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May Newsletter

We are currently Co-Chairing the RegTech Award Compliance Strategic Working Group (RACSWG) with the Attorney-General's Department (AGD). The AGD is calling for Expressions of Interest from DSPs who would like to participate in the strategic working group. Find more information about the RACSWG and how you can submit an EOI below.





DSPANZ News

Meet our Director Ian Gibson

Get to know our Director Ian Gibson. For most of his professional career Ian was a Chief Information Officer or a Strategy Consultant. Now semi-retired, Ian works across the various Boards he’s involved with.   

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Simon thanks Mark Stockwell 

We acknowledge and greatly appreciate the extraordinary leadership and the strong working relationships we've developed with Mark Stockwell and Martin Mane over the years. Our President, Simon Foster, recently met with Mark to thank him for his support and work leading Digital Partnership Office (DPO) through Covid. We look forward to continuing this relationship with Elly Stinchcombe and her team.

    Industry Newsletters Resource

    We've rounded up the government and industry newsletters that may be of interest to DSPs. Find out more about these newsletters and how to subscribe to them here

    Submission to Home Affairs’ National Data Security Action
    We are in the process of putting together a submission to the Department of Home Affairs’ National Data Security Action Plan. Members are welcome to get in touch with any feedback by 25 May. More information can be found here

    DSPANZ Representation
    Over the past month, we have been attending the following webinars, meetings and roundtables:

    • STP 2 Meeting
    • A-NZ Peoppol All Stakeholders Working Group
    • Business Registry Strategic Advisory Council
    • ATO/DSPANZ Board Meeting
    • FWC MAPD catch up
    • RegTech Award Compliance Strategic Working Group Meeting
    • COSBOA Council Member Only Round Table
    • Consistent Data Mapping Focus Group Meeting

    Industry News 

    Increased Session Timeout for OSF 
    The ATO has increased the duration of an acceptable session timeout to 30 minutes as part of the Operational Security Framework (OSF) requirements. This amendment creates consistency across ATO platforms and ensures a positive user experience without increasing the risk or vulnerability of sensitive information.

    Webinar - Your Future, Your Super: stapled super fund API 
    On Thursday 19 May at 1pm AEST, the ATO will be hosting a webinar for DSPs on the Your Future, Your Super: stapled super fund API. This webinar is an opportunity to learn about this service and ask questions. Register for the webinar here.  

    Reminder - Super Guarantee Rates Increase


    Reminder that the super guarantee rate will increase from 10% to 10.5% on 1 July 2022. The new 10.5% rate will apply to all super payments made from 1 July. Ensure that your products are updated to incorporate these changes. Find the scheduled rate increases on the ATO’s website here


    Events

    Digital Government Festival 

    Join Melbourne School of Government online from 1-2 June for the inaugural Digital Government Festival: From Complexity to Collaboration. Experts from the public sector, industry and academia will join the conversation to consider how technology will shape the future of regulation. Find more information and how to purchase tickets here


    Member Spotlight

    AccountKit 
    Who are you?
    We are AccountKit - we've created an online toolkit for accountants to service both our own practice and the broader accounting community, primarily in AU. 

    What do you do?
    We have a set of tools that integrate with Xero, Xero Practice Manager and a bunch of other essential apps for a cloud accounting / bookkeeping practice. The aim is to automate, reduce clicks and create visibility across a variety of usually manual tasks. It's a modular kit, in that they can pick and choose which tools they'd like to use - such as Business Structure Diagrams, Inter-entity Loan reconciliation tool, Equipment Finance schedules, Correspondence Registers etc. 


    Where are you located?
    We only have our team in Adelaide; We outsource our marketing to Little Village Creative in Melbourne.


    Who can people contact for more information?

    paulm@account-kit.com

    Website
    www.account-kit.com





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    The Team at DSPANZ.

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