Media releases

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today announced the appointment of four new members to the Takeovers Panel. They are:

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today announced the new membership of the Business Regulation Advisory Group.

The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell today released the Australian Competition and Consum

Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, and the Minister for Employment Services, Mal Brough, today released the report of the Productivity Commission's Independent Re

We release today a comprehensive set of policy proposals on audit regulation and the wider corporate disclosure framework.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, tonight condemned the Opposition's disallowance of disclosure regulations for superannuation and other financial products u

The Federal Government has asked the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee to identify any inconsistencies and compliance cost overlaps in existing laws relating to directors' liability

A Federal Government paper on compensation for loss in the financial services sector was released for public discussion today.

A 268-page consumer handbook that lists every consumer organisation by industry sector and contains sample complaint letters and check lists was launched in Perth today.

Miner AuIron Energy Ltd has been given Federal Government go-ahead to negotiate access to the Wirrida-Tarcoola rail service in South Australia.

Labor's paper on corporate governance was a slip-shod policy attempt lacking any evidence of original thinking, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, said today.

Australian companies will have to expense executives' options in 2004 - not 2005, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, said today.

A jelly confectionery which has been responsible for at least 15 deaths world-wide in recent years has been banned nationally from today.

Labor's decision to delay debate on its own motion to disallow key disclosure regulations of the Financial Services Reform Act was another example of its flip-flopping on the issue, the Parli

Australia's corporate watchdog, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, would have been starved of funds under Labor, undermining its capacity to carry out its role effectively,

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today announced the details of a Productivity Commission research study which will examine the importance of different indu

Australia's adoption of international accounting standards in 2005 would benefit business and investors, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, said at a dinner h

The Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources, Ian Macfarlane, and the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today announced that the Productivity Commissi

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today welcomed the final report of the National Review into Home Builders' Warranty Insurance and Consumer Protection.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, today announced the details of a Productivity Commission research study that will examine Australian insurers' claims manag