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.

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.

Environmentally Sustainable Procurement: Aligning Government Practices with Net Zero Targets

What is environmentally sustainable procurement? Current policies and what they look like in practice. 

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

Sitting on the other side of the fence: What it’s like to be a tenderer.

This session will take participants through the tendering process, utilising case studies to identify traps to avoid and providing tips to ensure you get the best possible outcome from your tendering activities.

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.

Exploring Changes to Procurement Processes in Defence: Balancing Speed with Risk

Managing decision-making and risks across projects, and equipping teams with essential new skills.

ESG and Climate Compliance: Essential Preparations for Upcoming Mandatory Disclosures

Preparing for mandatory climate disclosures: Essential systems, processes, and governance practices for over 6,000 entities facing new climate-related reporting requirements in the coming years.

Strategic Partnerships: Building and Sustaining Key Relationships for Procurement Success

Explore various relationships Procurement Officer should be aware of, why they are important, and how to successfully develop and maintain them.

Applying Probity and Integrity Principles in an Evolving Landscape

Recent years have seen a significant shift in the probity and integrity field, driven by changing community expectations and increased complexity in the operations and practices of Government.

Driving ICT Project Excellence: Harnessing the Power of the DTA Framework

There is a long history of failed or sub-optimal delivery of ICT projects in the public sector.

Hypo-ethical 5.0

Ethics panel discussing a range of hypothetical scenarios.

A conversation with Andrew Crisp

Principal Advisor Elizabeth Langdon sat down with Andrew to discuss his career, what values are important to him and his views on what makes the ultimate partner to government.

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.

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.

Beyond Utopia: Strategic communications done right

In this session, we look at the role of strategic communication in bridging the gap between government and their disconnected constituents.

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.

Contemporary project management: Keeping pace with an adaptive approach

In today’s fast-paced, high-velocity environment, traditional project management methods may no longer be enough.

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.

Improving federal spending: Agile approaches to procurement

An introduction to how agile methodologies can reshape the federal procurement landscape, driving efficiency while maintaining integrity. 

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.

Why most change efforts fail and three things you can do to make them succeed

Most change efforts – and many projects – fail due to a lack of successful change management.

Cyber risk and information security in procurement: Be informed not afraid

Discover how to integrate security into sourcing for improved procurement, contracting, and supply chain practices. 

Evaluation: A nice to have or a must have?

Best practice evaluation includes many elements, yet few manage to do it well consistently and use the insights for future design.

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.

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

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

Preparing for and Conducting Contract Negotiations

Environmental, social and corporate governance: in the government context

Different projects, same fundamentals: lessons learned around successful project delivery

Royal Commission preparation and response – lessons from the coalface

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

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

Effective stakeholder engagement for decision-makers

Australian sovereign industrial capability II

Maintaining and preserving your integrity in grants and procurement programs

Administrative law ahoy: post-COVID 19 landfall

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

Sovereign capability and supply chains

A conversation with Elizabeth Langdon

Procurement bombs and lessons learnt

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

Hypo-ethical III: ethical problems across government

A panel examination of ethical problems across government.

Construction ahead: administrative law in an age of statutes

A panel examination of ethical problems across government.

Synthetic media and deep fakes: the fallout for governments

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

Contract management: different perspectives

How lawyers & non-lawyers communicate

Beyond good cop, bad cop: Negotiation strategies and techniques

Effective grants administration in uncertain times

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

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

Decision making and staying focused

Hypo-ethical II (worst.day.ever)

How the changing environment is impacting government contracts

“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?