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2004 - Media commentary on current issues
James Hardie Industries Ltd signs head of agreement to compensate those injured by its asbestos products
- "Combet's big-picture win", The Australian Financial Review, 23 December 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 22 December 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Former HIH CEO Ray Williams pleads guilty to three charges
- "Guilty plea the best insurance", The Australian, 18 December 2004, page 29, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 15 December 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- SBS TV, The World News Tonight Program, 15 December 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Possible bankruptcy of John Elliott
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 13 December 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Investigation by regulators into the actions of James Hardie Industries Ltd
- "US turns up heat in Hardie scandal", The Australian, 11 December 2004, page 33, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Possible compensation settlement between James Hardie Industries Ltd and asbestos victims
- ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 8 December 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Possible provisional liquidation for the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation established by James Hardie Industries Ltd
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 2 December 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Hardie victims face '10c payouts'", The Australian, 26 November 2004, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Skills needed by company directors
- "Skills best path to governance", The Australian Financial Review, 25 November 2004, page 9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Backdated bonuses for executives of Aristocrat Leisure Ltd
- "Aristocrat's generosity extends well beyond its chief executive", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 2004, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Aristocrat helps boss boost bet to $3m", The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 November 2004, page 49, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
ASIC guidelines on conflicts in financial services
- "Conflict guidelines hit AFSl community", The Australian Financial Review, 17 November 2004, page 39, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Proposals to broaden directors' duties following the actions of James Hardie Industries Ltd
- "Options canvassed for Hardie law changes", The Australian Financial Review, 12 November 2004, page 59, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Opposition to wider duties for directors", The Australian Financial Review, 9 November 2004, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Use of the Trade Practices Act by Australian Wool Innovation to stop a campaign against its sale of wool
- ABC Regional Radio (NSW), The Country Hour Program, 11 November 2004, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
Poison pill introduced by News Corporation following its re-incorporation in Delaware
- "Murdoch protects News Corp from bids with poison pill", The Independent (UK), 9 November 2004, page 38, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Murdoch's poison pill stymies Malone", The Australian Financial Review, 9 November 2004, page 11, interview with Associate Professor Geof Stapledon
Use of schemes of arrangement to obtain control of companies
- ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 7 November 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Commentary on the decision of the Takeovers Panel (of which Professor Ian Ramsay was a member) in the contested bid for Australian Leisure and Hospitality
- "Woolworths' $1.2bn pub bid stumbles", The Australian Financial Review, 19 October 2004, page 1
- "Fast move may be too clever by half", The Daily Telegraph, 19 October 2004, page 27; also "If Corbett's got stock, he's got ALH - at a price", The Herald-Sun, 19 October 2004, page 31
Resignation of James Hardie Industries Ltd CEO
- ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 22 October 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- SKY TV, News Program, 22 October 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Appointment of Professor Ian Ramsay to the Federal Government's Companies Auditors and Liquidators Disciplinary Board
- "Auditors' board gets more teeth", The Australian Financial Review, 15 October 2004, page 59
Corporate governance developments in 2004
- "Corporate governance: dead or alive", Risk Management, October 2004, page 11, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in Lawyers Weekly, 8 October 2004, page 9
NSW Government Special Commission of Inquiry into the asbestos liabilities of James Hardie Industries Ltd and calls for law reform
- "Hunt on for Hardie chiefs' own assets", The Australian, 16 October 2004, page 4
- "Hardie directors must go", The Australian Financial Review, 1 October 2004, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 29 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Hardie's boss does the titular shuffle", The Sydney Morning Herald, 29 September 2004, page 23, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also "Hardie boss sorry, but stays put", The Age, Business section, 29 September 2004, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 28 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The Law Report Program, 28 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "How to pay victims still the crux of the issue", The Australian, 25 September 2004, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Time to go", The Courier Mail, 25 September 2004, page 75, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also "A hard fact of failing to face up early", The Adelaide Advertiser, 25 September 2004, page 69, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Hardie's trust for victims demands role in talks", The Australian, 24 September 2004, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- SKY TV, The Business Report Program, 23 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "BCA rejects corporate law reform call", The Australian Financial Review, 23 September 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "We'll pursue breaches", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 September 