As a sponsor of the prestigious AFR Client Choice Awards since their inception in 2004, our President Michael Catchpole presented the 2016 ‘Best Professional’ Award in front of an audience of more than 300 professional services attendees. The award category winners were:– Martin Jones (Ferrier Hodgson)– Quentin Digby (Herbert Smith Freehills) For more information on […]
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Today we attended the UNSW “Modern Professional Practice and its Future” Conference hosted by Allens in Sydney which was an outstanding program. It was great to see many of our ACoP members there. Professor Richard Susskind, via video-link from London, outlined the arguments of his co-authored book “The Future of the Professions”. He contends that
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Professions Australia members and their guests met in Sydney on 4 November to explore and discuss the Future of the Professions and Professionalism in the Age of Digitisation – a compelling and crucial topic for the professions. Mr Alex Malley delivered the keynote address on the Future of the Professions and Professions Australia President, Mr
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Professions Australia announces that Dr Kate Amos is our 2015 Young Professional of the Year. Dr Amos was nominated by the Australian Dental Association (NSW Branch). At an awards ceremony in Coffs Harbour she was presented her award by the Federal Member for Cowper and Minister for Vocational Education and Skills, Mr Luke Hartsuyker MP.
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The Blueprint for National Registration of the Professions has been developed by Professions Australia and its member organisations. Our objective is to promote and facilitate the implementation of national registration arrangements for those professions currently subject to state andterritory based regulation. The Blueprint acknowledges that Australia is a single integrated market, exposed to domestic and
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When called upon to act as an expert witness, a member shall conduct her/himself in accordance with the ‘Role and Duties of the Expert Witness’ set out by the Australian Council of Professions, which states: The role of the expert witness in litigation is to assist the court in the administration of justice by providing
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Australia’s professional practitioners – from veterinarians, physiotherapists and engineers to doctors, lawyers, accountants and surveyors – are under threat. The threat stems from the fact that professionals have become obvious – and often unjustified – targets when something goes wrong and the “victim” looks around for someone to blame. In our increasingly litigious society, professionals
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Can the Professions survive under a National Competition Policy? This is a timely and significant conference and one with which the Australian Council of Professions is very pleased to be associated. The title of the conference is challenging: the short answer to the question posed must be ‘yes’. The Australian Council of Professions has, over
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This publication is an attempt to spell out some of the difficulties flowing from the prevailing social attitudes towards risk acceptance and the effect the difficulties have on professional practice. It is primarily directed to practising professionals, and is intended to encourage and assist them to develop a broad community discussion about one of the
The Australian Council of Professions endorses the proposal by the NSW Government that the limitations of liability on time and money provided under the legislation be available to the defendants of an action in which the “Professional of Record” in the matter is listed on an approved register. The NSW Government has defined a “Professional
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