Board's role in developing and overseeing the implementation of strategy

An excellent article by Tony Featherstone in the March edition of Company Director on the Board's role in developing and overseeing the implementation of strategy, including 12 top tips.

Public sector enterprise bargaining

An excellent article yesterday from the Canberra Times' Public Sector Informant. Paddy Gourley writes that:

It's hard to think of an area of policy that is more shambolic, fraudulent and counterproductive than the government's IR bargaining arrangements for the public service. It has been indulged for many years and is a proven failure. At huge extra costs, it has smothered productivity and efficiency, inhibited the movement of staff between agencies and wrecked the touted notion of ''One APS''.

Agriculture White Paper: Productivity Commission Submission

In the Productivity Commission's submission to the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper, the Commission made the following main points:

• Governments should focus on providing an environment that facilitates innovation and productivity gains by farm enterprises and allows market forces to allocate land, water and management skills to their highest valued uses.

Agriculture White Paper Submission: Chicken Meat Submission

I worked with Inovact to put together this Australian Chicken Meat Federation submission for the Agricultural Competitiveness White Paper.

Vegetable growers angry over research direction

An independent review into Horticulture Australia Limited is raising concerns that have been brewing among growers for many years.

The rumbling is in the vegetable sector with a number of submissions to an ongoing independent review of Horticulture Australia Limited (HAL) revealing concerns that Australia's research capacity has been destroyed.

Largest horticulture levy payer calls for reform

Australia's largest mushroom producer, Costa, is unhappy with the way horticulture levies are managed and spent.

Governance advisory panel for Treasury

The Secretary of the Commonwealth Treasury, Martin Parkinson, has established an Australian Treasury Advisory Council. This group of respected leaders will make up a governance and advisory board that will help replicate the discipline provided by a private sector governance board.