Law Reform and Social Justice Program — ANU College of Law
Written by: Edwin Choi
In December 2007, a bill was introduced into parliament amending Australia’s private sector whistleblowing laws. In particular, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Enhancing Whistleblower Protections) Bill 2017 (‘the Bill’) proposed to amend the Corporations Act 2001 to … Read the rest
On the 6th of December 2017, the Australian Government introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Combatting Corporate Crime) Bill 2017 into the Senate. This Bill seeks to make a number of changes to the existing Federal Criminal Code Act (1995) … Read the rest
Given the surfeit of excellent sources on this topic, this note is designed to act as a succinct summary. It should (hopefully) give the reader a basic idea of the topic as a whole. Then, the reader will be … Read the rest
Assistant governor of the RBA, Guy Debelle, has worked incessantly over the past two years chairing an international committee of investment banks, central banks and institutional investors. Its outcome? 55 principles enshrined into a code of conduct, which was revealed … Read the rest
Sandalwood forestry group Quintis saw its market value collapse by 72 percent after it conceded that it had lost a significant deal with Nestle’s Galderma, without the knowledge of its board and top management. Further implications of this included a … Read the rest
On Monday, Justice Minister Michael Keenan announced that a new team of 26 specialist investigators, lawyers, forensic accountants, based in Perth, Melbourne, and Sydney, will be honing in on corporate corruption. The particular focus will be foreign bribery. This comes … Read the rest
Gerard Ryle, director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), tells stories behind, and leading up to, the publication of the Panama Papers investigation. He refers to the operation as the ‘biggest journalism collaboration in history’ involving over 300 … Read the rest
A new report released by Transparency International has assessed the disclosure practices of 100 emerging multinational corporations, active within 185 countries. Broken down into three assessable categories, the report assesses:
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/government-needs-to-get-serious-about-reducing-foreign-bribery-and-corruption-20160513-goub67.html
In the aftermath of a Super Summit on Corruption in London, hosted by David Cameron, commitments to eradicating global corruption were outlined, represented by a drive to pool information about corruption, and a need to return lost funds to … Read the rest
Following the investigations and three-part series released by Fairfax Media and Huffington Post earlier in the year (see previous blog posts), investigations into Monaco-based company Unaoil have continued.
Unaoil has continually denied corruption and bribery allegations, even arguing it has … Read the rest