2002 - Media commentary on current issues

Australian Institute of Company Directors recommendation to abolish retirement benefits for non-executive directors

1. "Directors' perks under pressure", The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 December 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Review of developments in corporate governance and corporate law 2002

1. ABC TV, The Inside Business Program, 8 December 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay (view transcript of interview)

Need for review of corporate governance in state government authorities

1. "State authority review urged", The Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2002, page 18

Non-executive directors and corporate governance

1. "New-age NEDs", Charter, December 2002, page 62, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Whether chief financial officers should sign off on company accounts

1. "Corporate penalties are too low", The Australian Financial Review, 26 October 2002, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Insider Trading

1. To catch a thief", Business Review Weekly, 24 October 2002, page 66, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. "ASIC to get its days in court over inside deals", The Australian Financial Review, 19 July 2002, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC action against John Elliott for insolvent trading

1. SBS Television, The Business Show, 13 October 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Company law reform following corporate collapses

1. "Regulating the regulators", The Australian Financial Review, 23 September 2002, page 60, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. "Real agenda behind the razzle-dazzle", The Australian Financial Review, 19 September 2002, page 68, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
3. "Next step for company law", The Australian Financial Review, 18 September 2002, page 68, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Government proposal to give ASIC the power to fine companies for breach of the continuous disclosure rules

1. "Law Council urges caution", The Australian Financial Review, 20 September 2002, page 65, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Government proposal to limit the liability of auditors

1. "Experts argue the case for limiting damage", The Australian Financial Review, 20 September 2002, page 64, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Private briefings by banks to their clients of banks' economic surveys

1. "Wages study handed to clients first, says HSBC", The Australian Financial Review, 20 September 2002, page 35, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Australian trained lawyers receiving offers to work overseas

1. "Young workers chasing overseas cash", The Herald Sun, 18 September 2002, page 9, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. Radio 3AK, The Breakfast Program, 18 September 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Decision of the High Court in Macleod v ASIC limiting the right of ASIC to bring appeals

1. "New hole found in corporate regulation", The Australian Financial Review, 16 September 2002, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Boardroom division in Coles Myer

1. ABC TV, The Business Breakfast Program, 16 September 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Second conviction of Simon Hannes for insider trading

1. ABC Radio Sydney, The Morning Program, 12 September 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASIC plan to employ contract accountants to review the accounts of companies

1. "ASIC plan to employ contract accountants raises conflict fear", The Age, Business section, 12 September 2002, page B1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

The Prime Minister's speech on corporate governance

1. ABC Radio National, The Business Report Program, 10 August 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Fund managers and corporate governance

1. "Costello urges funds to get involved", The Sydney Morning Herald, 8 August 2002, page 23, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The Age, 8 August 2002, page B3

Directors use of company funds for sponsorships and donations

1. ABC Radio Sydney, The Evening Program, 7 August 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

US Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 - implications for Australia

1. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 6 August 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay 
2. "US shake-up pressures corporates", The Australian Financial Review, 5 August 2002, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Legal ethics

1. "Call for ethics debate after BAT case", The Australian Financial Review, 2 August 2002, page 55, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Accountants and self-regulation

1. "Accountants tighten self-regulation measures", The Australian Financial Review, 2 August 2002, page 58, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Changes to the Australian Stock Exchange rules on continuous disclosure

1. "Disclose or be damned?", Business Review Weekly, 1 August 2002, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

The Australian Stock Exchange and corporate governance

1. "Shaking an exclusive club of ASX rules", The Australian, 6 August 2002, page 24
2. "ASX backflip on corporate governance", The Australian Financial Review, 2 August 2002, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
3. "Exchange brings out the cane", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 August 2002, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
4. "ASX vows to get tough on greed", The Herald Sun, Business section, 18 July 2002, page 41, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
5. "ASIC's attack lashed by ASX", The Courier Mail, 18 July 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
6. "Governance puts ASX on spot", The Australian Financial Review, 8 June 2002, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Growth in corporate governance courses

1. "Suddenly, ethics is a booming business", The Sunday Age, 28 July 2002, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Parliamentary Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit inquiry into auditor independence

1. "Leibler attacks ASIC focus on compliance", The Australian Financial Review, 27 July 2002, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Current issues for regulators

1. "Personalities vs policies", Chief Financial Officer Magazine, August 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

NRMA Ltd President Nicholas Whitlam found to have breached his duties as an officer of NRMA

1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 19 July 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Sponsorship of Collingwood Football Club by HIH Insurance

1. ABC Radio Melbourne, The Morning Program, 17 July 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Is capitalism failing following recent corporate collapses?

