Women only represent 8.3% of directors on major public company boards in Australia. This is a disgrace and here are the audio files where we've raised the issue.

Here is a compilation of what we've been saying about the proposed $2 billion related party transaction involving Kerry Stokes, Seven Network Ltd and Westrac.

Here are the edited audio highlights from the February 23 Manningham City Council meeting.

Here is a list of AGMs we've attended so far in 2010, plus links to the reports and audio where available. Check all our mutliple AGM battles, our favorite audio from past encounters and the top 12 AGMs from 2009. Moreover, have a look at the 2010 AGM mini season diary.

ING's Real Estate Entertainment Fund held an information meeting in Sydney on February 22 and these are the edited highlights of our questions to chairman Richard Colless and the board.

Alinta Energy, the rebadged Babcock & Brown Power, held an EGM in Sydney on February 22 and below are the edited highlights of our contributions.

Below is a list of of all the Mayne Reports we've published that has focused on pokies commentary and go here to check out our collection of videos.

Manningham City Council held a special council meeting on February 10 to consider a report on the On Luck Chinese Nursing Home's application direct to the Planning Minister to permission to triple its facility in the Green Wedge. Here are the minutes and edited audio from the meeting.

Here are the edited audio highlights from the particularly fractious council meeting held on February 2, 2010. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

We only attended 43 AGMs in 2009 including five board tilts without success. Below is a chronological list of the best 12 AGMs of 2009 based on the quality or mood of the debate.

Since we began in September 2007 members have received our email newsletters. Sign up for free here and check out the 15 editions from 2007 below, plus the 172 editions from 2008, 40 editions in 2009 and below are all missives from 2010.

Below is our "world's biggest small share portfolio" with spreadsheets available if you click on the dates. The losses have reduced due to plenty of tax-loss selling after some windfall gains playing the angles on capital raisings as was explained here.

This list tracks all our share transactions in 2010 and go here for the complete record of everything we did in 2009.

The following list tracks the various capital raising plays since January 2009 and those which are coming up. There's also this version ranking the biggest profits. Also, check out all trades, the full portfolio plus our most recent Mayne Report email editions.

The Mayne Report loves a good list and on this page we have a complete compilation with links to all of the offerings we've worked up over the past few years.

Who are the most powerful women in the Australian professional directors' club? Here is a stab at what we reckon is the top 60, plus another 40 contenders knocking on the door.

Below are links to the audio or transcripts from various campaign speeches that Stephen Mayne has given in his 40-something tilts over the past decade.

Stephen Mayne has participated in more public company board elections than anyone - including the various professional directors. Here is a brief summary of his complete public company tilt record - ranked from best to worst in each year.

Stephen Mayne has participated in more contested elections than any other Australian. Here is a brief summary of his complete record in contested elections.

Here is a list of upcoming speeches Stephen Mayne will be giving in 2010.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held the mayoral election on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of the councillors speeches about the new mayor.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

December will be a big month for contested election with three major Australian companies facing board challenges after treating their retail shareholders disgracefully in capital raisings.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, October 27, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Here are some selected council audio files over the past year.

This list tracks examples in Victoria where local councils were side-lined by the Planning Minister using state government powers to "call in" projects.

Here are the lists of the AGMs we've attended since 1998.

Here is a list of AGMs where Stephen Mayne has asked questions as a shareholder or proxy since it all began way back in October 1998, complete with links to stories written at the time and any relevant media coverage.

We've put together this package of companies where we have had more than three encounters over the years. News Corp and Macquarie are equal favorites with eight AGMs attended.

Here is a diary of AGMs we're interested in for companies with December 31 balance date who will be meeting with shareholders in April and May of 2010.

Amidst the biggest deluge of capital raisings in Australian corporate history, we have been raising serious questions about the fairness of the system at AGMs as follows. Click on the links below.

Here are links to recent columns for Fairfax Media's www.businessday.com.au, Australia's most popular business news website, with the latest capturing all the action as we see record votes against remuneration reports.

Stephen Mayne was the founder of www.crikey.com.au and still contributes occasional articles. Here are links to the stories he has written for Crikey in 2009. Check out the 264 stories from 2008, the 354 from 2007, the 295 from 2006 and the 257 from 2005 when Crikey was sold.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews on 774 ABC Melbourne and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here are some of the tough anti-Kennett opinion pieces that appeared on Andrew Bolt's opinion pages in the Herald Sun during the 1990s.