2004, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Asbestos probe hopes lift Hardie shares", Reuters News, 22 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- SBS TV, The World News Tonight Program, 21 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- SKY TV, The Business Report Program, 21 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 21 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 21 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Australian commission finds company misled over asbestos liabilities", Agence France Press, 21 September 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Peers pressure Carr to reject Hardie payout plan", The Australian, 31 August 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Meredith in a spin: a corporate morality play", The Australian Financial Review, 21 August 2004, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 17 August 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 8 August 2004, interview with Professor Ramsay
- "Law inadequate to protect victims of negligence", The Australian Financial Review, 31 July 2004, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Urgent need for further reforms: Hulls", The Age, Business section, 31 July 2004, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "States push for tougher liability laws", The Australian Financial Review, 30 July 2004, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 29 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The 7.30 Report Program, 28 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 28 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- Radio 3CR, The Law Program, 27 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 20 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "National threat to asbestos giant", The Australian, 13 July 2004, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Diversity and dissent in boardrooms
- "Diversity and dissent the key to better boardroom performance", The Age, Business section, 15 September 2004, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
First ASIC civil insider trading litigation
- "ASIC in civil law insider action", The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 August 2004, page 42, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Performance appraisals of company directors
- "Now governance spotlight turns on boards of directors", The Australian Financial Review, 20 August 2004, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Debate over the use of contracts with directors requiring directors to resign if they lose the confidence of other directors
- "Labor blasts big business", The Australian Financial Review, 31 July 2004, page 12, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Boards seek power to sack directors", The Australian Financial Review, 20 July 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Victorian Supreme Court decision imposing liability on holder of securities licence for unauthorised action of its financial planners
- ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 25 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio 774 (Melbourne) and Radio 702 (Sydney), 25 July 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Disclosure of ownership of 43% of the Gribbles Group Ltd
- "Gribbles bid", The Australian Financial Review, 20 July 2004, page 10, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Wall of silence on Gribbles bid", The Australian Financial Review, 7 July 2004, page 16, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Need for reform of Australia's insider trading laws
- "Vague laws and cunning schemes mean few are convicted", The West Australian, 10 July 2004, page 9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Current regulatory issues for ASIC
- "Regulation: the enforcer", Business Review Weekly, 8 July 2004, page 30, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
New financial services powers for ASIC
- "Corporate super cops", Business Review Weekly, 8 July 2004, page 32, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
Costs of implementing the Financial Services Reform Act
- "Trustees groan under red tape", The Australian Financial Review, 7 July 2004, page 53, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
The costs of regulation
- "A question of costs and benefits: the academic viewpoint", The Australian Financial Review, 5 July 2004, page 61, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Enactment of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Act 2004
- "Market must work on remuneration disclosure", Across the Board, 29 June 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 26 June 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "CLERP 9 a reality for corporates", The West Australian, 26 June 2004, page 70, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Business Council of Australia position paper on executive remuneration
- "BCA bites bullet on corporate pay", The Australian Financial Review, 25 June 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Government proposal to reform merger laws
- "Leaders hail tribunal plan", The Australian, 24 June 2004, page 28, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Institutional investors and corporate governance
- "They'll be watching: corporate governance advisors come of age", Investor Weekly, 21 June 2004, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Government's proposals for improved disclosure of fees by superannuation funds
- ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 20 June 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Fee changes pave way for super choice", The Australian Financial Review, 17 June 2004, page10, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services into the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill
- "Committee releases report on financial reporting and audit reform", Across the Board, 22 June 2004, page 2, comment on Professor Ian Ramsay's submission to the Committee
- "MPs say audit reforms too strict", The Australian Financial Review, 16 June 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Report by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on soft dollar payments to financial advisers
- "Tightening the nuts and bolts on soft dollars", The Age, Business section, 12 June 2004, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 June 2004, page 47
