Commonwealth Bank CEO Matt Comyn has broken his promise to stop all regional bank closures until December 2026, with CBA announcing it will close its Buderim branch in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast at the end of this month, 31 May.
CBA is telling customers they can use Bank@Post in Buderim, or travel to Nambour for the closest CBA branch—an inconvenience for its small business and elderly customers in Buderim.
All bank victims should make a submission to the Parliamentary inquiry into financial abuse demanding the banks are finally held to account.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJCCFS) is holding an inquiry into the financial services regulatory framework in relation to financial abuse in Australia.
The Australian Citizens Party is calling on all Australians to get behind heroic whistleblower David McBride and demand Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus drop the government’s petition to the Court to jail him for years for releasing the documents that exposed war crimes in Afghanistan.
The Albanese government has cynically seized on the stabbing of Assyrian Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney to re-ignite its push to impose a censorship regime on social media.
The Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia holds its 13th and final public hearing in Bribie Island, Queensland, on Tuesday 16 April.
The hearing is expected to attract a large public audience of Queensland locals incensed at the actions of the banks.
The latest UK Court ruling on Assange is an opportunity for Australians to bombard politicians with calls and emails demanding action before 16 April—details below.
The United Kingdom Court handling the Assange extradition case has conditionally granted Julian Assange leave to appeal, unless the US government provides certain assurances by 16 April.