We've just seen an entertaining public stouch between director head hunter Chris Thomas and Dean Paatsch, the man who critiques board performance and pay more heavily than anyone else in Australia. Here's how it unfolded.

Since getting elected to Manningham council in November 2009 we haven't done a lot of Mayne Report coverage of local issues, but here are links to the relevent editions over recent months.

Stephen Mayne successfully ran for Manningham Council in the Heidi ward. Here are some relevant links on the campaign, policies, candidates and my recent activities.

This list examines the size and timing of major equity market capital raisings since the beginning of 2008.

Major Australian companies which raised capital since January 2008 exclusively through pro-rata entitlement offers that treated shareholders equally.

We've compiled this list of more than 100 current and past federal and state politicians who got their start serving on their local council.

Companies since the beginning of 2007 which did cosy placements with big institutions but then treated shareholders differently.

Just how incestuous is politics? With John Brumby under fire four family members being on the payroll, we've updated this famous political relationships list which was first worked up on Crikey. All corrections and additions to stephen@maynereport.com.

Any Australian who has ever been worth more than $10 million. We've got more than 1400 names with those who've fallen back below $10 million now italicised.

All bond and treasury note issues by the Rudd Government since it was elected in November 2007. There was one in December 2007, 14 in 2008 and in 100 in 2009.

Is ASIC an effective corporate cop? You be the judge as this is the list of 348 people they have sent to jail since it was established in January 1991.

This list tracks the former Australian politicians who have or still serve on public company boards.

This list tracks against votes of more than 20% on remuneration reports since the non-binding vote was introduced in 2005.

This list tracks the avalanche of Australasian investment funds that either collapsed or suspended redemptions due to the global credit crisis.

A record 29 ASX-listed companies reported losses of more than $100 million in 2007-08. The 2008-09 season delivered unprecedented amounts of red ink, caused by the global financial crisis, with losses of more than $100 million for a record 52 companies. That's a pretty amazing statistic given that we had previously only found 75 companies that have achieved that milestone more than 150 times over the past 20 years. Check out where they rank in this league ladder of corporate disasters, plus this chronological version.

The 2008-09 reporting season was the worst we've ever seen. Here's a chronological list of how the 53 losses above $100 million were rolled out.

The 2008-09 season delivered unprecedented amounts of red ink, caused by the global financial crisis. Check out where these losses sit in the all-time list tracking $100 million losses from biggest to smallest.

Here is the chronological version of the losses revealed by ASX-listed companies on Friday, February 27, the very last day of the worst profit reporting season in history.

All earnings results released on August 31, 2009, the last day of the 2008-09 profit reporting season. Compare it with what happened on February 27, 2009, the last day of the interim reporting season.

The following list ranks the best capital raising plays since the beginning of 2009. All gains are gross before brokerage and profit share and these ignore more than $100,000 in crystallised losses over the past two years. Also, check out all trades in 2009, the full portfolio plus the latest lively email editions of The Mayne Report.

Ordinary Meetings of Manningham City Council are held to consider reports on matters including planning permit applications, community services, health and local laws matters, road and traffic management and administration and financial issues. Below are dates of the meetings which links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, August 11, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Monday, June 29, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, June 2, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Manningham City Council held a public council meeting on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. Check out the agenda and minutes. Below are links to edited audio of Stephen Mayne's contributions to the public debate.

Below is a compilation of audio files from various AGMs over the years where auditors have been asked to comment on the accounts.

Since we began in September 2007 members have received our email newsletters. Sign up for free here and check out the 15 editions from 2007, plus the 172 editions from 2008, 40 editions in 2009 and all missives from 2010.

Since we began in September 2007 members have received our email newsletters. Sign up for free here and check out the 15 editions from 2007, plus the 172 editions from 2008, 40 editions in 2009 and all missives from 2010.

Since we began in September 2007 members have received our email newsletters. Sign up for free here and check out the 15 editions from 2007 below, plus the 172 editions from 2008, 40 editions in 2009 and all missives from 2010.

Have a look at Stephen's various appearances and contributions in the media and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more.

The Mayne Report has built up some insightful lists tracking the following various components of foreign ownership in Australia.

This list tracks every Australian project which are backed by the Chinese.

This list tracks Chinese Government investments in Australian resource projects.

