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Clean Energy Transition
Leadership Forum on energy transition Forum Member Profiles Professor Ian Jacobs (Chair) President and Vice-Chancellor, UNSW Australia Ian came to Australia from the UK, where he had a distinguished career as a leading researcher in the area of women’s health and cancer, and in university leadership. Immediately prior to joining UNSW Ian was Vice President and Dean at the University of Manchester and Director of the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, a partnership linking the University with six healthcare organisations involving over 36,000 staff. Ian is the Principal Investigator for the Cancer Research UK and Eve Appeal funded PROMISE (Prediction of Risk of Ovarian Malignancy Screening and Early Detection) programme and on several large multicentre clinical trials including the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer and the UK Familial Ovarian Cancer Screening Study. Ian established and chairs the Uganda Women’s Health Initiative, is founder and Medical Advisor to the Eve Appeal charity, a Patron of Safehands for Mothers, founder and non- Executive Director of Abcodia Ltd and patent holder of the ROCA (Risk of Ovarian Cancer Algorithm). Mr Geoffrey Cousins AM President, Australian Conservation Foundation Geoff is an Australian community leader, businessman, environmental activist and writer. As an environmental activist he is best known for his successful campaigns to stop the Gunns pulp mill in Tasmania and the proposed Woodside gas hub in the Kimberley. Geoff’s distinguished business career has included Chief Executive roles in advertising and media and positions on a number of public company boards including PBL, the Seven Network, Hoyts Cinemas group, NM Rothschild & Sons Limited and Telstra. -
Fire & General Insurance Providers
FIRE & GENERAL INSURANCE PROVIDERS COMPANY FINANCIAL STRENGTH RATING RATING AGENCY AIG Asia Pacific Insurance Pte Ltd A A M Best A+ Standard & Poor’s AIG Insurance NZ Ltd A Standard & Poor’s Allianz Australia Insurance Limited AA- [*] Standard & Poor’s Ando (UK) Insurance Group Limited Refer Lloyd’s Ando Insurance Group Limited A- [*] A M Best (underwritten by Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd) AWP Services New Zealand Limited A- [*] A M Best trading as Allianz Partners (underwritten by Hollard Insurance Company Pty Ltd) Berkshire Hathaway Speciality Insurance A ++ A M Best (incl. BHSI Facilities) AA+ Standard & Poor’s Chubb Insurance New Zealand Ltd AA- Standard & Poor’s Classic Cover (underwritten by Lumley a Refer NZI a division of IAG New business division of IAG New Zealand Ltd) Zealand Ltd Cover-more (NZ) Ltd Refer Zurich New Zealand Dealersblock Insurance (Bus) Refer NZI a division of IAG New Zealand Ltd Delta Insurance NZ Ltd Refer Lloyd’s Delta Property Insurance Limited Refer Lloyd’s Dual New Zealand Ltd Refer Lloyd’s Ed Brokering LLP Refer Lloyd’s GT Insurance Refer Allianz Australia Insurance Limited HDI Global SE, Australia A+ [*] Standard & Poor’s Insurance Wholesale Limited Refer Lloyd’s International Underwriting Agencies Ltd Refer Lloyd’s, NZI a division of IAG New Zealand Ltd:-as advised Lumley, a business division of IAG New Refer NZI a division of IAG New Zealand Ltd Zealand Ltd NZI a division of IAG New Zealand Ltd AA- Standard & Poor’s (Incl. NZI Standard) NZI and Vero Insurance Refer NZI a division of IAG New Zealand -
It's Just a Joke: Defining and Defending (Musical) Parody
It’s just a joke: Defining and defending (musical) parody Paul Jewell, Flinders University Jennie Louise, The University of Adelaide ABSTRACT Australia has recently amended copyright laws in order to exempt and protect parodies, so that, as the Hon. Chris Ellison, the then Minster for Justice told the Senate, ‘Australia’s fine tradition of poking fun at itself and others will not be unnecessarily restricted’. It is predicted that there will be legal debates about the definition of parody. But if the law, as the Minister contends, reflects Australian values, then there is a precursor question. Is there anything wrong with parody, such that it should be restricted? In our efforts to define parody, we discover and develop a moral defence of parody. Parody is the imitation of an artistic work, sometimes for the sake of ridicule, or perhaps as a vehicle to make a criticism or comment. It is the appropriation of another’s original work, and therefore, prima facie, exploits the originator. Parody is the unauthorised use of intellectual property, with both similarity to and difference from other misappropriations such as piracy, plagiarism and forgery. Nevertheless, we argue that unlike piracy, plagiarism and forgery, which are inherently immoral, parody is not. On the contrary, parody makes a positive contribution to culture and even to the original artists whose work is parodied. Paul Jewell <[email protected]> is a member of the Ethics Centre of South Australia. He teaches ethics in Disability and Community Inclusion at Flinders University and he is a musician. Jennie Louise is also a member of the Ethics Centre of South Australia. -
