Footnotes

[1] OECD Principles of Corporate Governance  Draft Revised Text, January 2004, p. 7.

[2] IFSA, Submission 1, p. 1.

[3] Bills Digest, 7 February 2006, no. 93, p. 8. The Digest contains a good discussion of the range of arguments in support of the Fund.

[4] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 1.

[5] Quoted from Parliament of Australia, Department of Parliamentary Services, Bills Digest, 7 February 2006, no. 93, p. 7.

[6] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 18.

[7] ACCI, Submission 4, p. 4.

[8] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 1.

[9] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 9.

[10] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 15. [Potter]

[11] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 52.

[12] Bills Digest, p. 39.

[13] Explanatory Memorandum, p. 52.

[14] Mr Maurice Kennedy, Submission 3.

[15] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 18. [Potter]

[16] Mr Maurice Kennedy, Submission 3.

[17] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 12.

[18] Hypothecate – to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage (Macquarie Dictionary Second revised edition).

[19] Mr Maurice Kennedy, Submission 3.

[20] ACCI, Submission 4, p. 6.

[21] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 1.

[22] IFSA, Submission 1.

[23] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 16.

[24] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 17.

[25] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 17.

[26] IFSA, Blue Book – Corporate Governance, a guide for fund managers and corporations, October 2004, p. 11.

[27] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, pp  17–18.

[28] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, pp 6 and 7.

[29] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 5.

[30] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 2. [Flavel and Doran]

[31] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 2. [Doran]

[32] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 2. [Flavel]

[33] Bills Digest, p. 19.

[34] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 18.

[35] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 17.

[36] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, pp 1–2.

[37] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 2.

[38] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, pp 16–17.

[39] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, pp 11–12.

[40] Proof Committee Hansard, 9 February 2006, p. 12.

[41] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 2. [Gration]

[42] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 2; and Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p 6. [Gration]

[43] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 2.

[44] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 7.

[45] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 3.

[46] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 2.

[47] Proof Committee Hansard, 7 February 2006, p. 7. [Gration]

[48] Telstra Corporation Limited, Submission 2.

[49]   Department of Finance and Administration, Additional Information.

[50]   Selection of Bills Committee, Report No. 15 of 2005.