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Learning from practice.

Engage in dynamic events that strengthen regulatory capability and foster collaboration nationwide. Explore a curated library of insights, presentations and recordings from NRCoP conferences and events.
Overview

Building our Regulatory Community

The NRCoP delivers a diverse calendar of national and local educational and networking events throughout the year — designed to build a strong, connected network of regulatory practitioners committed to shared learning. Planning is already underway for an exciting 2026 program, featuring our popular online webinar series alongside face-to-face events.

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Plans & reports at a glance

Corporate Report

NRCoP 18-Month Corporate Report

Explore a period of significant growth and activity across the community — highlights from the 2025 National Conference, an expanded events program, continued momentum in The Professional Regulator, and sustained growth in membership and engagement.

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Strategic plan

NRCoP 3-year Plan

The 2024–2026 Three-Year Plan outlines the key priorities, initiatives and actions that will guide the community’s growth and capability-building efforts over the next three years.

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Past NRCoP Events

Conference resources and highlights

2025NRCoP National Conference

Regulation 2025 to 2050: Disruption, Change and Continuity

The conference brought together regulators from across Australia and Aotearoa–New Zealand to explore what the next 25 years of regulation may hold. Through keynote insights and sector-spanning discussions, participants examined the forces shaping regulatory practice — from technological disruption and emerging risks to the enduring principles that underpin effective regulation.

Articles & Highlights
  • NRCoP Conference 2025 Inspires Regulators to think deeper about the future of regulation
  • NRCoP National Conference 2025 Highlights Reel
2023NRCoP National Conference

Regulatory hindsight, foresight & insight

Regulators from across sectors and jurisdictions came together to think about the future of the profession and reflect on the stresses and rewards of regulation. The conference explored regulatory failure, regulatory levers and tools, the role of investigative journalism, and regulating behind closed doors.

Articles & Highlights
  • What causes regulatory failures and why is it vital to learn from near misses?
  • Malcolm Sparrow tells NRCoP Conference how to be a problem-centric regulator
  • Regulatory hindsight, foresight and insight: NRCoP Conference debates key issues facing regulators
  • NRCoP National Conference 2023 Highlights Reel
Selected sessions
  • Panel: What I wish I knew on my first day — Maria Katsonis, Rose Webb, Simon Corden, Tricia Stroud, Robert Hortle
  • Panel: Regulatory failure and remediation — Tracy Mackey, Grant Barnes, Natasha Mann, Bronwyn Weir
  • Keynote: The role of investigative journalism in shaping regulatory reform — Allan Fels AO, Maria Katsonis, Adele Ferguson
  • Panel: Exploring 'near misses' — Christopher Walker, Jonathan Aleck, Jane Eldridge, Jodi Goodall
  • Panel: Regulating behind closed doors — Valerie Braithwaite, John Braithwaite, Meena Singh, Simon Katterl
  • Fireside: Are our regulators up to the task? — Adam Fennessy PSM, Graeme Samuel AC, Sarah Court
  • Fireside: Leadership & ethical challenges — Allan Fels AO, Malcolm Sparrow, Christine Nixon AO APM
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