The paper analyses the arbitration of dismissal disputes by Australian labour courts over a 15 years' time span characterized by two major legal reforms to unfair dismissal statutes. We isolate two channels by which we think the social values of the Federal government affected the decisions of...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regards continuous disclosure by listed companies as “fundamental to market integrity” and “a central tenet of fair and efficient financial markets”. Given the importance placed upon the continuous disclosure laws, there is,...

The paper analyses the arbitration of dismissal disputes by Australian labour courts over a 15 years' time span characterized by two major legal reforms to unfair dismissal statutes. We isolate two channels by which we think the social values of the Federal government affected the decisions of...

This paper presents the preliminary findings of an empirical analysis of sanctions imposed in proceedings brought by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions (CDPP) for contraventions of the directors' duties provisions of the...

Increased attention is being given to the enforcement of insider trading laws. In this paper the authors present the results of an empirical study of the enforcement of Australian insider trading laws since the first enforcement case in 1973. The issues examined by the authors include (a) the...

This report was prepared at the request of the Australian Broadcasting Authority (ABA) to identify ways in which the enforcement powers of the ABA can be strengthened to enable it to deal more effectively with breaches of the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA). The report reviews the existing...