Charles Goode

Charles Goode is current Chairman of ANZ Bank, Woodside Petroleum and the Ian Potter Foundation, and a Director of Singapore Government-owned Singapore Airlines.

He played a key role in the right-wing think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), during the 1980s, serving as IPA President alongside then Director Rod Kemp.

He also has extensive links to the Liberal Party. According to Hansard records, Goode has been "a trustee of the Liberal Party and a director of major fund raising organisations for the Liberal Party". 

Other SourceWatch Resources

 * Think Tanks/Australia

Biographical Notes

 * "Charles Goode AC: Chairman, ANZ Banking Group Ltd", accessed July 2006.

Speeches & Articles By Goode

 * "Speech to the Intitute of Company Directors", July 24, 2003.

General Articles

 * Eric Ellis, "A Goode serve of national interest", The Australian, 28 April 2001.
 * Stephen Long, "ANZ Chairman Charles Goode says Australians complacent", PM, July 24, 2003.
 * Stephen Mayne, "ANZ skeletons and board bunfight", Crikey, November 17, 2003.
 * Stephen Mayne, "ANZ's plays dirty on board election", Crikey, December 3, 2003.