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Let's face it. The biggest, glaring issues that started this whole shakedown remain unaddressed by the IRB. We somehow lost 7 Board members, and a CEO , whom the remaining Board still praise despite terminating him, and gave a ridiculous termination payout . How the flying **** does that happen? We ...

Well played Brett. Hard to fault anything you've said here. I was reading books about Enron and also the sub-prime mortgage market implosion earlier this year and yes, a lot of those responsible did not face justice or censure. Particularly bankers - and also accountants. Then again, Enron killed An...

The mere presence of Dr Tsahuridu intrigues me. One the one hand we have a regular page of ITB dedicated to her musings on ethics , leadership behaviours, whistle-blowing and so forth. All very appropriate and noble, I almost always read her article. On the other hand, she works for an organisation ...

This will be a question for the new board to answer to us members. I don't want my membership fees to be used for sponsorship rather I prefer more CPD at reasonable price. ... .... We have learn that being inactive costs us members enormous. Your last sentence is spot on. But cheap CPD and zero ext...

Having potential attendees make a relatively small contribution probably encourages them to actually attend rather than just RSVPing and deciding at the last minute whether or not to go. Exactly my experience, having spoken at CPD events....lots more no-shows when they are free. Another solution mi...

If you're getting 2 hours cpd and maybe a drink and nibbles, $20 isn't excessive . What I have a problem with is CPA pissing away millions on CPA Advice, yet micro-gouging on events like this particularly if the guest speaker or discussion facilitator is providing their time for free.

I reckon the Board are waiting to see what the Independent Review says. After all, it's only a crime if you get caught. And you wouldn't want to be offering a defence in the Senate one week, only to have it blown out of the water a week later by revelations in the report. Integrity...indeed.

We members want direct access to the board not some divisional councils that did not stand up for us members. That's hitting the nail on the head. Since Brett picked up on the issues at CPA, I bothered to have a quick read of the last 4 annual reports, something I hadn't done since about 2012. I no...

If annual bonuses were awarded to the staff and execs for the performance of cpa advice then you really have to question how such a low bar was set, in terms of performance targets, in the first place. It also shows how amateur and/or greedy our remaining board members and remuneration committee hav...

Nothing wrong with what you say, incitem3 In summary, what we need from the Board is - transparency.....not a 3 month battle for remuneration disclosure - robust , two-way member engagement channels to the top....not a gerrymandered Board selection process - accountability ....not big payoffs for po...

One of the vacant positions was to represent "staffed branches "; that is, they are not Divisions (like for example NSW and Victoria) but they have a staffed office. My memory is a bit vague but I think that position covers Europe, NZ and Tasmania. The rep rotated regularly between these locations (...

A good legal question and hopefully one being asked by those with stewardship of the legal fund

Lets not forget the overseas offices that they waste money on. One in the UK, and some other European states. Why they really need theses is anyone guess. Allow me to answer your rhetorical question. There are no offices in "other European states". Period.There are to my recollection 3 staff in the...

Yeah they paid him out about 3 years in advance without even a thought about transitioning the strategy or salvaging anything from it. No, they thought about it, and unless there is some clear visible action soon - they lied about it. I have been in the room with Malley and Wade TWICE when Malley p...

Why was Alex Malley paid out from his contract? And at the same time, leaving CPA Australia with a massive black hole where a brand and marketing strategy called "Alex malley" used to be. Eight years of investment down the drain. And yet, our remaining Board members can't see any reason why they sh...

All these stats do is raise more questions about the running of OUR professional association for the past 8 years. For example, what were the growth targets set each year that validated the rising annual subs and the expense of a global marketing strategy? Were these targets met? Did remuneration an...

The problem is with the super legislation, and that's more what the article is about. Malley's package, like any other CEO, would have been negotiated in overall terms. Any person -- especially an accountant -- who doesn't maximise their net benefit through tax-efficient structuring 'needs their he...

Protecting the world from more spam emails is a high priority at CPA Australia. Second in importance only to the preservation of excessive directors fees and exec remuneration. But seriously, Mr Dickson demonstrates the poor understanding of today's IT that typifies his generation. We could send the...

Interesting to see in the ABC article (link below) that Malley got the maximum tax-free super contribution of $35000, whereas the CEOs of CBA and Telstra take much less, despite their larger packages. Trough, pig, snout in it. "But there is nothing illegal about that!" will be the inevitable sanctim...

Please be a little understanding of public practice members - the CPA style guide tells us all to "plaster" CPA and logo "over their letterheads, paper advertisements, office signs and the like". These are items scrutinized during Public Practice Reviews (ie Quality Assurance audits). Yet quite the...