More than 50 major Australian resource projects are controlled by foreign investors. Additionally, here are lists of foreign companies generating more than $200m, and Australia's improving foreign ownership record.

Here is a list of more than 240 foreign companies that generate more than $200 million in Australia each year.

Australia has long had a terrible foreign ownership record, but it has improved a little in recent years.

This list tracks major sovereign investments in Australia, demonstrating how both Singapore and China are set to own more Australian business assets than our own government.

Here is our take on the happy and unhappy foreign players in Australia. Why the hell did we invest in Australia? We love making truckloads in Australia

Stephen Mayne is an entertaining speaker for any occasion on issues such as corporate governance, local government, media, politics and the internet. He's done hundreds of gigs over the years ranging from panels to private functions and after dinner entertainment.
Here is a selection of feedback from various groups after presentations or speeches over the past few years. Read some of the feedback from past speeches and click to hire Stephen for your speech or event.

Here is a selection of feedback from various groups after presentations or speeches over the past few years. Click here if you'd like to hire Stephen for your gig.

Here is a list of speeches or panel presentations given by Stephen Mayne in 20010. Read some feedback from earlier here.

This list tracks the claimed balance sheet values of companies at the time they collapsed and names the auditor who was involved.

We're tracking current and former position holders of the most successful Australian executives and directors in business on the world stage.

Here is a list of the hostile EGMs and resolutions that have been called by shareholders of ASX-listed companies over the past 20 years.

The following lists tracks companies which scaled back applications for additional shares in entitlement offers, limited the size of them or failed to offer it at all.

This list tracks how various public companies have handled refunds after scaled back capital raisings.

The following list tracks companies which announce capital raisings but then leave the door open for new shareholders to buy in by having a later record date. The issue was explored in the October 5 email edition.

The following list tracks the companies which have done excessive institutional placements over the past two years that diluted retail investors who are now owed a share purchase plan to make good the injustice.

Here is a complete alphabetical list of Stephen Mayne's share dealings in almost 800 companies over the years. Go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.

This list tracks our share trades in 2009 which have focused on tax-loss selling and capital raising plays. Also, check out all our holdings in the world's biggest small share portfolio.

Here is a full list of Stephen Mayne's rather unprofitable share trading in 2008 as the market crashed.

Here is a list of on-market share transactions completed by Stephen Mayne in calendar 2007. Go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.

We promised complete disclosure of our share dealings as part of the Mayne Report so here goes. For full disclosure of Stephen's share holding, go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.

For full disclosure of Stephen's share holding, go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.

We promised complete disclosure of our share dealings as part of the Mayne Report so here goes. For full disclosure of Stephen's share holding, go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.

This list tracks what has happened when companies allow institutional and retail investors to renounce their entitlement into a bookbuild in a capital raising.

Here is a list of notable Australians who have sued for defamation over the years.

Below is a list of the listed companies on the ASX that have a market capitalisation above $10 million that we don't own.

Below is a package of favourite AGM highlights since we launched The Mayne Report in 2007. They are largely snappy 2-3 minute affairs and well worth a listen.

Here are a few of our favourite sledges from AGMs over the past decade.

Here is an attempt to rank the 50 largest Australian companies for the quality and completeness of their AGM webcasting and archiving. They are ranked from best to worst.

Here is a list of the 31 speeches or panel presentations given by Stephen Mayne in 2009. Read all the feedback from these speeches here.

Here is a list of the 43 AGMs we attended in 2009, plus links to the reports and audio where available.

Here is a list of the record 66 AGMs we attended in 2008, plus links to the reports and audio where available.

We've been raising debate at AGMs for 10 years now but 2007 was our busiest ever year with 52 companies hit with questions and comments about their operations. This is how the year progressed, starting with the most recent encounters.

A modest work rate of 23 shareholder meetings in 2006 still produced some memorable encounters, especially PBL and Macquarie Bank.

After attending only one AGM in 15 months, Crikey was sold in March 2005 in part to free up time to get back into shareholder activism. The result was a modestly improved turn-up rate of 13 AGMs for 2005, but it included a trip to New York to maintain relations with Rupert Murdoch.

So much for being a shareholder activist. Running Crikey, the federal election, the birth of our third child and the move into Melbourne's eastern suburbs all conspired to leave 2004 with just one AGM appearance - Rupert Murdoch in Adelaide.

