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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 …
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This paper presents the results of a study that measures the costs associated with litigation for plaintiff and defendant companies for a sample of companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. The study uses event study methodology to examine the effects of litigation initiation...
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rights and obligations prescribed in legislation, rather than derived from English common law. Under Australia's federal …
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This paper argues that the driving motivation for federalism reform in Australia should be to enhance Australian … intertwined in Australia. Weakness in one has inevitable consequences for the other. Thus, at present, a severe federal fiscal …
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In 2008, the Australian Labor government announced a review of Australia’s Future Tax System which reports at the end … of 2009. The Review has a broad remit to examine Australia’s federal and state tax and transfer (welfare) systems. Gender …
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Immunity Policy for Cartel Conduct is seen as a vital tool in detecting, stopping, prosecuting and deterring cartel conduct. In May 2013 the ACCC announced that it is conducting a review of the policy. The review is significant because,...
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The establishment of the new Australian Parliamentary Budget Office in 2012 has created a body capable of increasing the transparency and accountability of public finance by providing independent policy costings, budget analysis, and forecasts to the Parliament. This working paper examines the...
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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 …
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Australia’s tax law concerning deductibility of gifts to charities imposes one of the highest barriers to cross … charities. However, Australia’s approach is strict compared with the approach of many other countries especially in the European …
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This is a submission made in 2011 to the Inquiry into Tobacco Plain Packaging conducted by the Standing Committee on Health and Ageing of the Australian House of Representatives. The submission addresses the implications of the law of the World Trade Organization for the Tobacco Plain Packaging...
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