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Episode 3

Inside the First Wave of Mandatory Climate Reporting

Australia's mandatory climate reporting regime has completed its first reporting cycle, giving boards early insight into one of the biggest shifts in corporate disclosure in a generation.

Tim Bednall, Partner and Head of Governance at Mallesons, and Dr Eileen Doyle, an experienced non-executive director, join us to discuss the lessons emerging from year one.

They explore where organisations underestimated the challenge, including data, governance, capability and cost, and what directors should do as the regime expands. They also ask whether climate reporting is strengthening board decision-making or adding another layer of compliance.

Episode 2

Preparing for the New Era of Cyber Risk

AI is reshaping the cyber threat landscape, enabling cyber attacks to be launched at unprecedented speed and scale. Regulators are issuing urgent warnings, and boards are being told to strengthen resilience before vulnerabilities are exploited. Yet many organisations still don’t fully understand their cyber risk exposure, or whether their systems, suppliers and governance processes are prepared for a major incident.

Joining us to discuss the current cyber threat landscape is Rachael Falk. Rachael is one of Australia’s leading experts on cybersecurity and regulation. She’s a Partner in the Risk Advisory practice at Ashurst and former CEO of the Cyber Security Cooperative Research Centre.

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What Boards Get Wrong About Risk in Uncertain Times

Most boards think they’re prepared for the next crisis; however many are still operating with playbooks built for a fundamentally different time.

Roger Dennis, founder of Dennis & Partners, has spent decades helping boards and leaders navigate volatility and mitigate risk. He believes we’ve entered a fundamentally different operating environment.

From geopolitical shocks to cascading “polycrisis” events, this conversation explores how to separate signal from noise, and what boards need to do differently to stay ahead and uncover opportunity in an unstable world.