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ASIC company data should be open and free – even Malcolm Turnbull agrees

  • Written by Jeffrey Knapp, Lecturer/Accounting, UNSW Australia
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The Australian government is planning to privatise the management of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission database of companies. This is a potentially damaging move which goes against the government’s own open...

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