1. Session 1: ANZUIAG – past, present and future
Presented by:
Phill Armanas University of South Australia
Phillip Draber Edith Cowan University
Phil Procopis University of Queensland

2. ANZUIAG: Where have we been?
Year
Venue
Place and State
Organised by
1995
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Tasmania
Greg Connell
1996
Griffith University
Gold Coast, Queensland
Jim Ellis and Dhanesh Raniga
1997
University of NSW
Sydney, New South Wales
Dennis Taylor
1998
University of South Australia
Adelaide, South Australia
Phil Armanas
1999
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria
2000
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia
Peter Perriam and Phillip Draber
2001
University of Auckland,
Auckland, New Zealand
Alastair Burrows and Peter Dormon
2002
QUT and UQ
Brisbane, Queensland
Seema Patel and Phil Procopis
2003
Uni of New England
Armidale, New South Wales
Jim Ellis
2004
University of Technology, Sydney
Barry Munns, George Gulyas, Craig Prosser and Mark Cartwright
2005
University of Tasmania,
Greg Connell and Richard Easther
2006
Centre for Remote Health, (Charles Darwin & Flinders Universities)
Alice Springs, Northern Territory
Greg Connell and Phil Procopis
2007
University of Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
2008
University of Western Australia
Phillip Draber, Vick Kristoff, Charlie Bertoline, Brent Godfrey
2009
2010
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Wayne Gorrie, KPMG

3. ANZUIAG: An ‘outsiders’ view
Strengths
Good rapport and networking amongst members
Conferences well-attended and well structured
Good benchmarking information/initiative.
Tightly focussed on IA in HE
Expanded focus on risk management
Demonstrated management support
Voluntary contributions bring commitment
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Weaknesses
Small member base in comparison to other administrative professional groups within the sector such as ATEM, TEFMA (although this could be considered as strength )
Limited functionality beyond annual conference
No presence with peak bodies like UA , Go8 and UTN etc. (IA and RM disciplines not heard or considered as a collective when decision-makers meet)
Limited and mostly voluntary resources
Opportunities
Scale from mergers/collaboration with AURIMS, IIA or other similar organisations
Lobbying and thought leadership (potential through UA/Go8/UTN)
More sustained connection with international ANZUIAG equivalents such as ACUA.
Greater contribution to individual uni IA outcomes by harnessing combined power of the collective.
Sector specific training potential.
Threats
No ‘voice’ – sector lobbying bodies rely solely on Go8 Finance Director and Registrars group and/or Go8 Legal group to present views on risk, governance and audit.
TEQSA agenda not being informed by the relevant professionals
Outsourcing: Big 4 and second tier take over thought leadership. 3

4. AURIMS: An ‘outsiders’ view
Strengths
Solid and broad risk management and insurance focus
Good membership base (100+)
Recent conferences well attended
Insurance function well accepted within sector
Weaknesses
Leadership stability/continuity?
No image with peak bodies like UA and Go8
Limited financial base
Risk management not as entrenched/accepted as insurance.
Staffing profile is relatively junior in comparison with internal audit.
Opportunities
Scale (resources?) through collaboration with TEFMA, ANZUIAG or other similar organisations
Lobbying (potential through UA/Go8/UTN)
More sustained connection with international AURIMS equivalents such as URMIA (I think this goes out of ‘focus’ somewhat)
Other points are somewhat ‘wish list’ rather than specific opportunities in the here and now
Threats (none of these are ANZUIAG threats)
No ‘voice’ – sector lobbying bodies rely solely on Go8 Finance Director and Registrars group and/or Go8 Legal group to present views on risk, governance and audit. (I am not sure on this, what evidence?)
TEQSA agenda not being informed by the relevant professionals. (Again not sure that this is a threat, probably an opportunity)
Outsourcing: Big 4, McKinsey, BCG etc move into risk management in tertiary sector.

5. Could an ‘ANZURAI’ work?
An Australian and New Zealand Universities Risk, Audit & Insurance body?
Greater scale could afford a merged entity:
A voice! Lobbying power (through UA, Go8, UTN, NZVCC, RMIA, IIA etc)
Sector specific training across all disciplines.
Higher profile events with ‘heavyweight’ speakers (bigger, better annual conference) but still allowing for specialist streams.
Career development and professional leadership within the sector
Broader discussion forums
Better sponsorship
An ability to shape rather than be shaped by those who think they know.
Hasten slowly by considered co-operation, collaboration before combining?