Business Ethics Study
The 2009 Annual Business and Professions Study business ethics study St James Ethics Centre Beaton Consulting 2009 Annual Business and Professions Study: Business Ethics Study Foreword This report has been produced at a pivotal point in history. The global community is faced by a conjunction of challenges so grave as to justify being considered ‘crises’. The list includes some obvious issues – climate change caused by global warming, world-wide recession, a global food crisis affecting the most vulnerable. However, there is something less obvious that we should attend to - there is also a crisis of confidence; in our principal institutions, their legitimacy and their leadership. Until this deeper issue is acknowledged and addressed our latent capacity to resolve the more obvious issues will falter for want of conviction. Barack Obama sought to identify one dimension of this deeper problem when, prior to his inauguration as President, he sought to indentify the principal factors that had brought the US economy to its knees. This crisis did not happen solely by some accident of history or normal turn of the business cycle, and we won’t get out of it by simply waiting for a better day to come, or relying on the worn-out dogmas of the past. We arrived at this point due to an era of profound irresponsibility that stretched from corporate boardrooms to the halls of power in Washington, DC. For years, too many Wall Street executives made imprudent and dangerous decisions, seeking profits with too little regard for risk, too little regulatory scrutiny, and too little accountability. -
Nzhc 2956 Between Gregory Peter Young and Mall
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND CHRISTCHURCH REGISTRY CIV-2015-409-000222 [2016] NZHC 2956 BETWEEN GREGORY PETER YOUNG AND MALLEY & CO TRUSTEES LIMITED AS TRUSTEES OF THE MCARA YOUNG TRUST Plaintiffs AND TOWER INSURANCE LIMITED Defendant Hearing: 29 August-2 September, 5-9 September & 14 October 2016 Appearances: P F Whiteside QC and H T Shaw for Plaintiffs M C Harris and ATB Joseph for Defendant Judgment: 7 December 2016 JUDGMENT OF GENDALL J YOUNG v TOWER INSURANCE LIMITED [2016] NZHC 2956 [7 December 2016] Table of Contents Para No Introduction [1] Factual background [4] Mr Sinclair instructed [31] The Policy [41] Approach to interpreting the policy [43] The plaintiffs’ claims [47] The defendant’s response [48] Issues [50] What is the extent of earthquake caused damage? [50] Is Tower’s repair strategy commonly used at the time of loss or damage? [54] (a) What is the repair method/strategy proposed by the defendant? [55] (b) Is the repair strategy proposed a construction method commonly used [68] at the time of the earthquakes? In the alternative, if the repair strategy is one commonly used, is the [82] damage economically repairable? (a) Will the proposed repair strategy work and return the house to an as [83] new condition? (b) The economic viability of the repair strategy? [100] Has Tower made an election to cash settle the plaintiffs’ claim? [122] Rebuild cost? [129] General and exemplary damages claim [145] Exemplary damages [147] General damages [151] Relief sought [178] Result [186] Costs [190] Introduction [1] This is a claim brought by the plaintiffs who have a residential property on the Christchurch hills insured through Tower Insurance Limited, the defendant company, which was significantly damaged as a result of the Canterbury earthquake sequence in 2010 and 2011. -
Australian Ethics
AUSTRALIAN ETHICS DECEMBER 2013 AUSTRALIAN APPLIED ETHICS PRESIDENT’S REPORT ASSOCIAITON FOR PROFSSIONAL AND ETHICAL REFLECTIONS E T H I C S : O N MEANNESS APPLIED AND Hugh Breakey PROFESSIONAL Business Meanness is a common occurrence. It ‘contempt’ and ‘cruelty’. Even here, his forms part of the social backdrop in Education treatment is revealing. Hobbes holds which we all live, play and work. Most Engineering that these emotions arise from being of us, I think, can think of examples of Environment insensible to others’ calamities—an mean behaviour we have witnessed, Law insensitivity he thinks proceeds from and many of us would know someone Medical one’s own security. For Hobbes does we think of as ‘having a mean streak’. not conceive it possible ‘that any man Nursing should take pleasure in other men’s Police Yet meanness is not a topic that gar- great harms’ purely for its own sake. Public Policy ners much ethical attention. Out of As I read him, Hobbes first tries to pre- Public Sector curiosity, I recently searched a few academic databases for works on sent cruelty as an instance of insensi- Social Work meanness. Even in the context of psy- tivity (which it is not), and then tries to Teaching chology there was surprisingly little— confect ‘ends’ being served by the cru- most of it about school-age children. elty, so as to deny the possibility—the INSIDE THIS I S- In terms of philosophical or ethical very conceivability—of someone inflict- SUE: analysis, there was almost nothing. ing harm for the sheer pleasure of it. -
Learn Everything That Facebook Knows About You
