Amiette Wakenshaw, Conservation & Heritage Regulator, NSW DCCEEW

• Defining the minimum effective regulation: Balancing compliance with national interest to avoid over-regulation limiting strategic advantage.

• Legal liability as the enforcement frontier: Practical lessons from building an investigative framework focused on ownership, responsibility, and liability in space operations.

• Cross-agency alignment and consistency: How the Defence Aviation Safety Authority and the Australian Space Agency are remaining closely aligned to ensure consistent guidance for industry without restricting national interests

• Culture and behaviour at the core of regulation: Why effective regulation is ultimately about shaping consistent human behaviour

Air Commodore James Badgery, Director General, Defence Aviation Safety Authority

• Important criminal, civil penalty and disciplinary outcomes in courts and tribunals

• Challenges to notices, powers of entry, and the evidence collected under them

• Key lessons for the year ahead

Stephanie Morrow, Special Counsel, Russell Kennedy

• Building your investigation framework

• Leveraging data, technology and innovation to drive investigation efficiency

• Developing people and culture for sustainable capability

Brett Crawford, Chief Investigator & Senior Executive Leader, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

• Who is ONRSR?

• ONRSR’s rail safety regulation model

Case study: Train v truck crash in South Geelong, Victoria:

• Findings of the investigation

• Alternative action than prosecution

Laura McCurdy, National Manager Investigations, Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator

• Understanding the remit of regulatory tools available

• Embedding a culture that encourages and supports the use of regulatory powers

• Building capability and skills for staff to utilize powers effectively

• Exploring the role of leaders in driving culture change

• Balancing culture and capability, the varying degree of delegation and decision making

• Lessons learned from regulators doing more with new tools

Panelists :

Anna Cronin, Commissioner & Chief Executive Officer, Building and Plumbing Commission

Neville Matthew, National Manager, Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA)

Ryan Verzosa, A/Director Litigation, Legal Governance & People, NSW Environment Protection Authority

Moderator: Madelaine Holt, Principal, Holt Advisory

In this fun, interactive session, you’ll meet fellow attendees and speakers in quick two-minute bursts to exchange contacts and lay the  groundwork for deeper connections and collaboration throughout the rest of the event

• Strategies to identify and investigate misconduct at the executive and governance level

• How to gather and test evidence that stands up to defence scrutiny and reveals decision making accountability

• Case insights into successful investigations that reached senior leadership and delivered deterrent impact

• Practical questions and evidence types to access director due diligence and corporate compliance

Belinda Hughes, Director, Hughes Law Firm

• Creative problem solving through use of undertakings

• Delivering consumer outcomes beyond what can be achieved through other enforcement tools

• Negotiating strategies for regulators

Sharon Deano, Director, Compliance & Enforcement Energy, Essential Services Commission

In this session, participants will have the opportunity to connect in small groups to unpack shared challenges and approaches

RoundTable A: Ensuring effective triaging

Facilitated by: Madelaine Holt, Principal, Holt Advisory

RoundTable B: What does good Case Management look like & identifying and addressing typical errors in investigations and enforcement

Facilitated by: Amiette Wakenshaw, Conservation & Heritage Regulator, NSW DCCEEW

• When do sharp business practices be too sharp & how do they create/cause harm

• Defining your purpose, what is proportionate and acting with impact

• Creative use of a Directions power

• The importance of visibility to maximize impact

Neville Matthew, National Manager, Australian Financial Security Authority, AFSA

• How investigators can use storytelling to make complex regulatory cases more compelling and effective

• At intake: Interpreting confusing or incomplete complaints to uncover key issues

• During investigation: Persuading senior managers when to commence, continue or close a matter

• During proceedings: Weaving a persuasive story through legal arguments

• In public communication: Using strategic communications to connect investigations to agency goals

Madelaine Holt, Principal, Holt Advisory