Corporate governance
The Board and ARPC’s leadership team remain committed to maintaining the highest standard of corporate governance and continue to monitor corporate governance trends from a range of sources across government and the private sector. ARPC’s corporate governance framework is underpinned by several key policies such as the Board Charter, the Audit & Compliance Committee Charter and the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).
Statement of Expectations
As part of the government’s response to the Review of the Corporate Governance of Statutory Authorities and Office Holders, authored by Mr John Uhrig, the (then) Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, the Hon Chris Pearce MP, wrote the following letter to the Chairman of the ARPC setting out his expectations of ARPC.
In response to the Minister’s letter outlining his expectations for the ARPC, the Statement of Intent was issued by the (then) Chairman on 24 July 2007.
Senate Orders
Entity Contracts
The Senate Order on Entity Contracts (also known as as the Murray Motion) requires agencies subject to the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 (Cth) (PGPA Act) to make available on the internet a list of contracts $100,000 (GST inclusive) or more, which are current or entered into during the previous 12 months.
- 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019
- 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019
- 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018
- 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018
- 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017
Indexed lists of departmental and agency files
The Senate Order on Indexed Lists of Departmental and Agency Files (also known as the Harradine Report) requires ARPC to make available on the internet an indexed list of the titles of all policy files created in the organisation every six months.
- 1 July 2019 to 31 December 2019
- 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019
- 1 July 2018 to 31 December 2018
- 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2018
- 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2017
Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation Gifts and Benefits – 2019-20
In the course of official duties, officials of ARPC received the following gifts and/or benefits where the value exceeds $A100 (excluding GST).
Quarter 2 (Period: 1 September – 31 December 2019)
| Date Received | Date Recorded |
Gift item/benefit/services |
Received by (agency contact if not received directly by agency head) |
Presented by (giver’s name, organisation) |
Occasion |
Estimated value in $ (wholesale value in country of origin or current market value in Australia) |
|
09/12/2019 |
12/12/2019 |
2 x wine hamper |
CEO |
The New India Assurance Co. Ltd |
Unsolicited Christmas gift subsequently raffled to staff |
$200 |