ATO spends $3.2 million to push director ID registrations as deadline approaches
Anyone who is a director of a company, registered Australian body, registered foreign company or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation is required to register and director identification number by November 30.
Phil Morle: What I am learning from the best board chairs
Phil Morle has been spending time with some of the best board chairs he knows to ask them what they do and why they do it.
Ignorance is not bliss: Why company directors need to take responsibility
Pleading ignorance and blaming management — as Crown and other directors have tried — is no longer good enough.
Directors’ duties are to their companies, so what went wrong at Australia Post?
Late last year, the head of Australia Post's sole shareholder, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, labelled part of Christine Holgate's conduct “disgraceful and not on”.
The house always wins: Research shows cosy boardroom relationships are the rule, rather than the exception
Minority shareholders without inside knowledge rely on independent directors to ask hard questions in the boardroom.
“On notice”: Clothing retailer faces tough new penalties in Fair Work test case
Clothing retailer Blue Sky Kids Land and its directors face penalties under vulnerable worker laws over more than $140,000 in stolen wages.
How to assemble a board of directors that will make, not break, your startup
The most useful board members are those who bring experience in strategy, customer acquisition, scaling operations and deep technology solutions.
Man jailed for 30 months over tax fraud following ATO audit
A Sunshine Coast man will spend 30 months in jail after being found guilty of tax fraud involving over $100,000 in false GST claims.
Phoenixing tax dodger lands six years in jail and $1.8 million fine
A man convicted of tax fraud related to illegal phoenixing activity will spend six years in jail and pay $1.8 million in reparations.
Businessman fined for sacking employee who contacted Fair Work: The dangers of adverse action
Businesses are being warned about the dangers of adverse action after a director was fined for sacking a worker that approached fair work with a complaint.
Business owner jailed for five years over illegal phoenix activity
A business owner convicted of illegal phoenix activity will spend five years in prison, amid a broader crackdown on the black economy.
Directors to be named and shamed for phoenixing under new Labor policy
Directors engaging in illegal phoenixing will be named and shamed under a new Labor policy designed to crack down on black economy activity.
