SAJC--report of inquiry into suitability of close associates - Portellos ...

Inquiry into the suitability of certain close associates of the
South Australian Jockey Club
Contents (continued)
5. SUBMISSIONS BY INTERESTED PARTIES...... 59
5.1 Process.................................................. 59
5.2 Non-responding parties............................ 60
5.3 Responding parties.................................. 60
5.3.1 Mr Naffine................................. 60
5.3.2 Mr McLeay ................................ 60
6. FINDINGS....................................................... 61
6.1 Suitability of the directors-elect ............... 61
6.1.1 Generally................................... 61
6.1.2 Sharon Forrester-Jones ................ 62
6.1.3 Bill Spear .................................. 62
6.1.4 Harry Perks................................ 62
6.1.5 Kerry O’Brien ............................ 63
6.2 Matters of corporate governance and
related issues ......................................... 64
6.2.1 Young SAJC member
recruitment in 2008..................... 64
6.2.2 The board and its governance
performance ............................... 65
6.2.3 Matters relating to the late Mr
Le Poidevin ............................... 67
6.2.4 Other matters ............................. 68
7. CONCLUSIONS............................................... 69
7.1 Approvals of the board members-elect....... 69
7.2 Actions and recommendations concerning
matters of corporate governance ............... 69
GLOSSARY ............................................................. 71
APPENDIX A........................................................... 72
Appearances before the inquiry................. 72
APPENDIX B........................................................... 74
Coercive evidence gathering provisions
of the Independent Gambling Authority
Act........................................................ 74
APPENDIX C........................................................... 78
The Rob Gerard letter.............................. 78
APPENDIX D........................................................... 79
The Hi Maddie email ............................... 79
APPENDIX E........................................................... 80
Outcome of the 2008 ballot ...................... 80
APPENDIX F ........................................................... 81
Letter to the editor of the Advertiser, 22
December 2008....................................... 81
APPENDIX G .......................................................... 82
Letters on behalf of Mr John Naffine, 8
and 11 June 2010 .................................... 82
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