Finance
Town takes fight to Parliament to save last bank

Opposition to the closure of a small town's last bank has prompted an open letter from Junee ...  
The good, the bad, but mostly ugly for those banking in regional Australia

Heedless bank closures continue to impoverish regional communities where many don't have online ...  
Tax reform urgently needed as inflation soars

With the cost of living and wealth inequality still plaguing our economy, reforms are in need for ...  
Tax Office warns Grubisa's superannuation advice not so super

The Australian Taxation Office has warned the public about the advice regarding superannuation ...  
Regional banks caught gaslighting customers

Evidence has surfaced that regional banks have been manipulating customers to justify branch ...  
Digital financial markets in danger of dilemmas

With digital currencies not reaching their potential, it's up to policymakers to implement a ...  
Reserve Bank in danger of causing an economic recession

The Reserve Bank of Australia is lifting interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation but risks ...  
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We expected an economic turnaround, but not this swiftly

The latest official statistics confirm Australia’s economy is back among the world’s leader ...  
Vast executive salaries: undemocratic, unethical and unproductive

Neoliberal policies have resulted in an imbalance in Australia's wage system with a disproporti ...  
Coalition banking inquiry blamed for mass branch closures

The Coalition's inquiry into the impact of regional bank closures was a biased exercise, resulting ...  
Elite sport has become victim to greed, corruption and politics

The true nature of sport is being overshadowed by corporate interference, poor management and ...  
It's good news week

Amid the chaos of the world, a few global developments have given us hope for a better political ...  
New Parliament, new Coalition leaders, same old lies

The strategy of the current Coalition in Opposition is to continue its campaign of deliberate ...  
Attorney-General asked to examine APRA's integrity standards

False reporting of bank data over decades has led to a call for Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to ...  
'Steady as she goes' means L-NP governs from Opposition

Labor's Federal Budget has demonstrated a lack of vision, simply maintaining policies set out by ...  
APRA leaves statistics in chaos after cleaning up its own mess

From the recent Regional Banking Taskforce final report to media stories dating back 20 years ...  
Calculating the cost of Coalition corruption

Figures in last Tuesday’s Budget Papers show the Coalition has cost Australians more than 400 ...  
Regulator's defiance of data law deems it dubious

APRA has contradicted the Treasurer as it scrambles to avoid making the “big four” banks obey ...  

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