RECORDINGS – AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IN-HOUSE COUNSEL DAY – 9 MARCH 2023

31 March 2023

Please find below recordings from our six CPD sessions, along with the relevant presentation slides from our Australian Government In-House Counsel Day that we hosted on Thursday, 9 March 2023.

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If you have any queries about the content of our presentations, or would like to discuss HWL Ebsworth delivering a presentation to your Agency, please contact the presenters directly (their contact details are in their presentation slides) or Katarina Szivek, Business Development Specialist on kszivek@hwle.com.au.

Please click here to view the event program containing speaker profiles and team contact cards.

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SESSIONSRECORDING & PRESENTATION SLIDES
Session 1 - Integrity in the Commonwealth: National Anti-Corruption Commission, what you need to know and what you need to do to prepare

Presented by Kristina Mihalic, Partner

This presentation will discuss the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 (Cth), focusing on the powers of the new National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), the conduct that can be investigated, referrals and investigations by the NACC, private and public hearings, the Inspector’s powers, and reporting on NACC investigations and findings.

Kristina will also explore the practical steps that Agencies can undertake now to prepare for the anticipated commencement of the NACC in mid-2023.

CPD Core Area 1 - Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility
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Session 2 - Class actions: where to now?

Presented by Craig Powell, Partner and Claire Mallon, Special Counsel

As a leading class actions specialist, join Craig and Claire as they canvas the latest developments in class actions; consider the future of class actions given the discrepancies between the Federal and Victorian approaches; and discuss the divergent approaches to rewarding or restricting funders and lawyers disproportionately.

CPD Core Area 4 - Substantive Law and Procedural Law
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Session 3 - Administrative law: year in review

Presented by Michael Palfrey, Partner and Will Sharpe, Partner

Join Partners Michael and Will as they delve into significant cases from 2022 and offer some guidance on the administrative law landscape for the year ahead.

CPD Core Area 4 - Substantive law and procedural law
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Session 4 - What Zoomers want: how to develop, retain and learn from your Generation Z team members

Presented by Sophie Lloyd, Partner and Generation Z Panellists

We hear from our panel of HWLE Zoomers to identify, analyse and challenge the stereotypes about their generation and what they want from the workplace. Drawing from research and lived experience, we offer ideas and strategies for getting the most out of a team with varying ages, backgrounds, personalities, and ways of working.

CPD Core Area 3 - Professional Skills
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Session 5 - Probity in Procurement and Prickly issues in Procurement

Presented by Brian Ambler, Partner

Probity and the observance of fairness, transparency, equality, and ethical dealing is fundamentally important to any project and to the organisations that run them. The first part of this session will focus on the five pillars of probity with a special emphasis on the two most important, being Value for Money and the avoidance of Conflicts of Interest.

The second part of this session will discuss real life procurement issues and describe how they arose and how they were mitigated and resolved. You will gain invaluable insights and tips on pragmatically and commercially solving procurement problems whilst remaining compliant with the legislative and probity requirements.

CPD Core Area 4 - Substantive Law and Procedural Law
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Session 6 - What do I do next? Steps for complying with the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment

Presented by Bede Gahan, Partner

In this seminar, we will provide you with practical guidance regarding the steps that you can take to ensure that your
organisation is taking a robust approach to complying with the positive duty to prevent sexual harassment in the
workplace. The session will particularly focus on:

  • the new regulatory powers;
  • the critical role of legal compliance audits in protecting workers and demonstrating compliance with the law; and
  • how to conduct legal compliance audits.

CPD Core Area 2 - Practice Management and Business Skills OR CPD Core Area 4 - Substantive Law and Procedural Law
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​Please note the CPD process is one of self-accreditation and CPD categories listed above are a guide only.

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