1. Resources

Australian Institute of Company Directors

• Corporate Practices and Conduct, Third Edition, 1995
• Duties and Responsibilities of Directors and Officers, November 1996
• Director's Responsibilities: A Working Guide for Australia, August 1991
• Checklist for Directors of Government Boards, 1994

Office of the Auditor General, Western Australia

Roles and Responsibilities of Members of Governing Bodies of State Government Agencies, February 1997

Cabinet Office, Department of the Premier and Cabinet, South Australia

Government Board and Committees: Guidelines for Agencies and Board Directors, July 2000

Public Sector Management Office, Western Australia

Getting on Board: A Guide to Recruitment and Induction of Members of Western Australian Boards and Committees, November 2000 (relied on particularly for section 2 Role of Government Boards, section 3 Role of Key Players and section 4 Selection and Recruitment)

Department of Finance, Victoria

Guidelines for Members of Public Sector Boards, June 1993

Australian National Audit Office

Core Public Sector Corporate Governance, October 1997

The Audit Office of New South Wales

Corporate Governance: In Principle, In Practice, and Supplement, June 1997

Linda English and Dr James Guthrie

An Overview of Director's Obligations and Accountability Standards for Government Business Enterprises in the 1990s, 1996, 7 Australian Journal of Corporate Law 120

S Bottomley

Regulating Government Owned Corporations: A Review of Issues, 1994, Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol 54, No. 3, pp521-35

Crown Law, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Queensland

Matters to be Considered with Respect to Establishment of Commercial Bodies by Government, 1 September 1997

Cabinet Secretariat, Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Queensland Cabinet Handbook, February 2000

State Affairs, Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Executive Council Handbook, January 2002

Dunphy, B

Misfeasance in Public Office: Liability for Public Administrators, March 1999

Women's Infolink

Office for Women, Department of Local Government, Planning, Sport and Recreation

Office of Public Service Merit and Equity

• Guidelines for Frequent Flyer Schemes, 28 June 1999
• Guidelines - Overseas Travel for Official Purposes, August 1999
• General Guidelines for Personal Expenses and the Use of Credit Cards by Public Service Employees, June 2001.

Last reviewed: 17 July, 2009

Last updated: 22 July, 2009

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