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Article: Vale Sir Charles Court
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- Intheblack
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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ONE OF CPA AUSTRALIA'S OLDEST members, Sir Charles Court FCPA, has died at the age of 96. A former Western Australian premier, he had a major impact on the state's industrial development.
Tributes have flowed in, many of them referring to Sir Charles as a leader and a visionary. They apply equally to his contribution to the accounting profession.
In a profile of Sir Charles Court published in 1972, Australian Accountant (a predecessor of INTHEBLACK) reported: "Sir Charles believes that if accountants think and work only in an environment of figures, they are destined to have a very dull, unimaginative, uneventful and not very rewarding life.
"If, alternatively, they use the wonderful basic ...