Stop Press: CBA has just confirmed that the information below about its three-year moratorium on branch closures does not include the regional branches of CBA’s subsidiary BankWest, which is two-thirds of WA’s regional branches. This is unacceptable, and BankWest customers should demand CBA change its policy and include BankWest branches.
The Australian Citizens Party said today that the Albanese government is to blame for Australia Post closing Glenroy Post Office and dozens of others, because it is ignoring the solution that would fund all postal services.
Australia Post’s decision to close Glenroy Post Office has sparked outrage in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, with local political leaders posting angry objections on Facebook.
The Sterling First fiasco proves the importance of the current Senate inquiry into ASIC, which is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to fix the pathetic regulator so it actually polices financial crime.
Sterling First tenants Beryl and Ray Taylor will be in WA’s Supreme Court in Perth today and tomorrow fighting to stay in their home for which they have pre-paid many years of rent.
Australia publicly condemns war crimes but is prosecuting the man who exposed Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Demand the government drop the charges against David McBride for telling the truth.
Australians are being forced to confront the issue of our soldiers committing war crimes in our name in Afghanistan. As we should.
Senator Andrew Bragg established his Senate Economics References Committee inquiry into ASIC investigation and enforcement last October, seizing on the revelations of the Adams Report.
Independent economist John Adams had shown from ASIC’s own data that the so-called “tough cop on the beat” of Australia’s financial system is anything but, as it investigates fewer than 1 per cent of complaints it receives.
To help escalate pressure on Albanese, get involved—email, call, join delegations, and rally at the Victorian ALP conference on Saturday the 17th which the PM will attend (details below).
The UK’s denial last week of Julian Assange’s appeal against extradition to the USA proves that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s approach of advocating for Assange just by saying “enough is enough” is not good enough.
