A speech by John Price, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investments Commission to the聽Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into whistleblower protections in the corporate, public and not-for-profit sectors,聽27 April 2017
Thank you Chairman.
For the Hansard, my name is John Price and I am a Commissioner at ob体育. With me are Senior Executive Leaders Warren Day and Andrew Fawcett.
We are very happy to appear before the Committee today.
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