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Audience 1 - Technical leaders becoming "board-ready" Professional identity & mindset Transitioning from technical expert to strategic advisor - typically dealing with redefining self-worth and credibility.Most of the tech-heads feel useless if they ar...

Board directors becoming IT-savvy Confidence around technology Building comfort with ambiguity and engaging meaningfully without direct technical expertise. Possibly dealing with perceived lack of credibility or usefulness (who am I to talk about this s...

Information Technology-Specific Liabilities 1. Cybersecurity Failures Situation: Failure to exercise reasonable care in protecting digital assets and company data, or in responding to cyber incidents. Potential Penalties: Personal liability for brea...

Core directors’ duties (Corporations Act) Directors’ standard duties of care, diligence, good faith and proper purpose now clearly extend to foreseeable ICT and cyber risks. Failing to ensure adequate cyber, data and IT risk governance can be treated as a bre...

1. Role of the Board in IT Governance Board’s Duty: Ensuring IT decisions align with overall strategy Why It Matters: Poor oversight of IT risks can impact financial health Analogy: IT is to operations as financial controls are to accounting ...

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The Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) consolidated and expanded Australia's online harms framework, replacing the Enhancing Online Safety Act 2015 to empower the eSafety Commissioner with removal notices for cyber-bullying, image-based abuse, adult cyber-abuse, abh...

The Spam Act 2003 (Cth) prohibits unsolicited commercial electronic messages (CEMs) like emails, SMS, MMS, and IMs with an Australian link, requiring consent, sender ID, and unsubscribe options. Enforced by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (AC...

The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) consolidated and renamed the Trade Practices Act 1965, embedding the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) in Schedule 2 while strengthening competition rules. It commenced 1 January 2011, enforced by the ACCC and enforced b...

The Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 (SOCI Act) establishes a regulatory framework to protect assets vital to Australia's national security, economy, and wellbeing across 11 sectors. It commenced 11 July 2018, administered by the Cyber and Infrastr...

The Do Not Call Register Act 2006 (Cth) bans unsolicited telemarketing calls and marketing faxes to registered Australian numbers, allowing opt-out via a free national database. Passed with its consequential amendments bill, it commenced 30 June 2007 (Royal As...

The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA) is Australia's primary competition and consumer protection law, embedding the Australian Consumer Law (ACL) in Schedule 2 while regulating anti-competitive conduct. Recent mergers reforms introduce mandatory notifica...

The Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) overhauled Australia's workplace relations, establishing the Fair Work Commission (FWC), National Employment Standards (NES), modern awards, and enterprise bargaining. It commenced 1 July 2009 (Royal Assent 25 Jun 2009), replacing ...

This amendment to the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (NSW) explicitly requires employers to manage health and safety risks from digital work systems, including AI, algorithms, automation, and online platforms used for monitoring, task allocation, and performa...