The pressures of children and running Crikey, combined with the move from South Melbourne to Camberwell saw the 2003 AGM attendance rate reach 16, which wasn't too bad given all that was going on but still far too low.

The board tilts continued in 2002 but the attendance record was starting to drop off as a huge year at Crikey unfolded. The highlight was definitely almost cracking the News Corp board.

Steve Price was suing us, Crikey went daily and daughter Laura arrived, but we still managed to ask questions at 31 shareholder meetings in 2001.

Apart from 2007, the year 2000 remains our biggest yet for AGMs with questions asked at 46 meetings, including 10 board tilts, some which generated strong support. The highlight was almost cracking Woolies board.

The Daily Telegraph series ended in November 1998, but by September 1999 I was out of journalism and taking on Jeff Kennett through jeffed.com so we managed a few AGMs late in the year before launching Crikey in February 2000.

Our shareholder activism started way back in 1998 when we produced a 14-part series for The Daily Telegraph on life as an active shareholder.

With the world's biggest small portfolio and the luxury of our own publication, there is no problem speaking at AGMs these days. However, as a regular reporter for mainstream newspapers and someone who was almost financially ruined there were plenty of meetings over the years which I attended but didn't ask questions at. Here is a list of them, along with any relevent reports from the day.

Here is a list of some AGMs that I really regret missing over the years, with links to press reports that explain why.

We've been slowly emailing companies asking them to send through transcripts from past AGMs for a book project. The likes of Rio Tinto and Macquarie Bank have obstinately declared they are "not available" and Fortescue Metals claims to have no records. However, some companies are obliging and what follows are the edited down versions of the transcripts that we've got so far.

This article appeared in the Chartered Secretaries Australia magazine in 2006.

This was first published by Crikey in 2000, but has resonance today as we strive to improve public company AGMs.

Shareholder activism, and journalism for that matter, is all about trying to change outcomes for the better and this tale is one of the Mayne Report's proudest boasts, because it really does seem that we helped save the shareholders of Insurance Australia Group $300 million.

Charlie Ergen's Echostar recently sued News Corp affiliate NDS for $US1 billion alleging an incredible piracy conspiracy, but a jury recently awarded a paultry $US1500. Here are all the key documents which must have caused Rupert some sleepless nights, given the remarkable claims of espionage, deceit, theft and double-dealing.

Listed Australian asset manager HFA Holdings has agreed to pay $730 million for a US hedge fund called Lighthouse Partners such that the combined operation will look after $9 billion globally.

The ding dong struggle between Robert Reeves and his former colleagues at the ANZ bank continues.

This is the report sent to Mayne Report subscribers hours after the Timbercorp AGM finished on February 21, 2008.

This account of the Channel Ten AGM was sent to Crikey subscribers on December 5, 2001.

We're getting towards the end of our exercise in writing to companies asking for transcripts or audio files from old AGMs, so that this book project will accurately tell the tale of what happened at some 300-plus AGMs over the years. Here's a progress report thus far:

Stephen Mayne ran for the board of OZ Minerals Ltd at the 2009 AGM held on June 11 in Melbourne. Here is a package of information relevent to the campaign.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews with Mike Smith on 1116 4BC Brisbane and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews on 702 ABC Sydney and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews with Jon Faine on 774 ABC Melbourne and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Below are the links to some of the interviews we've done with John Stanley, the Drive presenter on Fairfax Radio's 2UE radio station in Sydney.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews on RRR Melbourne and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here are the audio files from various "year in review" discussions on ABC radio over the years.

Here is a transcript from the lively 70 minute appearance before the Productivity Commission inquiry into executive pay at the Melbourne hearings on June 24.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews on ABC radio's PM program and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews on ABC radio national and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here is an archive of my appearences on the National Interest program on ABC Radio National

Have a listen to Stephen's various radio interviews and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

This list tracks all the web accessible columns by Australia's major business commentators about the extraordinary rorting and dilution that has been going during the record breaking $100 billion capital raising binge over the past 18 months.

Here are some recent Crikey comments about affairs at Fairfax Media.

Out-going Fairfax Media chairman Ron Walker has had a lot to say in recent times about his position at the company and the Fairfax family. Here is a a chronological run-down.

After almost eight years of regular radio chats with 702 ABC Sydney morning presenter Virginia Trioli, it's over, and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Have a listen to Stephen's various interviews on ABC radio The World Today and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Some of the best of Stephen Mayne's appearances on the Sky News Business View program. Watch the videos here.