- "Canberra stops short of soft dollar ban", The Australian Financial Review, 11 June 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "ASIC report on kick-backs spurs outrage", The West Australian, 11 June 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Former Aristocrat Leisure Ltd CEO loses damages claim for $12 million for unfair dismissal
- Sky TV, The Business Report Program, 9 June 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Disciplinary proceedings by the professional accounting bodies
- "Complaints heat is on", Business Review Weekly, 24 June 2004, page 68, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "CLERP 9 and a flawed trio", Business Review Weekly, 3 June 2004, page 46, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Termination payments for senior executives
- "In the grip of golden parachutes", The Australian, Corporate Governance Supplement, 21 May 2004, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Parachutes lose golden edge", The Australian Financial Review, 6 February 2004, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
The Financial Reporting Council
- "Australia: January 2005 IFRS deadline sticks", The Accountant, 30 April 2004, page 16, comment on Professor Ian Ramsay's submission to the committee
- "Hijacked by Canberra", CFO Magazine, May 2004, page 28, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Pressures to restructure the National Australia Bank board of directors following currency trading losses and board disagreements
- "The NAB lessons", Company Director, June 2004, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Where NAB went wrong", The Australian Financial Review, 8 May 2004, page 20, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Restoring pride in the nation's biggest bank", The Daily Telegraph, 8 May 2004, page 75, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB investors cheerier, now for the interim", The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 May 2004, page 45, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- " Lessons in comedy of errors", The Australian Financial Review, 7 May 2004, page 72, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 6 May 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), Radio 774 (Melbourne), Radio 666 (Canberra), Radio 891 (Adelaide), Radio 612 (Brisbane), Radio 720 (Perth), Various News Programs, 6 May 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 5 May 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB finds a British banker for board", The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 2004, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Walter calls for changes to NAB meeting format", The Age, Business section, 30 April 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Walter wants an independent chairman", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 April 2004, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- " Kraehe urged to quit vote chair", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 April 2004, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Institutions want NAB lowdown", The Age, Business section, 22 April 2004, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Proxy move 'not appropriate", The Australian Financial Review, 22 April 2004, page 20, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB's Stewart shuffles execs as board stews", The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 April 2004, page 23, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Now for the number crunch in NAB showdown", The Age, Business section, 21 April 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Shareholders want busy guillotine", The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 April 2004, page 29, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, 7pm National News (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart), 20 April 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 20 April 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 20 April 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB to slug it out on May 21", The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 April 2004, page 21, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB board threaten walkout", The Australian Financial Review, 20 April 2004, page 53, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Lessons from the boardroom hell", Business Review Weekly, 8 April 2004, interview with Associate Professor Pamela Hanrahan
- " MLC says conflicts are in hand", The Age, Business section, 3 April 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The West Australian, 3 April 2004, page 78
- "City banks on big guns as public supports Walter", The Australian, 3 April 2004, page 36, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The 7:30 Report Program, 31 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Midday News and Business Program, 31 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- “NAB board rift widens”, The Courier Mail, 31 March 2004, page 29, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 30 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Board may have to sit out EGM", The Age, Business section, 30 March 2004, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB board prepares for battle as Walter aims for maximum casualties", The Age, Business section, 30 March 2004, page 3; also "Destructive edge to populist push", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March 2004, page 18
- "Call for stand-in chairman", The Australian Financial Review, 30 March 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB board has some explaining to do", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March 2004, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- Sky TV, The Business Report Program, 29 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 29 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Focus on reform, bank told", The Age, Business section, 29 March 2004, page 14, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- " Walter refuses to quit NAB board", The Australian Financial Review, 27 March 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Market's verdict is in: she must tell all or go", The Australian Financial Review, 27 March 2004, page 9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB call to dump director", The Age, Business section, 27 March 2004, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "NAB seven want Walter's head", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 2004, page 47, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Walter's web wide-reaching", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 2004, page 49, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Director under attack from all sides", The Courier Mail, 27 March 2004, page 73, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "It's a dog of a life at the top all over", The Daily Telegraph, 27 March 2004, page 81, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Walter's thirteen board seats", The Daily Telegraph, 26 March 2004, page 85, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Walter cast as a scapegoat", The Sydney Morning Herald, 23 March 2004, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Release of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission report on preferential renumeration paid by fund managers to financial planners
