All company directors will soon be required to apply to ASIC to obtain their own unique Director Identification Number (DIN). The Treasury Laws Amendment (Registries Modernisation and Other Measures) Bill (the Amendment), part of the Government’s legislative package to introduce the Commonwealth Registers Act, has now passed both houses of parliament. Pending royal assent, it …
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Charities that are companies limited by guarantee do not need to notify ASIC of changes to officeholders. However, these charities do need to notify ACNC of the change of company directors. Similarly, changes to a Charity’s constitution or address should be lodged with ACNC and not ASIC. Changes to a company name are, however, notified …
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It would be remiss of us to not mention the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry, which has consumed much of media and news reports recently. Culture was the predominant theme of the Commission, and indeed its finding. Corporate culture, however, is probably the theme of the decade. An …
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