Panel discussion on the ABC's Difference of Opinion debating the topic of "Spending Surplus" with Dr John Hewson and others.

Various spots on The 7.30 Report and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here is some newspaper commentary from over the years about the broader issue of our shareholder activism, rather than AGM-specific coverage, over the past 10 years. Why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here are links to the articles written by Stephen Mayne for The Reader magazine and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

These articles appeared in Brisbane's Courier Mail following the 2009 NAB AGM

Here are links to the articles written by Stephen Mayne for The Eye fortnightly magazine back in 1999 and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

On Financial Times blog Alphaville. Why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here are links to the articles written by Stephen mayne for Ethical Investor magazine and why not sign up for our video and audio podcasts to hear and see much more. Also, check out these special packages for our other regular media spots.

Here are links to some opinion pieces we've written for The Sunday Age.

Bernard Madoff, the former NASDAQ chairman, has been charged with defrauding his clients through a massive pyramid-type investment scheme. Here are links to various interviews about the world's biggest financial scam.

This RMIT journalist student wrote this article about maverick journalists on April 27, 2009

Here are links to the various media reports of the scandalous Toll Holdings AGM.

The 2008 AGM season provided plenty of lively exchanges with the rich and powerful, as demonstrated by some of these newspaper articles.

The ASX AGM had been a belter in terms of debate and disclosure but a very disappointing election outcome. But this was also the highest ever percentage abstain vote, so clearly several major shareholders lodged a quasi protest against the board. Check out the media coverage below.

Stephen Mayne has nominated for the board of BHP Billiton at the forthcoming AGMs on a platform to protest against the proposed Rio Tinto takeover and encourage long-serving chairman Don Argus to retire.

This list tracks Australians who have received honorary doctorates from universities.

This list attempts to tracks which countries have produced globally known brands.

Here is a list of some of the biggest share price tanks in recent Australian history that were triggered by an announcement.

It has taken a while, but the mainstream press has finally cottoned onto the ASX board tilt with this brief comment piece by Chanticleer columnist Alan Jury in The AFR on Wednesday, September 3.

Stephen Mayne has nominated for the board of ASX at the forthcoming AGM in Sydney on September 24. Here is an outline of the correspondence, key issues and various other links.

The following column on corporate governance and boards will appear in the August edition of Investors Voice, the journal of the Australian Investors Association.

Payouts to executive fat cats are now a hot issue globally, so here is list of excessive CEO payouts over the past 20 years in Australia.

If 100 shareholders sign up, a company must distribute up to 1000 words on an issue to all shareholders in an Australian public company under s249P of the Corporations Act.

Here is a list looking at the records of expat CEOs brought in to run Australian companies.

The Mayne Report's ASIC jail list highlights what a slack job the corporate plod has done over the years on insider trading.

Here is a list of Australian companies that have allowed a new CEO to take the helm and wield the axe on balance sheet values.

Here is a list of all takeover bids we've accepted since we started building the world's biggest small share portfolio in 2005. Go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.

Here is a list of public companies that I've had the unfortunate experience of being on the share register when they've collapsed or gone into administration.

Below is the letter sent to Bluescope Steel chairman Graham Kraehe and the full board lobbying for there to be no retail scale-back in the recent $616 million retail offer. In the end the board gave 99.9% of shareholders everything they asked for.

Here is a list of privatisation deals in Australia over the past 20 years.

The incumbent board of West Australian Newspapers Holdings appears likely to be thrown out at the EGM on April 23, so shareholders must now decide which of the 11 external candidates, including yours truly and two representatives from Channel Seven, should be elected. We sent out this detailed update at 5.30pm on March 17 and our latest subscriber-update is available here.

This is the from Mayne Report subscriber-only edition on January 9.

Here is a list of the 32 speeches or panel presentations given by Stephen Mayne in 2008, plus any relevent feedback.

When a business develops an association with a sports franchise, inevitably it seems to lead to trouble.

Here is a list of speeches given by Stephen Mayne in 2007, plus any relevent feedback.

Here is a list of speeches given by Stephen Mayne in 2006, plus any relevent feedback.

This Sandra Lee feature about mysterious Crikey political correspondent Hillary Bray appeared in The Australian on February 8, 2001.

