2020

Resignation of Australia Post CEO

1. “Was former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate correct when she said taxpayers' money wasn't used to purchase Cartier watches?”, ABC online, Fact Check, 18 December 2020, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Debate regarding the proposed abolition of responsible lending laws

1. “Revolt over responsibility”, The Australian, 25 November 2020, page 20, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

2. “Broad church opposes axing of lending laws”, The Australian Financial Review, 24 November 2020, page 11, reference to the views of Professor Ian Ramsay and others on the proposed abolition of responsible lending laws

Challenges for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission

1. ABC Radio National, The Saturday Extra Program, 31 October 2020, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Need for improved anti-money laundering procedures by banks

1. “Westpac’s ties to Euro Pacific bank spark call for reform”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 October 2020, page 21, interview with Associate Professor Andrew Godwin; also “Westpac’s ties to Euro Pacific bank spark call for reform”, The Age, 21 October 2020, page 19, interview with Associate Professor Andrew Godwin

Senior Australian judges on Chinese contractor list

1. “Top Australian judges on China watch”, The Australian Financial Review, 16 September 2020, page 7, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Possible class action regarding COVID-19 brought by businesses against the Victorian government

1. “Class action brewing”, The Herald Sun, 12 August 2020, page 1, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also “Struggling businesses take aim at state government over costly quarantine bungles”, The Daily Telegraph online, 12 August 2020 and The Courier Mail online, 12 August 2020

Insolvency administration of Virgin Australia airline

1. “Virgin adds routes as aviation market stirs”, The Australian Financial Review, 3 July 2020, page 18, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

2. “ACTU details demands for Virgin bidders”, The Australian Financial Review, 26 May 2020, page 17, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

Directors’ duties and the plan by Woolworths subsidiary Dan Murphy’s to open a liquor store near Aboriginal communities

1. “Should Woolworths' board stop a morally dubious liquor barn?”, The Australian Financial Review, 20 April 2020, page 17, interview with Associate Professor Rosemary Langford

ASIC prosecutes former Bellamy’s Australia director for alleged disclosure failures

1. “How Cameron can avoid threat of jail”, The Australian Financial Review, 18 February 2020, page 3, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

2. “ASIC flexes muscle on disclosure laws”, The Australian Financial Review, 15 February 2020, page 2, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay

The impact of the financial services Royal Commission one years after its final report

1. “Banks on long road to rebuilding reputation post-Hayne report”, The Age, 1 February 2020, Business section, page 8, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay; also “Banks on long road to rebuilding reputation post-Hayne report”, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2020, Business section, page 5, interview with Professor Ian Ramsay