- "Advice for sale", The Age, Money section, 21 April 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The Sydney Morning Herald, Money Section, 21 April 2004 and The West Australian, 26 April 2004, page 37
- "Taking advice: customers should get a clear choice", The Australian Financial Review, 13 April 2004, page 53, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Resignation of Bob Mansfield as Chairman of Telstra
- "Up $2bn and Bob's your uncle", The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 April 2004, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Divisions in boards of directors in companies
- "Board spats go nastily public", The West Australian, 16 April 2004, page 39, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Release of Australian Securities and Investments Commission policy proposal paper on auditors and financial reporting obligations
- "Auditors told to dob in executives", The Australian Financial Review, 6 April 2004, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Amendment of Australian Stock Exchange corporate governance guidelines
- "Danger in guidelines becoming rules”, The Australian Financial Review, 2 April 2004, page 20, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- “ Directors escape audit crackdown”, The Australian Financial Review, 1 April 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Accountants as company directors
- "Writing on the wall”, Australian CPA, April 2004, page 22, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Federal Court's rejection of Trevor Kennedy's claim of legal professional privilege in relation to documents forming part of an ASIC investigation
- "Judge makes it harder to claim privilege", The Australian Financial Review, 27 March 2004, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Court ruling on Kennedy documents raises implications for strategic advice", The Age, Business section, 26 March 2004, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 25 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority report on risk management problems at National Australia Bank
- "Beefed-up body flexes its muscle", The Australian Financial Review, 25 March 2004, page 53, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 24 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC TV, 7pm National News (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Darwin), 24 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 24 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio 702 (Sydney), Radio 891 (Adelaide), Radio 720 (Perth), Radio 936 (Hobart), Various News Program, 24 March 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Need to improve disclosure of fees in superannuation and other managed investments
- "It's on the table: fee disclosure debate has new focus", The Australian Financial Review, 31 March 2004, page 38, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- "Single line to unravel super fees", The Australian Financial Review, 23 March 2004, page 55, commentary on submission of Professor Ian Ramsay to the Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
Hearings of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services into the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program (Audit Reform and Corporate Disclosure) Bill 2003
- "Inquiry raises concerns over regulation powers and provisions for audit reform", Across the Board, 23 March 2004, page 2, commentary on the appearance of Professor Ian Ramsay before the Commitee
- "CPA backs push for audit independence", The Australian Financial Review, 19 March 2004, page 6, commentary on the appearance of Professor Ian Ramsay before the Committee
- "Committee to meet in public", The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 March 2003, commentary on the appearance of Professor Ian Ramsay before the Committee; also in The Age, 6 March 2004
New Australian Prudential Regulation Authority consultation paper on "fit and proper" standards for individuals at regulated institutions
- "New rules would help nail miscreant financiers", The Age, Business section, 3 March 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
NSW government commission of inquiry into the asbestos liability of James Hardie Industries
- "Company trusts in spotlight", The Australian Financial Review, 2 March 2004, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Victorian government review of fundraising laws applying to charities
- "Legal review aimed at keeping fundraisers honest", The Australian Financial Review, 28 February 2004, page 4, interview with Susan Woodward
Investigation of breach of US auditor independence rules by National Australia Bank
- "Rude awakening", Business Review Weekly, 1 April 2004, page 69, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 26 February 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Increasing responsibilities of audit committees
- Across the Board, 24 February 2004, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Resignation of National Australia Bank CEO Frank Cicutto
- "Resignation a result of power shift", The Age, 3 February 2004, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
Rene Rivkin directed by NSW Department of Corrective Services to attend periodic detention for breach of insider trading laws
- ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 29 January 2004, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
National Australia Bank currency trading losses
- "Forex fiasco goes to heart of NAB culture", The West Australian, 24 January 2004, page 62, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
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