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Proxy voting 
Proxy voting is one of the ways in which we exercise our shareholder rights and responsibilities for our Australian equity portfolio. We undertake proxy voting in accordance with our proxy voting policy, and our decisions are based on advice from Corporate Governance International Glass Lewis and the Australian Council for Superannuation Investors (ACSI). There is no formal provision within our proxy voting policy for environmental or social issues, however there is provision for corporate governance issues, which includes any environmental and social issues. For our international equities portfolio, we use the services of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). More information on VicSuper's proxy voting practices can be found on our website.
Our performance
In 2006/07 VicSuper voted all internally managed Australian listed equities, and the top 500 companies of the international equities portfolio managed by Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. There were no specific instances of which VicSuper is aware where we were required to vote on an environmental or social resolution in 2006/07.
We hold the right to vote shares or advise on voting for all of our listed equities, which represented 67.82% of total assets in VicSuper Fund in 2006/07 and was similar to 2005/06. VicSuper's proxy voting register sets out how we exercised our voting entitlements at recent company meetings. The register details the company resolutions, how VicSuper voted, and the final outcome of the vote.
