In December 2019, esteemed independent Chairman of the LGISWA Board of Directors Howard King completed his tenure.
Peter Forbes was elected Chairman at the February 2020 Board meeting. Peter has served on the LGIS Board of Directors since 2017 and previously was a founding partner and former managing partner of the WA branch of HLB Mann Judd, chartered accountants, and is the former CEO of specialist medical indemnity mutual, MDA National and Managing Director of MDA National Insurance.
Tony Evans joined the Board in February 2020. Tony has extensive board experience – he is the immediate past-president of RAC WA, non-executive director of the Australian Automobile Association, non-executive director of St Ives Group Pty Ltd, and council member of HBF Health Ltd. He has a number of other board positions including board member of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority, board member Metropolitan Cemeteries Board and governing council member of Central Regional TAFE.
Tony has both commercial and corporate governance experience in the resources, education, health, property and not-for-profit sectors. His business career includes executive management appointments with Chevron Corporation, the Perth Diocesan Trustees, Iluka Resources Ltd, Murdoch University and WA Petroleum Pty Ltd.
There is currently a vacancy on the LGISWA Board for a local government elected member representative.
For the opportunity to join the board keep an eye out for a call for nominations from WALGA.
Congratulations to the Shire of Yilgarn who were award their Tier 3 Silver diligence in Safety Award. James Sheridan, CEO LGIS and Christ Gilmour, Risk Specialist – Regional visited the
Shire on Tuesday 26 February to meet the Yilgarn team and present the award.
In February this year the Australian Tax Office (ATO) made a private ruling on the following question: ‘Is the income compensation component of the redemption settlement payable under Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 (WA) included in your assessable income under section 6-5 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth)?’ The ATO’s very short answer was ‘Yes’.
It’s a question very few people want to ask but given the current cyber risk landscape shows no signs of slowing, it’s likely an inevitable question for organisations, including local governments.
Risk Matters – Autumn 2020 Almost overnight, thousands of Australian office workers went remote. However, LGIS members are in a position where a high number
Risk Matters – Autumn 2020 Why early intervention? Responding early can reduce the likelihood of a worker becoming ill or injured or taking long-term sick
Risk Matters – Autumn 2020 The City of Subiaco has recently had great results in transforming their safety culture through the PErforM program. The purpose
LGIS is the unifying name for the dedicated suite of risk financing and management services for WA local governments, established by the WA Local Government Association in conjunction with JLT Public Sector (part of the Marsh group of companies). LGIS is managed by JLT Public Sector (ABN 69 009 098 864 AFS Licence 226827).
Risk Matters, via this website, is designed to keep members, their staff and elected members informed on topical risk management and insurance issues and LGIS programs and services.
