School Governance

Mark Bryan

Mark is a Legal Research Consultant at CompliSpace. Mark has worked as a Legal Policy Officer for the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department and the NSW Department of Justice. He also spent three years as lead editor for the private sessions narratives team at the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Mark holds a bachelor’s degree in Arts/Law from the Australian National University with First Class Honours in Law, a Graduate Diploma in Writing from UTS and a Graduate Certificate in Film Directing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School.

New Laws Criminalise Some LGBTQI+ ‘Conversion Practices’: A Summary for Schools

Victoria’s Parliament recently passed a Bill banning 'Conversion Practices', following similar legislation in Queensland...

General News

COVID-19/Coronavirus

COVID-19 and the Law: A Summary of Key Legal Changes that Affect Schools

School Law Monitor™ is a quarterly executive briefing report that CompliSpace provides to schools that subscribe to its ...

General News

Commonwealth

COVID-19/Coronavirus

Professional Development in Schools: Key Findings from our Recent Surveys

We recently conducted two surveys to get some insight into our subscribers’ experiences of Professional Development (PD)...

School Registration

Updates to South Australian School Registration Standards

At the end of October 2019, the South Australian Education Standards Board updated its Standards for Registration and Re...

Student Duty of Care

Commonwealth

Five Tips to Help Non-Government Schools Manage LGBTIQA+ Student Issues

Recently there has been a lot of media attention on the way non-government schools manage issues relating to LGBTIQA+ st...

Student Wellbeing

Public Health Laws are Changing: Is your School Up-to-Date?

The last two years have seen a flurry of activity in relation to public health laws across Australia. In this article we...

School Registration

Updates to the Queensland Non-State Schools Accreditation Review Program Guidelines

At least once every five years, the Queensland Non-State Schools Accreditation Board (NSSAB) assesses whether each non-s...

Governance Risk & Compliance

School Registration

Top Five Compliance Risks for Small Schools: Advice from the World of Small Business

According to the Treasury Research Institute, the cost of compliance in many industries is proportionately higher for sm...

Student Wellbeing

What Happened to the Proposed Cyberbullying Laws in South Australia and Tasmania?

South Australia and Tasmania have both introduced anti-cyberbullying Bills into Parliament, but neither state is yet to ...

Governance Risk & Compliance

School Registration

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers: The Four Career Stages Explained

Are you a “Graduate” or a “Proficient” teacher? Perhaps you’re “Highly Accomplished” or even a “Lead” teacher. Does this...

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