Who are e-alerts sent to?
DELWP governance e-alerts are written for, and automatically sent to:
- Chairs of major DELWP agencies
- CEOs and other nominated contacts of major DELWP agencies.
Other readers can subscribe
Other interested readers are encouraged to subscribe to receive e-alerts, in particular:
- major DELWP agencies - senior executives and governance staff
- DELWP - governance relationship managers and teams.
Who sends e-alerts and how often?
E-alerts are sent by the Secretary of DELWP approximately four times a year.
What do e-alerts contain?
E-alerts contain information on governance topics of interest to DELWP agencies, such as:
- laws and government policies (new and changed)
- governance best practice
- updates to On Board (e.g. new model policies and guidance notes issued by DELWP)
- other governance news.
It is important to be aware that whilst e-alerts contain certain items of interest to DELWP agencies they do not provide exhaustive lists of new or amended laws, policies or other obligations that may affect your agency.
Previous e-alerts (DELWP)
Previous DELWP e-alerts are available below. Please note that some information and attachments may now be out-of-date, in particular:
- laws or other obligations may have since changed
- model policies, guidance notes, etc. may have since been updated. Check the current Governance guidance on that topic.
- Code of Conduct for Victorian Public Sector Employees
- Integrity framework (code of conduct) for boards
- Changes to Freedom of Information Act
- Risk management - new On Board support module
- Financial management compliance
- Complying with the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities
- Annual reporting - feedback sought on new guide
- Support from DELWP
- On Board reopens with new guidance materials
- Gifts, benefits and hospitality – new requirements and new DELWP model policy
- Other integrity focused policies
- Induction kit and program for board members
- Mentoring kit for board members
- Mandatory reporting to IBAC – new requirements
- Victorian Protective Data Security Framework
- Child Safe Standards
- Looking for a board vacancy?
Directors Code of conduct – effective 29 March 2016
- Director's Code of Conduct – updated
- Employee's Code of Conduct – updated
- Conflict of interest - DELWP model policy adopted for Victorian public sector
- Conflict of interest - new simplified Declaration of Private Interests form!
- Meetings and decisions - update to DELWP model policy
- Induction and education - new guidance for major DELWP agencies
- Small committees of management - new induction pack and policy pack
- Protected Disclosures to IBAC - key message in DELWP's new guidance note
- Privacy and data protection - new guidance materials from DELWP
- Model litigant guidelines
- Risk Management Framework - new scope and requirements
- Performance and financial audits.
- About DELWP agencies
- Conflict of Interest – Update to DELWP model policy for boards of major agencies
- Conflict of Interest – new DELWP model policy for small voluntary committees of management
- Privacy – new DELWP privacy collection statement builder
- Financial management – new DELWP model policies and procedures for 'public bodies'
- Annual reporting – Accounting policy update for 'public bodies'.
Previous e-alerts (DEPI)
Previous e-alerts from the Department of Environment and Primary Industries (DEPI) are available below. Some information and attachments may now be out-of-date, in particular:
- laws or other obligations may have since changed
- model policies, guidance notes, etc. may have since been updated. Check the current Governance guidance on that topic.
- Caretaker convention guidelines issued for Victorian election
- DataVic Access Policy seminar
- Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.
- Caretaker conventions and the Victorian State election.
- Procurement practice - minimum requirements.
- DataVic Access policy
Attachment 1 - List of agencies to which DataVic Access policy applies (DOCX, 61.3 KB)
- DEPI annual reporting guide a (practical guide to annual reporting under the Financial Management Act).
- Victorian Public Sector Commission Survey.
- VAGO - forthcoming audits and new 'follow-up' procedures.
- Privacy and Data Protection Bill.
- FOI - annual reporting and new processing charges.
- Recent changes to the Public Administration Act.
E-alert no. 02 (DOCX, 163.0 KB)
Attachment 1 - Annual reporting guide (PDF, 987.6 KB)
- Amendments to Public Administration Act.
- Victorian Public Sector Commission commences.
- DEPI annual reporting guide will soon be published.
- Introduction to On Board - one stop shop for governance information.
E-alert no. 01 (DOCX, 71.1 KB)
Attachment 1 - Resources available from DEPI (PDF, 807.6 KB)
Attachment 2 - Recent changes to the Public Administration Act (PDF, 150.5 KB)
Governance links
Related support modules
On Board has related support modules for board members of DELWP agencies, including:
Other subscriptions you may like
In addition to subscribing to DELWP governance e-alerts, you may also be interested in subscribing to:
- Victorian Public Sector Commission's e-news
- Victorian Ombudsman's media alerts
- Victorian Auditor-General's Office news service
- Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission’s Insights e-news
- Department of Treasury and Finance Accounting policy update newsletters.