Australia’s professional practitioners – from veterinarians, physiotherapists and engineers to doctors, lawyers, accountants and surveyors – are under threat. The threat stems from the fact that professionals have become obvious – and often unjustified – targets when something goes wrong and the “victim” looks around for someone to blame. In our increasingly litigious society, professionals […]
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Can the Professions survive under a National Competition Policy? This is a timely and significant conference and one with which the Australian Council of Professions is very pleased to be associated. The title of the conference is challenging: the short answer to the question posed must be ‘yes’. The Australian Council of Professions has, over
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This publication is an attempt to spell out some of the difficulties flowing from the prevailing social attitudes towards risk acceptance and the effect the difficulties have on professional practice. It is primarily directed to practising professionals, and is intended to encourage and assist them to develop a broad community discussion about one of the
The Australian Council of Professions’ policy on the recognition of overseas professional qualifications is as follows: each profession has the sole responsibility for setting and maintaining its standards within Australia; each profession should recognise the qualifications of an overseas trained professional only if that person is as competent to perform in the profession as a
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The Australian Council of Professions endorses the proposal by the NSW Government that the limitations of liability on time and money provided under the legislation be available to the defendants of an action in which the “Professional of Record” in the matter is listed on an approved register. The NSW Government has defined a “Professional
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