Hiring an ISO 9001 consultant is a decision most businesses make exactly once, with no way to judge the work until an auditor turns up months later. That is an uncomfortable position to buy from, and it has become more uncomfortable lately: in the seven years since we first published this checklist, the number of […]
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Cheap ISO 9001 Certification
Cheap ISO 9001 certification sounds great, doesn’t it? Alas, much like anything, cheap ISO certification most likely means poor quality, and “the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” (Benjamin Franklin). The mistake I see most often is a business chasing the lowest quote up front, then paying […]
Your Plant Risk Assessment Is a Document. Is It a Control?
There is a question I ask early in a safety audit that tells me more than an hour of reading policies: when was this machine’s risk assessment last reviewed, and what changed as a result? The first half gets an answer. The plant risk assessment exists and it is signed. The second half goes quiet, […]
Two Directors Were Fined Personally in One Week. Officer Due Diligence Is Being Enforced.
In one week in NSW, two company directors were fined in their own names for failing the officer’s duty of due diligence. Here is what that duty asks, and how ISO 45001 evidences it.
Cyber Security Awareness Training: What Clause 7.3 Requires (and the Best Free Resources)
Awareness is a certifiable requirement: clause 7.3 of both ISO 27001 and ISO 42001. How cyber threats have evolved beyond the office, and two free resources (KnowBe4 CAPY and cyber.gov.au) that build a security-aware team at work and at home.
What Is ISO 42001? Australian Certification Guide
ISO/IEC 42001:2023 is the international standard for an AI management system, adopted in Australia as AS ISO/IEC 42001:2023. What it requires, how certification works, how long it takes, and what a certificate does and does not prove.
Which AI Tools Are ISO 42001 Certified, and How to Stop Them Training on Your Data
AI tools are now woven through everyday business: drafting emails, summarising documents, writing code. For anyone responsible for governance, two questions matter more than which model is “best”: is the provider certified to manage AI responsibly, and is your data being used to train their models? The answers vary a lot between tools, and between […]
Australia’s Office of AI: What “Verifying Compliance” Covers, and What It Does Not
The PM’s Office of AI promised a “streamlined process for verifying compliance”. An ISO auditor on what the framework covers, and what it does not.
A Federal Inquiry Just Asked What Is Stopping You Adopting AI
The short answer Australia now has three AI processes running with dates attached. The nearest is the closest thing to an actual deadline: submissions to the federal Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence close on 14 September 2026. The committee reports by 30 November 2026, a South Australian royal commission is due to start on […]
Your Biggest Customer Just Became a Climate Reporter. The Scope 3 Questionnaire Is Coming.
Australia’s second cohort of mandatory climate reporters started on 1 July 2026. You may not have to report. But their Scope 3 disclosure is your emissions data, and they cannot accept a number you made up.
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