Tag: Compliance Audits
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The regulatory coercion matrix—The launch of the AHRC’s compulsory positive duty enforcement powers
the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) officially assumed its full suite of compulsory enforcement powers in December 2023. Backed by the Anti-Discrimination and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Respect at Work) Act 2022 (Cth), the commission is now statutorily empowered to bypass individual complaint frameworks to launch independent, corporate-wide investigations and issue legally binding compliance notices.…
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The sovereign trap—The arrival of Australia’s first state debarment regime
In a structural overhaul of public sector commercial rules, the Western Australian Government has enacted a regulatory mechanism that transforms work health and safety compliance into an absolute prerequisite for commercial survival. Under the Procurement Act 2020 (WA) and the Procurement (Debarment of Suppliers) Regulations 2021 (WA), the state has established Australia’s first comprehensive Supplier…