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• Secretaries give notice of regime's flaws.

  - 2007-05-15

  Byline: Patrick Durkin May 15, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Slow and cumbersome is how Chartered Secretaries Australia CSA describes the Federal Government's scheme for enforcing company disclosures. Tim Sheehy of CSA sees the application of fines as...

  Tags: flaw, Government, University of Melbourne

• Scholars strengthen US ties.

  - 2006-11-12

  Byline: Erica Cervini Nov 12, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The name of the Australian university that will host the new US Studies Centre will be announced on 14 November 2006. The University of Melbourne and the University...

  Tags: Government, MARKETING, University of Melbourne

• Vic backs uni bid for US study centre.

  - 2006-10-03

  Byline: Sophie Morris Oct 03, 2006 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- There is fierce competition in Australia to host a US Studies Centre at an Australian university. The Victorian Government has pledged to donate $A10 million if the University...

  Tags: Government, MARKETING, tender, University of Melbourne

• Book ban stirs ugly memories.

  - 2006-09-19

  Byline: Brendan O'Keefe Sep 19, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Office of Film & Literature Classification has re-rated two books as "refused classification". The agency complied with a request by Federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to ban the jihadist...

  Tags: agency, Australia, Government, MARKETING, memory, University of Melbourne

• Melbourne Uni's model plan underway.

  - 2006-09-08

  Byline: Shaun Drummond Sep 08, 2006 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Preparations are underway for introduction in 2008 of the University of Melbourne's graduate school model. There are concerns that the model could make law degrees even more expensive. The...

  Tags: Government, MARKETING, University of Melbourne

• No fuel like an old fuel for most.

  - 2006-08-16

  Byline: Leon Gettler Aug 16, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- A University of Melbourne study shows most Australians do not want to pay more for environmentally sensitive energy alternatives. The study also discovered a lack of awareness of how to...

  Tags: Government, University of Melbourne

• SOX legal challenge misses point.

  - 2006-03-10

  Byline: Stuart Fagg Mar 10, 2006 (Lawyers Weekly - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board PCAOB is under attack from conservative politicians. The Free Enterprise Foundation has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court in Washington, claiming...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Regulations, Sarbanes-Oxley, SEC, University of Melbourne

• Research priorities not up to the mark.

  - 2006-01-31

  Byline: Lisa Macnamara Jan 31, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Glyn Davis is the new vice-chancellor at the University of Melbourne. Prior to his taking up...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Melbourne, University of Melbourne

• The farmers' tree program that's growing potential.

  - 2005-10-01

  Research suggests that most farmers could plant trees and shrubs on up to 15 per cent of their land helping farm health, agricultural productivity and income. A new three-way partnership will ensure that farmers, researchers, governments, conservation groups and industry work together to get the right...

  Tags: Benefits, FINANCE, Government, SOFTWARE, University of Melbourne

• New group to lobby for infrastructure.

  - 2005-09-25

  Byline: Lisa Allen Sep 25, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Infrastructure Partnerships Australia IPA has been established to promote the use of public-private sector partnerships...

  Tags: economist, Government, NETWORKING, PPP, University of Melbourne