Intelligent Robots To Power China’s Factories As a Technocracy, China seeks maximum efficiency and maximum human displacement. The policies, coupled with draconian social engineering, is anti-human as it eliminates human values and dignity. ⁃ TN Editor Robots powered by artificial intelligence are set to replace Chinese factory workers in a move aimed at boosting the manufacturing industry which has been hit hard by a rise in wages. The machines which are capable of making, assembling and inspecting goods on production lines have already been rolled out, with one factory laying off 30 workers to make way for the robots. The robots were displayed at China’s Hi-Tech fair in Shenzhen earlier this month, an annual event which showcases new development ideas with the aim of driving growth in a number industries. But the news has annoyed Washington as it is expected to put international competitors at a disadvantage, as the two countries’s bitter trade war continues to escalate. Speaking to the Financial Times, Sabrina Li, a senior manager at IngDan, said: “We incubated this platform so we can meet the (Made in China 2025) policy. “One noodle factory was able to dismiss 30 people, making it more productive and efficient.” Giving the suffering manufacturing industry a leg up is a key part of the Chinese government’s Made in China 2025 policy. Zhangli Xing, deputy manager of Suzhou Govian Technology which sells the quality control robots, said they are more reliable than human labour. Mr Xing said : “A person looking by eye would take 5-6 seconds for each object, versus 2-3 seconds by machine. -
38.3. Ethics and Professional Practice
Ethics and Professional Practice Core Body of Knowledge for the Generalist OHS Professional Second Edition, 2019 38.3 February 2019 Copyright notice and licence terms Copyright (2019) Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS), Tullamarine, Victoria, Australia This work is copyright and has been published by the Australian Institute of Health & Safety (AIHS). Except as may be expressly provided by law and subject to the conditions prescribed in the Copyright Act 1968 (Commonwealth of Australia), or as expressly permitted below, no part of the work may in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, microcopying, digital scanning, photocopying, recording or otherwise) be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without prior written permission of the AIHS. You are free to reproduce the material for reasonable personal, or in-house, non-commercial use for the purposes of workplace health and safety as long as you attribute the work using the citation guidelines below and do not charge fees directly or indirectly for use of the material. You must not change any part of the work or remove any part of this copyright notice, licence terms and disclaimer below. A further licence will be required and may be granted by the AIHS for use of the materials if you wish to: • reproduce multiple copies of the work or any part of it • charge others directly or indirectly for access to the materials • include all or part of the materials in advertising of a product or services or in a product for sale • modify the materials in any form, or • publish the materials. -
Principles for Good Technology
THE ETHICS CENTRE ETHICAL BY DESIGN: PRINCIPLES FOR GOOD TECHNOLOGY DR MATTHEW BEARD & DR SIMON LONGSTAFF AO T. E. C. H. N. I. C. A. L. M. A. S. T. E. R. Y. D. I. V. O. R. C. E. D. F. R. O. M. E. T. H. I. C. A. L. R. E. S. T. R. A. I. N. T. I. S. A. T. T. H. E. R. O. O. T. O. F. A. L. L. T. Y. R. A. N. N. Y. .. 2 THE ETHICS CENTRE 3 PR00. OUGHT BEFORE CAN PR04. NET BENEFIT The fact that we can do something does not mean that we should. Maximise good, minimise bad. There are lots of possible worlds out there – lots of things that could be made or built. The things we build should make a positive contribution to the world – they should Ethical design is about ensuring what we build helps create the best possible world. make it better. But more than this, we should also be mindful of the potentially harmful Before we ask whether it’s possible to build something, we need to ask why we would side-effects of our technology. Even if it does more good than bad, ethical design want to build it at all. requires us to reduce the negative effects as much as possible. PR01. NON-INSTRUMENTALISM PR05. FAIRNESS Never design technology in which people are merely a part of the machine. Treat like cases in a like manner; different cases differently. Some things matter in ways that can’t be measured or reduced to their utility value. -
Commerce Act 1986: Business Acquisition
