Finance
Banks, insurance companies and other corporate failures

In the end, it is not companies that perform well or badly. It is people.  
Bank victims gather in Canberra

Last month, bank victims converged on Canberra from all over the country. The stories they told ...  
The #BankingRC: Competition, regulation and Australian corporations

The #BankingRC shows that ASIC has failed as a corporate regulator, but don't expect any radical ...  
EXCLUSIVE: Righting a seven-year wrong: NAB vs Lawrence

It took seven long years but the Justice Beach Supreme Court judgment in her favour has finally ...  
EXCLUSIVE: The case of the missing Beach judgment: NAB vs Lawrence

As shown by the Royal Commission this week, the National Australia Bank fights dirty, writes Tess ...  
Who are the real heroes of the #BankingRC?

Success has many fathers, but the real heroes of the Banking Royal Commission should be recogni ...  
How Gina Rinehart bought the IPA

A feud within the Rinehart family has inadvertently exposed financial shenanigans by Australia's ...  
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EDITORIAL: Rinehart and the IPA

A feud within the Rinehart family has inadvertently exposed financial shenanigans by Australia's ...  
McKinsey's catastrophic part in the CBA – Bankwest takedown

The McKinsey firm appears to develop academic theories for banks to use in clinical trials on ...  
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EDITORIAL: The FIGJAM philanthropist (Part Two)

Independent Australia delves further into Malcolm Turnbull’s claim that he donates his entire ...  
EDITORIAL: The FIGJAM philanthropist

Malcolm Turnbull donates all his prime ministerial salary to charity — or does he? IA investi ...  
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EDITORIAL: The Turnbull Foundation — charity or tax lurk?

Malcolm Turnbull donates all his prime ministerial salary to charity — or does he? IA investi ...  
Banking Royal Commission: Financial ruin and the road to personal tragedy

As the #BankingRC reveals more accounts of deliberate disregard for the plight of customers, it is ...  
Rank bank Fin soup! Fake news at the Australian Financial Review

The Australian Financial Review has a peculiar view of bank malpractice: that it doesn’t exis ...  
Victims of bank corruption suffer emotional trauma on top of financial ruin

Signing a contract of their own “free will” is evidence that foreclosed bank borrowers are ...  
Why the banks will be the biggest winners of corporate tax reform

With an average tax contribution of 21%, the banks will also be the biggest winners of any corp ...  
Counting the cost of the Coalition (Part 2): Where has Australia’s wealth gone?

The first four Coalition Federal budgets have all left Australia much poorer. The fifth, last ...  
What happens when company tax is slashed? Exhibit A: Australia

Australia gave the world a positive case study during the global financial crisis. Now, it's a ...  

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