A stunning report on news.com.au has echoed what the Citizens Electoral Council has long warned: there is a growing threat that Australia could set off the next global banking meltdown.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is demanding that Australia move beyond the back door “bail-in” scheme passed last year, and enact a full, statutory bail-in regime that explicitly includes seizing deposits to prop up failing banks.
The government should direct the Auditor-General to conduct an independent audit of Australia’s Big Four banks, in light of the collapsing property bubble to which the major banks are massively exposed.
Treasury has now joined the central bank and bank regulator in urging the private banks to reopen the floodgates on mortgage lending to avert a housing bubble crash.
The Big Lie of the Australian financial system is that it remained sound during the global financial crisis in 2008, due to the effective oversight of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA).
