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• Clashes in war of independents.

  - 2003-06-19

  Jun 19, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) There are mixed views on the value of independent boards of directors. Yet the Australian Stock Exchange's Corporate Governance Council has decreed that questions will be asked if there are not a majority...

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• State authority review urged.

  - 2002-12-06

  Dec 05, 2002 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) Ian Ramsay is the director of the University of Melbourne-based Centre for Corporate Law & Securities Regulation. He says that state governments in Australia should follow the Australian Government's example and undertake reviews...

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• Bosses' share deals kept under wraps.

  - 2002-08-20

  Aug 20, 2002 The Sydney Morning Herald ABIX via COMTEX -- Of Australia's top 100 companies offering stock options to executives and directors, half are not informing shareholders. While disclosure is a legal requirement, a University of Melbourne study, which analysed the 2000-2001 financial...

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• Suddenly, ethics is a booming business.

  - 2002-07-29

  Jul 28, 2002 The Sunday Age ABIX via COMTEX -- Demand for Australian business ethics courses has soared in the wake of high-profile business failures. Enrolments for the Australian Institute of Company Directors' courses are up by 54 per cent. The University of Melbourne...

  Tags: director, ethics, KPMG Consulting Inc., Leadership, University of Melbourne

• David Crawford.

  - 2001-10-17

  Oct 18, 2001 BRW ABIX via COMTEX -- David Crawford is a director of Lend Lease Corporation in Australia. As well, Crawford is a director of Foster's Group and a director of BHP Billiton. Crawford studied commerce and law at the University of Melbourne...

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