What we’re reading - July 28
Looking for new and worthy content to consume this month?
RMIA CEO, Simon Levy, has been diving into some thought-provoking pieces lately. Here are a few standout articles that he believes the risk community should have on their radar:
🧩 Enterprise Risk Management
Title: New rules, new risks: Australia’s new merger regime has officially commenced
Source: Allens
RMIA Topic Stream: Enterprise Risk Management
Summary: Australia implemented a new mandatory, suspensory merger control regime starting 1 January 2026. Eligible transactions must be notified to and cleared by the ACCC before proceeding.
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🌱 Climate & Sustainability
Title: “Won’t survive’: Huge fear for Aussie treasure”
Source: News.com.au (syndicated)
RMIA Topic Stream: Climate and Sustainability
Summary: UNESCO has warned that inadequate reef protection efforts put the Great Barrier Reef at risk of World Heritage ‘Danger’ status by 2026, with significant environmental and economic impacts.
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🏛️ Public Sector Risk
Title: CRC Communiqué: 5 Common Emerging Risks for Government
Source: Comcover / Department of Finance
RMIA Topic Stream: Public Sector Risk
Summary: The CRC identified five shared emerging risk themes across government agencies, including cyber resilience, climate stress, trust erosion, and tech disruption.
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🔮 The Future of Risk / Organisational Resilience
Title: Aussie enterprise security and risk management spend to surpass $6B
Source: ARN (via Gartner data)
RMIA Topic Stream: The Future of Risk / Organisational Resilience
Summary: Australian organisations are projected to spend AU$6.2 billion (+14.4%) on security and risk management technologies in 2025, driven by AI, cyber threats, and regulatory demands.
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🟢 Bonus (Strategic Risk & Emerging Issues)
Title: Australia central bank warns US tariff policies could threaten global growth
Source: Reuters / RBA Review
RMIA Topic Stream: Strategic and Emerging Issues
Summary: The RBA flagged new US tariff threats as a significant risk to global economic stability and Australian financial systems, particularly affecting non-bank lending and property sectors.
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🎧 Podcast Recommendation
Podcast: Risk Management Show (Global Risk Community)
Episode: AI Regulations: What Risk Managers Must Do Now with Caspar Bullock
RMIA Topic Stream: Cyber, Data and AI / Regulatory & Conduct Risk
Summary: This episode features Caspar Bullock (Director of Strategy, Axiom GRC) discussing upcoming AI regulations—including the EU AI Act—and how risk professionals should prepare internal policies, governance frameworks, and third-party risk management strategies.
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