Media releases

Month: Aug

• Governance Institute appoints senior governance professional Catherine Maxwell Director of Policy and Advocacy

  24/08/2017

  Australia’s peak body for governance, Governance Institute of Australia has appointed Catherine Maxwell Director of Policy and Advocacy. Ms Maxwell has a strong legal, governance and policy background having had experience in similar policy and advocacy roles at AICD, APRA and ASX. 

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• Unintended consequences flow from proposal requiring companies to keep email addresses on their share registers

  02/08/2017

  Senator Nick Xenophon’s proposal to amend the Corporations Act requiring companies to include members’ email address on their share register has far reaching legal consequences, Governance Institute of Australia will tell the Senate Economics Legislation Committee today.

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• Nearly 80 per cent of Australians believe high CEO salaries unethical

  01/08/2017

  The second annual Governance Institute of Australia Ethics Index shows a continuing gap between Australians’ expectations and perceptions of the ethicality of behaviour in many sectors and industries. Executive pay proved especially troublesome, with 77  per cent of Australians believing a CEO salary of $3 million a year (i.e. 50 times the average Australian’s yearly income) is unethical. 

   

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