LATEST NEWS
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Public notification – invitation for comments and submissions on the proposed CPA Australia Professional Standards Scheme
The Professional Standards Council of New South Wales invites comments and submissions on the proposed CPA Australia Professional Standards Scheme.
LATEST VIDEOS
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Professional Standards Forum Highlights 'Fit-for-purpose regulation: Lessons from reviews'
View highlights from the Professional Standards Forum held on 30 March 2023.
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Professional Standards Forum Highlights: Innovation in complaints systems
View highlights from the Professional Standards Forum held on 20 October 2022.
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Professional Standards Forum Highlights
View highlights from the April 2022 Forum on 'Responding to risk – insurance and improvement strategies'.
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Report launch: Benefits of professional standards schemes
The Professional Standards Councils commissioned Taylor Fry to examine and evidence the benefits delivered by professional standards schemes.
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Professional Standards Authority Forum: Continuing Professional Development
Continuing professional development in the regulation of professional standards
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Special Presentation - UK Legal Services Board
The Professional Standards Councils are pleased to share a presentation by the UK Legal Services Board on practices to enhance consumer-focused regulation.
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Trust and Confidence: Responding to Community Expectations Panel
This Forum featured presentations from a panel on the role of community engagement to build trust and confidence in professional standards regulation, followed by case study workshop sessions led by Peter Gartlan and Jane Eldridge.
Welcome to the Professional Standards Councils
We are the independent statutory bodies responsible for promoting professional standards and consumer protection. We do this through thought leadership and education, and the approval, monitoring and enforcing of Professional Standards Schemes.
We have been established by the Australian state and territory governments. Our approach is based on the three pillars of professional standards legislation:
Protect consumers.We demand high levels of professional standards and practices from those that participate in Professional Standards Schemes. We expect associations within our regulated communities to make sure their members uphold these standards through education and guidance, monitoring and enforcement, and other measures. This plays an important role in protecting consumers. |
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Improve professional standards.We work closely with associations to develop self-regulation initiatives. We support research, develop policies and guidelines, and promote debate and change to improve professional standards and conduct. |
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Help associations.By approving and administering Professional Standards Schemes, we can work with associations to strengthen and improve professionalism within associations, and promote self-regulation while protecting consumers. In return, professionals that take part in an approved Professional Standards Scheme have their civil liability limited. |
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