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Better shareholders – Better company Shareholder engagement and participation in Australia 23 June 2008 © Commonwealth of Australia 2008 ISBN 978-0-642-71936-2

View the report as a single document - (PDF 427KB)

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View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Members of the Committee	(PDF 107KB)
Duties of the Committee	(PDF 110KB)
Terms of Reference	(PDF 94KB)
Chapter One - Introduction	(PDF 120KB)
Background Conduct of the inquiry Report structure
Chapter Two - Background on corporate governance	(PDF 143KB)
Corporate governance model Shareholder engagement and effective governance Communication between shareholders and company boards Accountability through shareholder voting Preferred approach to reform Committee view
Chapter Three - Improving information flows	(PDF 271KB)
Institutional investor issues Retail investor issues Potential disclosure improvements
Chapter Four - Improving corporate accountability mechanisms	(PDF 235KB)
Voting mechanisms Exercising voting entitlements
Appendix 1 - Submissions received by the Committee	(PDF 83KB)
Appendix 2 - Public Hearings and Witnesses	(PDF 107KB)
Tuesday 15 April 2008 - Canberra Wednesday 16 April 2008 - Sydney
Appendix 3 - Additional information, tabled documents, and answers to questions on notice	(PDF 82KB)

For further information, contact:

Committee Secretary
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia

Phone:	+61 2 6277 3583
Fax:	+61 2 6277 5719
Email:	corporations.joint@aph.gov.au