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Trauma-informed Legal Practice

Redefining administrative law to prevent harm.

InsightLegal

Three Contract Conundrums

How to navigate the complexities of various contract issues.

InsightLegal

Copyright and The Crown

Commonwealth agencies face significant challenges in protecting their brand.

InsightLegal

Balancing Risks and Unlocking Opportunities: How Government Navigates the World of Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security

Balancing Risks and Unlocking Opportunities: How Government navigates the world of technology, artificial intelligence and cyber security.

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Defence: Domestic Military and Operations Law

In this session, we will discuss emerging issues in Defence, with a focus on developments in operations law, combined with recently introduced or proposed changes in military law.

WebinarLegal

Trauma Informed Legal Practice 

This session will explore the concept of trauma-informed legal practice – an essential way forward to prevent harm to citizens and enable lawyers to manage burnout, compassion-fatigue and vicarious trauma

WebinarLegal

Contract Conundrums: Tackling Grandfather’s Axe, Expired Agreements, and Waiving ‘No Waiver’ Clauses

Navigating the complexities of Grandfather’s axe, reviving expired agreements, and the implications of uncertainty created by poor drafting.

WebinarLegal

Hypo-ethical 5.0

Ethics panel discussing a range of hypothetical scenarios.

WebinarLegal

How to eat an elephant – front line strategies for effective regulatory enforcement 

Faced with oversight of a vast range of companies or individuals, regulators must achieve their goals and deliver on public expectations, all while they adhere to limits on budgets and staff and navigate increasing complexity and technological change, including the emergence of Artificial Intelligen

InsightConsultingLegal

The Million Dollar Comma

In the intricate dance of legal drafting, where precision is paramount and the stakes are high, the humble comma takes centre stage.

InsightLegal

Procurement Complaints Handling

Improving complaints handling in Commonwealth Government procurement.

InsightLegal

Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2024

Loretta Houlahan dives into a new system of Federal Administrative Review.

InsightLegal

Embedded experts and expert embedders

Case studyLegal

Navigating unchartered territories with a government agency

Case studyLegal

Hypo-ethical 4.0: An examination of ethical problems across government + Closing remarks

Dealing with ethical challenges in government can be tricky, but it’s manageable.

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

The role of international comparisons in regulatory best practice

We’ve all seen it – comparison between two seemingly similar things being used as a shield…or as a weapon for change.

WebinarLegal

Integrity by Design: Optimising the APS of the future

The integrity landscape across government continues to evolve, with the recent commencement of the National Anti-Corruption Commission in particular, having a fundamental impact on the way in which integrity is ‘operationalised’ by federal public sector agencies.

WebinarCommercialLegal

The nature and source of executive power: Davis v Minister of Immigration, [2023] HCA

Understanding the nature and source of executive power is central to our role as government lawyers.

WebinarLegal

Navigating GPJR Act complaints: Tricky, but trickier when program design is also implicated

This presentation aims to equip attendees with a strategic approach to addressing Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Act 2018 complaints, including when they intersect with broader program design aspects.

WebinarCommercialLegal

Responding to the Spotlight: Balancing ministerial ambitions with legal compliance + Opening remarks

Opening remarks + In recent high-profile cases, government agencies have faced the intricate task of reconciling ministerial objectives with rigorous risk management, compliance, and legislative obligations.

WebinarLegal

Regaining autonomy for a utility business

Case studyLegal

The brilliant, the crazy and the absolutely scary- working with the Hill

WebinarLegal

Reputation matters: exploring the relationship between strategy, risk and reputation

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Preparing for and Conducting Contract Negotiations

WebinarCommercialLegal

Environmental, social and corporate governance: in the government context

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Royal Commission preparation and response – lessons from the coalface

WebinarLegal

The impact of cognitive biases on procurement: how to minimise errors and achieve better procurement outcomes

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Hypo-ethical IV: A panel examination of ethical problems across government

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Effective stakeholder engagement for decision-makers

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Maintaining and preserving your integrity in grants and procurement programs

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Administrative law ahoy: post-COVID 19 landfall

WebinarLegal

Going public with outside views: ideas for the APS from those who have seen both sides

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

A conversation with Elizabeth Langdon

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

The new high-performance organisation: resetting your organisation post-pandemic

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Hypo-ethical III: ethical problems across government

A panel examination of ethical problems across government.

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Construction ahead: administrative law in an age of statutes

A panel examination of ethical problems across government.

WebinarLegal

Synthetic media and deep fakes: the fallout for governments

WebinarLegal

Thoughts from the top: what Secretaries value most from in-house legal teams

WebinarLegal

Contract management: different perspectives

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

How lawyers & non-lawyers communicate

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Beyond good cop, bad cop: Negotiation strategies and techniques

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

Effective grants administration in uncertain times

WebinarConsultingLegal

When all else fails, read the cases: administrative law update

WebinarLegal

Life isn’t fair, so why care about probity?

WebinarCommercialLegal

Decision making and staying focused

WebinarLegal

Hypo-ethical II (worst.day.ever)

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

How the changing environment is impacting government contracts

WebinarCommercialConsultingLegal

“The dog ate my authenticator!” WHS when working from home

Everyone (just about) is working from home or will be at some stage. What are employers’ responsibilities for workplace health and safety (WHS) when everyone is working from home? What are workers’ responsibilities? Does anyone really know?

WebinarConsultingLegal

Top federal bureaucrat makes the switch to Proximity

PodcastCommercialConsultingLegal

Leading Australian bureaucrat puts retirement on hold to join Proximity

PodcastCommercialConsultingLegal

ATO ‘Big Data’ Strategic Sourcing Project

Case studyCommercialConsultingLegal

Internet Gateway Reduction Project

Case studyCommercialConsultingLegal

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