BLT staff in the media

2009

Michael Duffy

• 'Selling to NBN could rebound' The Age, Business Day, August 14, 2009

Anthony Forsyth

• Quoted in Steven Scott, 'Gillard backs workplace co-operation', The Australian Financial Review, 10 August 2009

Rick Krever

• Professor Rick Krever appeared on ABC national television's "Lateline Business" on 21 May 2009 speaking on tax avoidance and evasion in a segment entitled "Tax Commissioner issues investment warning".

Vince Morabito

• Quoted in Jan McCallum, 'Class conscious; Big cash settlements are encouraging more investors to pursue class actions', The Sunday Age, 19 July 2009.
• Quoted in Alex Boxsell, 'Mum and Dad take to Class Action', The Weekend Australian Financial Review, 11 July 2009.

Michelle Welsh

• Quoted in Marsha Jacobs, Fines and bans for Hardie directors, The Australian Financial Review, 21 August 2009

2008

Ken Devos

• "Hogan demands apology over tax probe" Radio interview on Morning program on ABC National, 28 October 2008.

Anthony Forsyth

• 'Co-operation key to reform of the workplace' (international examples show the best model for Fair Work Australia), The Age, Business Day, 31 October 2008
• 'WorkChoices-lite: the Gillard brew for IR' (theage.com.au, 19 September 2008) with John Howe
• Quoted in Kate Hannon, 'Unions stir as wallets shrink', The Canberra Times, 28 June 2008
• Quoted in Kate Hannon, 'Did the workplace move for you? Fret not, it will', The Canberra Times, 22 March 2008 (comment on the Rudd Government’s transitional legislation and substantive workplace reform proposals)
• Quoted in 'Australia should look to UK and Ireland for dispute prevention initiatives, says academic', Workplace Express, 14 March 2008 >>read more

Rick Krever

• "Tax Haven for East Timor?" on Morning program on ABC Darwin, 27 May 2008.
• "Tax Options in East Timor"  on Asia Pacific program on Radio Australia, Friday, 23 May 2008; reproduced on Asia Pacific (Weekend) World News program on Radio National, Saturday, 24 May 2008; and on Connect Asia program on Radio Australia, Monday, 26 May 2008.

Paul Latimer

• Quoted in Ruth Williams, 'Rogue trading scandal destroys market credibility',The Age, 26 April 2008. >>read more

Vince Morabito

• Quoted in The Australian Financial Review, 17 October in the article, 'Court juggles competing class actions' by Alex Boxsell.  >>read more
• Quoted in The Weekend Australian Financial Review, 11-12 October in the article, 'Judge upsets class-action applecart' by Nick Lenaghan.  >>read more
• Quoted in The Australian, 18 April in the article, 'Quantas, Amcor actions cause concern' by James Eyers.  >>read more

2007

Marc Bender

• 'Governments need to muscle up and send spammers a tough message', The Age, Business Day, 20 December 2007
• 'Web of confusion between domain names and trademarks', The Age, Business Day, 20 July 2007

Michael Duffy

• Quoted in The Sydney Morning Herald, 13 October in the article 'Action stations' by
  Elizabeth Sexton http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2007/10/12/1191696177039.html

Anthony Forsyth

• 'AWAs vs FWA: there’s a lot in a letter' (Proposed Fair Work Australia should be good for employers and employees), The Age, Business Day, 6 December 2007
• Quoted in Adele Horin, 'Unions can rebuild and we’ll all be better for it', The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 December 2007
• "Labor walks right path to sort work problems", (The Age, 13 July)
• quoted inThe Age, "My Career" section, 17 March in the article “Keeping time?”, comment on new Federal record-keeping regulations under Work Choices
• quoted in “Independent contractor laws are an opportunity missed, says academic” (comment on new Federal independent contractors legislation), Workplace Express, http://www.workplaceexpress.com.au, 20 March; also reported in “New IC Act ‘falls short’: academic”, Workforce, Issue 1581, 5 April
• quoted inAustralian Financial Review, 4 April  in the article “Unions lose more ground”, (comment on ABS August 2006 figures on union membership)

Paul Latimer

• named on I.C.A.C website 'New research busts whistleblower bad treatment myth', 24 October
• quoted in The Age, 2 May in the article "The perils of ignoring whistleblowers" by Leon Gettler.
• quoted in The Australien Financial Review, 25-28 January in the article 'How easy is it to insider trade' by Eric Johnston.

Carolyn Sutherland

• "Labor suggests some redress for workplace aggrievements" (The Age, 16 May)

2006

Andrew Field

• "Nuremberg defence doesn't make the grade" (The Age, 18 January)
• "Letter of law will break kickback habit" (The Age, 6 February)
• "Time comes for Australia to pay the piper" (The Age, 29 July)

Anthony Forsyth

• "ACTU 'fair go' report a call for enlightenment" (The Age, 29 September)
• "Workers' rights take pounding" (The Age, 23 August)
• "ALP has to offer better workplace choices" (The Age, 21 July)

Wayne Gumley

• "Climate change is a hot topic in education" (The Age, 19 October)

John Head

• "Time is against vital change"(with R. Krever) (Australian Financial Review, 9 March)
• "Tax on mothers unfair" (Australian Financial Review, 8 May)
• "Super cuts to cost dearly" (Australian Financial Review,29 May)
• "Taxing Out the women" (Canberra Times, 24 July)

Rick Krever

newspaper articles

• "Tax Avoidance Needs Comprehensive Approach", 16 February 2006, Business Day (South Africa), 2.
• "Cutting Super Tax Only Skews the Savings System" 24 February 2006, Australian Financial Review, 83.
• "Time is Against Vital Change" 9 March 2006, Australian Financial Review, 71 (with J. Head).
• "New Tax Attack Challenge" 17 March 2006, Financial Mail (South Africa), 26.
• "A Race to the Door" 17 November, Financial Mail (South Africa), 86. Read this article (pdf, 58kb)

media interviews

• 14 February 2006, spoke on "general anti-avoidance provisions" on television channel SABC 1 (South African Broadcasting Commission) on the "News at 1" show.
• 27 February 2006, spoke on "the comparative tax review" on the "P.M." show on ABC radio station 3LO and ABC Radio National. (view the transcript)

Paul Latimer

• Quoted in The Australian Financial Review, 6 April in the article 'ASIC flags Citigroup as a test case' by Eric Johnston and Steward Oldfield.

Toan Le

• "No relief for AWB directors" (Australian Financial Review, 17 May)
• "Taxman's wrath could shake AWB" (Australian Financial Review, 1 March)

Carolyn Sutherland

• "AWAs are only part of the problem" (The Age, 14 June)

2005

Ken Devos

• "Majority of men are potential tax evaders: survey" (pdf, 303 kb) (Financial Review, 7 September)

Anthony Forsyth

• "Illusion of workplace reform" (The Age, 31 October)
• "Time to bite the bullet on workplace reform" (The Age, 4 October)
• "Academics call for laws to impose stakeholder equality" (The Age, 29 September)
• "New laws restricting the right to strike" (ABC Radio, 'PM' program, 22 November)

Shirley Quo

• "Flaws in ASIC desicion on Vizard" (The Age, 12 July)

Carolyn Sutherland

• "Shakier balance between work and life" (doc, 38kb) (The Age, 29 August)