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• Government Agency CoerciveInformation Powers Draft Report

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  09 Mar 2007

  AICD is supportive of legislation that clarifies how and when government agencies can use coercive information-gathering powers. We support the Council’s view that such powers must be used effectively, efficiently and in a manner consistent with administrative law principles. Consistency in the exer...

• BCTR Recoupment of company tax losses using the same business test

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  02 Mar 2007

  The BCTR strongly recommends that access to the same business test (SBT) be reinstated for all companies whose total income exceeds $100 million (the SBT ceiling). AICD participates in the debate about Australian tax reform through its involvement in the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR...

• Corporate and Financial Services Regulation Review Proposals Paper

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  22 Dec 2006

  AICD responded to the Hon Chirs Pearce, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in May 2006 regarding his Consultation Paper on Corporate and Financial Services Regulation Review. As a follow on, Pearce released a Proposals Paper in November 2006, to which AICD has prepared this current submission....

• CAMAC Long tail liabilities

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  22 Dec 2006

  This submission relates to a reference on the treatment of future unascertained person injury claims from the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer to the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee dated 12 October 2005 (Reference).Regulation of corporations which are required to account for pro...

• Letter to treasury on APRAs Prudential Standards on Governance

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  15 Dec 2006

  Letter to the Treasury, requesting a response to the joint submisson on APRA's prudential standards on governance made in July 2006.  Letter to Ken Henry on APRA Prudential Standards on Governance A copy of AICD's joint submission to The Treasurer, Peter Costello on APRA's prudential standard on gov...

• Submission to Minister for Health and Ageing on Private Health Insurance Bill 2006

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  14 Dec 2006

  Letter to Tony Abbott, Minister for Health and Ageing, regarding the Private Health Insurance Bill 2006. Our chief concern is that the Bill alters the basicpremise of business in Australia by proposing that directors owe their duties to shareholders or the public rather than the corporation. It also...

• BCTR 2008 Pre Budget Submission

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  01 Dec 2006

  AICD participates in the debate about Australian tax reform through its involvement in the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR)BCTR's 2008 pre budget submission was sent to the Treasurer on 1 December 2006. Visit the BCTR website to obtain a copy of the submission.

• BCTR Tax Laws Amendment 2006 Measures No 4 Bill 2006

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  24 Nov 2006

  AICD participates in the debate about Australian tax reform through its involvement in the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR)BCTR has written to The Hon Peter Costello on Capital Gains Tax measures for foreign residents in Schedule 4 of Tax Laws Amendment (2006 Measures) Bill 2006 ("the Bill")...

• Corporations Amendment Bill No 1 2006 100member rule s 249D

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  11 Oct 2006

  These submissions outlined AICD's concerns with potential changes to the 100 member rule and the proposed square root rule, the importance of protecting the rights of small shareholders, the potential abuse of the 100 member rule by shareholder activists and resultant costs to the company and shareh...

• Joint letter 100 member rule

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  20 Sep 2006

  This joint submission to Hon. Chris Pearce, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, has been signed by Chartered Secretaries Australia, Australian Shareholders' Association, Business Council of Australia, Australian Employee Owners' Association, AICD, Investment and Financial Services Associat...

• APRA Prudential Standards on Governance

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  20 Jul 2006

  Letter to the Treasurer, Peter Costello, regarding APRA's prudential standards on governance announced in May 2006. AICD raises two main issues with these standards - lack of flexibility and lack of transparency. Joint Submission to the Treasurer on APRA Prudential Standards on Governanc...

• Review of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  14 Jul 2006

  AICD made a submission in September 2005 on this topic. A number of our key recommendations were not supported. In this submission, AICD strongly believes that those recommendations provide for significant improvements to the OHS Act 2005 that should be implemented. Our further recommended changes a...

• Cth Criminal Penalties Review

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  29 Jun 2006

  This submission to the Criminal Law Branch of the Attorney-General's Department makes general observations on issues raised by the Discussion Paper as well as reviewing existing penalty options and providing alternative criminal penalty options. It also looks at penalty-setting mechanisms, inter-jur...

• Corporations Amendment Bill No 2 2006

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  23 Jun 2006

  This submission is a reiteration of points raised in relation to the 2005 bill. AICD supports the removal of the 100 member rule to call special general meetings. We also support the maintenance of the 100 member rule in relation to member's resolutions being brought before an annual general meeting...

• Renewal of corporations power referrals

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  09 Jun 2006

  The Coalition for Corporate Certainty is comprised of the Business Council of Australia (BCA), AICD, Law Council of Australia, Investment & Financial Services Association (IFSA), Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA), CPA Australia, Australasian Investor Relations Association (A...

• Pearce Review Consultation Paper

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  31 May 2006

  This submission responds to the Consultation Paper on Corporate and Financial Services Regulation released by Chris Pearce MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer in April 2006. AICD's submission covers disclosure, company reporting obligations, corporate governance, fund raising, takeovers and...

• Better prospectus disclosure

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  06 Apr 2006

  In response to ASIC's draft Policy Statement, "Better prospectus disclosure" of February 2006, AICD has provided ASIC with some general comments on investor friendly prospectuses. AICD does not believe that the draft Policy Statement will achieve its aims as it is not conducive to communication in a...

• IPART Investigation into burden of regulation in NSW

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  24 Feb 2006

  Submission to the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal  (IPART) on regulatory burdens. AICD submission NSW IPART issues paper regulatory burdenAICD has lodged a submission with the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW (IPART) following on from our submission to the Federal G...

• FRC Strategy Session

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  24 Feb 2006

  The AICD wrote to Financial Reporting Council (FRC) to express the Institute’s views on the activities of the FRC, to assist the Council with its Special Strategy Session. AICD’s principal submission was that the Council should re-examine its activities against one its core objectives under Part 12 ...

• BCTR Personal income tax reform

  Content Type: Policy Submission

  03 Feb 2006

  AICD participates in the debate about Australian tax reform through its involvement in the Business Coalition for Tax Reform (BCTR). BCTR released a discussion paper on Personal income tax reform in February 2006. BCTR has written to the Treasurer requesting a meeting to discuss the...