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Should ASIC be split to ensure better corporate regulation?

Should ASIC be split to ensure better corporate regulation?

The recent Senate Economics Reference Committee chaired by Andrew Bragg, delivered an extremely critical report on the performance of the corporate regulator, ASIC. It was recommended that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission be split into two bodies to address a perceived lack of competence. Guests: Andy Schmulow, Associate Professor in the School of Law at the University of Wollongong Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Interim Deputy Dean and Interim Deputy Head of School at the University of Sydney Law School What's our environment worth? In 2025, the ABS will release its first set of national data to measure the value of our ecosystems, across terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms. Guest: Penny Johnson, Head of the Centre of Environmental Accounts at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Economy, Stupid · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

September 19, 202429m 4s

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The recent Senate Economics Reference Committee chaired by Andrew Bragg, delivered an extremely critical report on the performance of the corporate regulator, ASIC. It was recommended that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission be split into two bodies to address a perceived lack of competence.

Guests:

  • Andy Schmulow, Associate Professor in the School of Law at the University of Wollongong
  • Dr Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Interim Deputy Dean and Interim Deputy Head of School at the University of Sydney Law School

What's our environment worth? In 2025, the ABS will release its first set of national data to measure the value of our ecosystems, across terrestrial, freshwater and marine realms. 

Guest: 

  • Penny Johnson, Head of the Centre of Environmental Accounts at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

Topics

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