Commerce Act 1986: Business Acquisition Section 66: Notice Seeking Clearance for proposed acquisition of Lumley General Insurance (N.Z.) Limited by IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited Date: 19 December 2013 To: The Registrar Market Structure Team Commerce Commission PO Box 2351 Wellington By email: [email protected] Pursuant to section 66(1) of the Commerce Act 1986 notice is hereby given seeking clearance of a proposed business acquisition. PUBLIC VERSION All confidential information included in [square brackets]. 64008029.1 1 Contents Summary1 Part 1 Transaction Details 3 Part 2 The Industry 7 Part 3 Market Definition 14 Part 4 Counterfactual 21 Part 5 Competition Analysis 22 Part 6 Further Information and Supporting Documentation 55 Part 7 Confidentiality 61 Annexure 1 – IAG structure chart 63 Annexure 2 – Lumley structure chart 64 Annexure 3 – Sale and Purchase Agreement [Confidential Annexure] 65 Annexure 4 – Mutual Transitional Services Agreement [Confidential Annexure] 66 Annexure 5 – Google search trends 67 Annexure 6 – Market share estimates [Confidential Annexure] 69 Annexure 7 – Autoglass market shares [Confidential Annexure] 70 Annexure 8 – Collision repair market shares [Confidential Annexure] 71 Annexure 9 – Schedule of confidential information [Confidential Annexure] 72 64008029.1 1 Summary This is a notice seeking clearance for a proposed acquisition that will result in the personal and commercial insurance businesses IAG New Zealand Limited, AMI Insurance Limited (together, IAG) and Lumley General Insurance (N.Z.) Limited (Lumley) coming under common ownership of IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited (the Applicant). At its broadest, this is a transaction in one aspect of the financial services industry and, like many aspects of that industry, a number of large, often global, competitors are involved to a greater or lesser extent and at many levels. -
The Social CEO
The social CEO Keynote speaker: Alison Watkins, Group Managing Director, Coca-Cola Amatil Friday, 22 March 2019, 12 pm to 2 pm Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney www.ceda.com.au agenda 11.45am Registrations 12.00pm Welcome Lee Kelly State Director NSW/ACT, CEDA 12.05pm Introduction Narelle Hooper Editor-in-Chief, Company Director Magazine, Australian Institute of Company Directors 12.10pm Keynote address Alison Watkins Group Managing Director, Coca-Cola Amatil 12.30pm Lunch 1.00pm Moderated discussion Debby Blakey Chief Executive Officer, HESTA Nik Gowing Founder and Co-Director, Thinking the Unthinkable project; Former BBC presenter Narelle Hooper Editor-in-Chief, Company Director Magazine, Australian Institute of Company Directors Steven Spurr Chief Executive Officer, Edelman Alison Watkins Group Managing Director, Coca-Cola Amatil 1.40pm Q&A session 1.55pm Vote of thanks Megan Motto Chief Executive Officer, Governance Institute of Australia 2.00pm Close keynote speaker Alison Watkins Group Managing Director, Coca-Cola Amatil Twitter: @cocacolaamatil Alison joined Coca-Cola Amatil as Group Managing Director in March 2014. Alison is a non-executive director of The Centre for Independent Studies and the Business Council of Australia. Alison’s previous roles include Chief Executive Officer of agribusiness GrainCorp Limited and of Berri Limited, the market leader in Australian juice, and Managing Director of Regional Banking at ANZ. Alison spent 10 years at McKinsey & Company from 1989-1999 and became a partner of the Firm in 1996 before moving to ANZ as Group General Manager Strategy. Alison has been a non- executive director of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Woolworths Limited and Just Group Limited. -
2019 Annual Report Limited Group Australia Insurance ABN 60 090 739 923 the Numbers The
Insurance Australia Group Limited Limited Group Australia Insurance Annual Report 2019 Annual Report The numbers Annual Report 2019 Insurance Australia Group Limited ABN 60 090 739 923 Contents Directors’ report 1 Remuneration report 19 Lead auditor’s independence declaration 43 Consolidated financial statements contents 44 Consolidated statement of comprehensive income 45 About this report The 2019 annual report of Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG, Consolidated balance sheet 47 or the Group) includes IAG’s full statutory accounts, along with the Consolidated statement of changes in equity 48 Directors’ and remuneration reports for the financial year ended 30 June 2019. This year’s corporate governance report is available Consolidated cash flow statement 49 in the About Us area of our website (www.iag.com.au). Notes to the financial statements 50 The financial statements are structured to provide prominence Directors’ declaration 98 to the disclosures that are considered most relevant to the user’s understanding of the operations, results and financial position Independent auditor’s report 99 of the Group. Shareholder information 104 IAG is a “dual listed issuer” that is listed on both the ASX and Corporate directory 107 the NZX Debt Market. As such, IAG is subject to some, but not all, of the NZX Main Board/Debt Market Listing Rules (“NZX Listing Five-year financial summary 108 Rules”). In particular, the rules set out in Appendix 17 to the NZX Listing Rules do not apply to IAG. All figures are in Australian dollars unless otherwise stated. 2019 annual review and safer communities report This report should be read with the 2019 annual review and safer communities report, which provides a summary of IAG’s operating performance, including the Chairman’s, CEO’s and CFO’s reviews.