consequence of discouraging the growth of broad-based employee share ownership in Australia. After a series of consultative … the paper provides background by briefly outlining current evidence on broad-based employee share schemes in Australia. In … Part III, we explain the extent to which these schemes have received support from Australia's two major political parties …

Since at least the 1970s, employee share ownership has enjoyed bipartisan political support in Australia. Despite broad … ownership plans are currently provided for in public policy and law. Companies in Australia proposing to offer shares to …