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OECD criticises low enforcement of foreign bribery law

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012  |  NEWS
... fine against companies engaging in foreign bribery, and an amendment to legislation that clarified that facilitation payments defence is limited to payments of minor value. "Awareness should continue to be raised about the difference between a bribe ...

ACSI reiterates support for NewsCorp board overhaul

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012  |  NEWS
... pay for the 6 disclosed executives was US$65.5m or close to 2% of operating cash flow. Further, ACSI said termination payments are far beyond the Australian norm. ACSI also backs a shareholder resolution to eliminate NewsCorp's dual class share structure. ...

Transparency International publishes anti-corruption report

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... disclosures, and in the process improving their anti-corruption systems." See Also: Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

Solomon Islands implement EITI payment disclosure standard

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2012  |  NEWS
... implement the global Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Standard (EITI), meaning the government will disclose payments from its extractives sector. The Solomon Islands has established Solomon Islands Extractive Industries National Stakeholder ...

NAB partners to launch Victorian microfinance retail hubs

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2012  |  NEWS
... that they have access to one simple financial product, usually a transaction account somewhere to receive Centrelink payments," Mooney said. "The research shows that were banks able to offer, or interested in offering, financial products and services ...

Publish What You Pay campaigns for payments transparency

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2012  |  NEWS
... environmental organisations, is pressing for regulatory changes that will cause oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments made to governments in the countries in which they operate. Launched in June 2011, PWYP Australia is campaigning on two ...

Leightons under investigation over payment disclosure

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2012  |  NEWS
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are investigating Leighton Holdings over payments that may have been made by a subsidiary company "in connection with work to expand offshore loading facilities for Iraq's crude oil exports." But Duncan Paterson ...

ESG investment analysis - answering the "so-what" question

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... Australia in line with global best practice. I am not sure that the listing rules review is considering the transparency of payments, but there's an opportunity there." On the social side, the issue of human rights risks is engendering debate, but again ...

KPMG: companies should review anti-corruption policies

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2012  |  NEWS
... need to review their anti-corruption and anti-bribery policies if the Australian government removes the "facilitation payments" defence from laws. David Luijerink, KPMG forensic partner In November, the government released a consultation paper discussing ...

Optus CR discloses responsible marketing, customer service

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2011  |  NEWS
... (TIO) increased 2% from July 2009 to June 2010, a decline when measured per 10,000 customers, Optus said. Billing and payments continue to be the issues most commonly cited. The company said that they achieved an 87.7% Voice of the Customer score. The ...