes.

To many, the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) means very little. For some, it is just an acronym. For others, it’s just a set of numbers – and they’re relatively big numbers, with an equally big price tag.

The Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission (ACQSC) strives to improve the standard of aged care for all Australians. As a government regulator responsible for assessments and audits of aged care providers, they’re in charge of standardising quality across the sector.

Those of us in the procurement and contract management space will be well aware that a new version of the Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs) will take effect from 1 July 2024. Released just over a year after the latest CPR revamp, you might ask – why is another version of the CPRs necessary? The answer can be found in what is currently happening in both the public sector and private industry, along with a focus on protocols to mitigate and control for fraud and corruption.

Picture this – you use a bit of software which is vital for your role. You’ve used it for, say, almost 3 years now and couldn’t imagine life without it. Well, 5 days from now, the contract for the licenses of that software expires, and you don’t have any extension options remaining. What do you do?

If you missed our last update on the Information Commissioner (IC) FOI Review Procedures – too late, they’re now in force! Jokes aside, the IC’s Review Procedures went live on 1 July 2024. Considering that the starting gun’s been fired, it’s going to be ready, set and go for Commonwealth Freedom of Information (FOI) teams to get on board with the IC’s efforts to streamline and speed-up their FOI Review protocols.