1. Radio 3CR, The Breakfast Program, 16 July 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. ABC Radio Sydney, The Evening Program, 10 July 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
3. ABC Radio National, Australia Talks Back Program, 3 July 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Who should appoint auditors?

1. "Free the auditors - from whom?", Business Review Weekly, 4 July 2002, page 74, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Challenges for professional services

1. "Under scrutiny", Boss Magazine, July 2002, page 52, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

WorldCom US$3.8 billion accounting fraud

1. ABC TV, The Business Breakfast Program, 28 June 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 27 June 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
3. "WorldCom catches the Enron bug", The Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2002, page 19, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Challenges for the auditing profession

1. ABC Radio National, The National Interest Program, 30 June 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. "Auditing the auditors", The Age, Business section, 20 April 2002, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay (read this interview); also in The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 April 2002

Former HIH director Rodney Adler banned from managing companies for 20 years

1. ABC Sydney Radio, The Morning Program, 31 May 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Disciplinary procedures for auditors

1. "Who checks the checkers?", The Australian Financial Review, 14 May 2002, page 69, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

$1.3 million damages awarded against Hartley Poynton stockbrokers

1. "ABC Radio National, The Law Report, 23 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay (view transcript of interview) 
2. Editorial, "Broker ruling a wake-up call", The Australian Financial Review, 19 April 2002, page 82, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
3. ABC Radio National, Australia Talks Back Program, 18 April 2002, interview with Dr Paul Ali
4. "Firm has a history of encounters with regulators", The Australian Financial Review, 18 April 2002, page 11, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
5. "Discretion accounts for better part of valour", The Australian, 18 April 2002, page 24, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
6. ABC TV, The 7.30 Report, 17 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay 
7. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 17 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
8. Sydney Radio 2UE, The Mike Carlton Program, 17 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
9. ABC Regional Victoria Radio, The Morning Program, 17 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Federal Court order for accounting firm Andersen to provide financial details regarding its ability to meet potential legal claims arising from HIH

1. ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 17 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Analysts' independence

1. "Brokers' chinese walls may be too low", The Australian Financial Review, 13 April 2002, page 12, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Confidence in audited financial statements

1. "The crunch on confidence", Investor Weekly, 8 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Possible liability of partners of Andersen resulting from the collapse of Enron

1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 4 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Two former directors of One.Tel operating a new company

1. Radio 3AK, 3 April 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. ABC TV, The Lateline Program, 12 February 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
3. ABC Radio Sydney, The Morning Program, 12 February 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Reliance by company directors on management and others

1. "When blame's the game", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March 2002, page 29, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Merger of Andersen with another audit firm

1. "Andersen treads water as it weighs up the best lifeline", The Age, Business section, 27 March 2002, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. HIH link kills Andersen merger, The Age, Business section, 26 March 2002, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 March 2002, page 23
3. Andersen: End of a shining star?, The Age, Business section, 23 March 2002, page 1
4. HIH stands as barrier to merger of Andersen and KPMG, The Age, Business section, 20 March 2002, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 March 2002, page 21

Conflicts of interest for law firms

1. "Enron fallout prompts review of conflict of interest codes", The Australian Financial Review, 22 March 2002, page 58, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Litigation against auditors of Harris Scarfe

1. ABC Radio National, The AM Program, 19 March 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Indictment of Arthur Andersen by US Department of Justice

1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 15 March 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Multidisciplinary partnerships

1. "Perils in wearing too many hats", The Australian Financial Review, 6 March 2002, page 6, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Collapse of the Tesna bid for Ansett

1. ABC Radio National, The World Today Program, 5 March 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. ABC TV, The 7.30 Report, 28 February 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Judges conflicts of interest

1. "Judge rules himself out of Canberra airport hearing", The Australian Financial Review, 16 February 2002, page 4, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Challenges for Chief Financial Officers in 2002

1. "Plan for the worst", Chief Financial Officer Magazine, February 2002, page 58, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Ansett creditors meeting

1. "Ansett union deal virtually seals Tesna deal", The Daily Telegraph, 26 January 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also in The Bendigo Advertiser, 26 January 2002, The Geelong Advertiser, 26 January 2002, The Border Mail (Albury-Wodonga), 26 January 2002, The Cairns Post, 26 January 2002, The Townsville Bulletin, 26 January 2002

Auditors' independence

1. ABC Radio Sydney, The Morning Program, 18 January 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

The collapse of Enron and the audit by Andersen

1. ABC Radio National, The PM Program, 16 January 2002, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

ASX rules on directors' share trading

1. Editorial, "Market needs full disclosure", The Australian Financial Review, 15 January 2002, page 46, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay
2. "Directors oppose share trade rules", The Australian Financial Review, 10 January 2002, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay