Born-again National Party leader Barnaby Joyce is a very outspoken politician—when he’s not in leadership. Now that he has returned as Deputy Prime Minister, it’s time for Joyce to show he’s not all talk and no action, and not a doormat to Scott Morrison as his predecessor was, by using his position to fight for the principles he has vocally espoused from the backbench.
Julian Assange
James Shipton’s fate is what happens in Australia when even modest efforts to regulate threaten the major banks, illustrating the urgent need for a public bank alternative to break the monopoly of the Big Four.
The Senate’s Australia Post inquiry report, tabled in Parliament yesterday (15 June), was the culmination of the amazing campaign to support Christine Holgate and the thousands of Licensed Post Offices (LPOs) she saved with her 2018 banking deal. That campaign brought home the need for a permanent solution to secure the long-term viability of LPOs and guarantee banking services for all Australians, which is a post office “people’s bank”.
Postal Savings Bank, Banking / Finance, Australia Post
In 2018, while the banking royal commission was shocking Australians with revelations of the crimes of the banks and failings of the regulators, then-Treasurer Scott Morrison insisted on regulators maintaining the principle of caveat emptor—let the buyer beware. In other words, if you are ripped off by financial predators, it’s your own fault for not being smart enough to see the scam.
The months of relentless campaigning for justice for Christine Holgate by licensed post offices (LPOs), the Citizens Party, and thousands of concerned Australians has culminated in a powerful and scathing report by the Senate’s Australia Post inquiry.