The following column about political donations and Labor's big bank investments appeared in The Sunday Age and the Sydney Sun-Herald on February 10, which led to this discussion with Mike Smith on 4BC Brisbane on February 12. It was also foreshadowed on Sky Business News.

Here are the audio files of Stephen Mayne's radio discussions about the political donations figures for 2006-07 which were released on February 1.

Here are the audio files of Stephen Mayne's radio discussions about the political donations figures for 2006-07 which were released on February 1.

Stephen Mayne has participated in more contested public company elections, than arguably any other Australian. Here is a brief summary of his electoral record when he did not attend the vote.

After Jeff Kennett lost office, he quit Parliament and caused a by-election in his seat of Parliament, which Stephen Mayne contested. Here is a summary of the press reporting in 1999 and stories from our website of the time, www.jeffed.com.

After almost a decade of campaigning for better corporate governance at News Corp, we tried a different tack in 2007.

Here is a compilation of material relating to the current Fairfax Media board tilt, including accounts of all past AGM encounters with the company.

The RACV is Australia's biggest remaining mutual and we've had three cracks at the board in 2002, 2005 and 2006 - eventually succeeding on the third attempt.

Here is the complete shame file of companies who have censored Stephen Mayne's submitted platform during a contested board election over the past seven years.

The 2007 AGM season provided plenty of lively exchanges with the rich and powerful, as demonstrated by some of these newspaper articles.

We didn't exactly create a media firestorm around our tilt against Peter Costello in Higgins, but here is some of the coverage that was generated.

The media have shown quite a bit of interest in our campaign to introduce real democracy at News Corporation.

This opinion piece appeared in The Daily Telegraph on October 30, 1997 and has some interesting parallels given the latest plunge and recovery we've just seen on the Australian stock market.

Decmeber 14, 2007

This week I had the opportunity to interview independent journalist-cum-shit stirrer Stephen Mayne - the founder of Crikey, and more recently the Australian social news aggregator Kwoff and the shareholder activist and news website, The Mayne Report.

Centro Property Group's $5 billion one-day equity collapse was discussed by Stephen Mayne on ABC Radio.

James Murdoch has been promoted by his father at News Corp, sparking the following three Stephen Mayne appearances on ABC Radio.

Here is a list of more than 25 speeches given by Stephen Mayne in 2001, plus any relevent feedback.

Here is a list of public appearances and speeches given by Stephen Mayne in 1999, plus any relevent feedback.

This Tim Blair piece appeared in Online Journalism Review back in February 2001.

This radio appeared on Monday, 30 October 200 on PM where Stephen was mentioned

Transcript of interview with Terry Laidler on December 2, 1999, about the Burwood by-election which I contested as an independent. While 3AW's shock jocks, Neil Mitchell and Steve Price, refused to interview Burwood's only independent candidate, 3LO's drive time host Terry Laidler, put the man at number at five on the ballot paper through his paces yesterday afternoon. It was no easy ride from Laidler who challenged a number of his policies after the official launch of his campaign on December 1.

This article appeared in the Weekly Times on December 16, 2009.

The first serious board tilt was meant to be the 1999 Victorian election but I was ruled ineligible for being on the electoral in Sydney and instead turned to the web and produced this 18,766 word treatise on jeffed.com about all that was wrong with Jeff Kennett. It was credited in some circles with helping bring down the Victorian Premier.

The board of WA News desperately needs someone with direct editorial experience after the chaotic Paul Armstrong reign and that means either Steve Harris or yours truly, but will the head hunters, institutions and proxy advisers appreciate the important of editorial to a newspaper company?

The following CV was sent to Korn Ferry ahead of a formal interview on behalf of the Seven Network to determine who the billionaire will back at this month's EGM of WA News.

It's time once again to fire up the list of energy sector deals over the past 15 years which includes the investment bankers who advised on each sale. This list was first developed and published on Crikey.

Not enough resolutions are rejected by shareholders but here is a list of those that have been.

Here is a list of senior executives whose boards should never have allowed them to leave and emerge as a sold boss elsewhere.

Here is a list of almost 70 people who have sat on the well worn seats of the NRMA board since 1992.

Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements.

Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements. This list tracks corporate departures which sent the share price soaring.

Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements. This list tracks arrivals which sent the share price plummeting.

Comings and goings of directors and executives at public companies can often cause sharp share price movements. This list tracks arrivals which sent the share price soaring.

There are still a large number of companies trading at massive discounts to book value as the following list demonstrates.