The combination of decreasing interest rates, loosening lending standards and regulatory changes for publicly traded companies ( specifically the Sarbanes – Oxley Act ) would set the stage for the largest boom private equity had seen.

According to a study by a researcher at the Wharton Business School, the number of American companies deregistering from public stock exchanges nearly tripled during the year after Sarbanes – Oxley became law, while the New York Stock Exchange had only 10 new foreign listings in all of 2004.

However, the number of IPOs had declined to 87 in 2001, well down from the highs, but before Sarbanes – Oxley was passed.

Oxley had once been held by Bill Hayden, and at the time was thought of as a Labor stronghold.

Hanson, an endorsed Liberal Party candidate for the seat of Oxley, Queensland at the 1996 federal election, had been disendorsed by the party shortly before the elections due to comments opposing " race-based welfare ," made to a local newspaper in Ipswich, Queensland.

Oxley had to surrender these in 1810, but Governor Macquarie granted him near Camden which he increased in 1815 to again.

In August 1822, Oxley married Emma Norton ( 1798 – 1885 ), the youngest sister of James Norton who had followed he brother out to New South Wales from Sussex after he had established himself as an attorney in the colony.

Oxley also had two daughters out of wedlock before his marriage: one with Charlotte Thorpe and another with Elizabeth Marnon.

Sir Thomas Mitchell named the parish Orange, as he had been an associate of the Prince of Orange in the Peninsular War, when both were aides-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, whose title was bestowed on the valley westward, by Oxley.

Considerable press at the time focussed on the contest, as the redistribution creating the seat had split One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's seat of Oxley between a safe Labor section which remained in Oxley and a rural section which became Blair.

Oxley had been working for some years as set decorator for BBC when he was chosen, as an in-house joke, to model for the character of " Big Brother " in Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Melanie Susan Oxley is the daughter of Eric Oxley and Jan. Eric, an art teacher, was originally from Manchester and had migrated to Sydney before the Oxley family settled in the rural northern beach community of Kingscliff in 1965.

He had installed in Upper Penn a tenant called Robert, who also held lands from him in Bushbury, Ettingshall, Moseley and Oxley.

Franklin Grenier occupied the farm which fronted onto Mortimer and Beatty Roads, and William Leichhardt Grenier ran the farm called Stoneleigh which had a long frontage onto Oxley Creek.

In 1907, the Great Western Railway developed a railway depot at Oxley, to replace the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway shed that had existed at Wolverhampton railway works.

He married Mary Elizabeth Darley Oxley ( died 16 January 2010 ) on 3 September 1949 ; they had two children, one son and one daughter:

He had installed in Bushbury a tenant called Robert, who also held lands from him in Penn, Ettingshall, Moseley and Oxley.

During this time the Darra cement works on the western edge of Oxley had plans for a major expansion.

The Queensland Museum was established in 1862, and has had many homes, including The Old Windmill ( 1862-1869 ) — Parliament House ( 1869-1873 ) — General Post Office ( 1873-1879 ) — followed by being based at a building on William Street, which was later home to John Oxley Library ( 1879-1899 ) — the Exhibition Hall, now called the Old Museum Building ( 1899-1986 ).

Fry had been serving in the 9th / 15th Battalion ( the Oxley Regiment ) and Mahoney had served in the 26th Battalion ( the Logan and Albert Regiment ).

Sarbanes Oxley Act has been praised for nurturing an ethical culture as it forces top management to be transparent and employees to be responsible for their acts and also protects whistle blowers.

Over 173 bird species have been recorded in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.

There have been 38 reptile and 19 amphibian species recorded in Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.

The historic, remote Middle Yards Hut, located on Kunderang Brook deep within Oxley Wild Rivers National Park, has been restored to its original condition by the NPWS.

The biannual Henry Kendall Poetry Award has been won by poets Louise Oxley, Judy Johnson, Andrew Slattery and Joan Kerr.

Two submarines of the Royal Australian Navy ( RAN ) have been named HMAS Oxley, for the explorer John Oxley.

A peace was concluded in 1823 and on 17 July of that year John Rodolphus Kent of the Naval cutter Mermaid from New South Wales, while in the Harbour, took ' the liberty of naming it ( as it has not hitherto been named ) " Port Oxley ", in honour of the Surveyor General of the Colony ' in fact John Oxley ( 1783 / 85 ?- 1828 ).

Oxley has two golf courses and a golf driving range — Oxley Golf Course located on Boundary Road, and Corinda Golf Course located on Cliveden Avenue, the latter of which has now been purchased by Brisbane Boys College as their playing fields along with the driving range.

By 1892 a brick hotel has been built on the corner of Oxley Road and Ipswich Road, the site of a public bar still open today.

By this time the depot function of the old S & B shed had been replaced by the new standard-pattern two-turntable Wolverhampton Oxley depot, which was on the opposite side of the line, next to the freight yards and closer to Wolverhampton Low Level.

The property had been acquired from John Oxley in 1828 by King, the original grant having been made in 1823.

Ltd and the City of Cockburn in March 1982 after a previous suggestion ( Oxley ) had been rejected because of duplication.

The Gold Coast region remained largely uninhabited by Europeans until 1823 when explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach.

The region remained largely uninhabited by Europeans until 1823 when explorer John Oxley landed at Mermaid Beach, which was named after seeing a mermaid at the shor., a cutter named Mermaid.

The reluctance of small businesses and foreign firms to register on American stock exchanges is easily understood when one considers the costs Sarbanes – Oxley imposes on businesses.

Oxley and Walters left early on ; Parker and Bailey continued as co-directors until the mid-1980s, when friction between the men led to Parker's departure.

These punishments grew harsher after the Jeffery Skilling and Enron Scandal, when the Sarbanes – Oxley Act of 2002 was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush, defining new crimes and increasing the penalties for crimes such as mail and wire fraud.

The site of Port Macquarie was first visited by Europeans in 1818 when John Oxley reached the Pacific Ocean from the interior, after his journey to explore inland New South Wales.

John Oxley, failed to realize the potential of this river in 1820 when he did not navigate far enough up the river to see the magnificent stands of timber and the fertile land.

The division was created in 1934, when the old seat of Oxley was abolished, and is named for Sir Samuel Griffith, 9th Premier of Queensland and principal author of the Australian Constitution.

When Paterson allowed the deposed Governor Bligh to leave Sydney in Porpoise in March 1809 Oxley was aboard and sailed with Bligh to the Derwent.