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13 Dec Accounting standards now ‘outrageously complex’
Australian Financial Review - Edmund Tadros - Friday 13 December Accounting standards have become so "outrageously complex" that it is difficult for investors to understand financial statements, while the regulation of the area is "overly-complex, cumbersome and archaic". That's the view of Senator James Paterson and MP...
05 Dec Sanctions act to target human rights abusers
Ben Packham - The Australian - Thursday 5 December The Morrison government will look at introducing new targeted sanctions to seize the assets of human rights offenders and ban them from entering the country, amid a growing outcry over abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Foreign Minister Marise...
05 Dec MPs urge tough Cambodia line
MPs urge tough Cambodia line - Sydney Morning Herald - Thursday 5 December 2019 Australian MPs from both major parties have united to condemn Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in the wake of the dictator’s political opponent being put on trial for widely criticised treason charges. Liberal...
05 Dec It’s time to clip the wings of jet-setting human rights malefactors
Kimberley Kitching and James Paterson - The Australian - Thursday 5 December Our sovereignty and democratic institutions must be preserved against the threat of rising authoritarian states. One measure worth considering is the implementation of a Magnitsky-style act, which would enhance the government’s ability to impose...
04 Dec ‘Sad end to his career’: Liberal Senator blasts Nick Xenophon’s Huawei evasion
Latika Bourke - The Age - Wednesday 4 December Former senator Nick Xenophon's claims that his legal work for Chinese telecommunications exempt him from registering on the foreign influence register are wrong, Liberal senator James Paterson has said. In a blistering speech delivered in the Senate under...