All Australians should support this formal petition to Parliament:
Petition EN4244 - Moratorium on regional bank closures and new inquiry
Petition Reason
Julian Assange is the ultimate test of the independence of Australia’s foreign policy. Australians have until 20 April to unleash a shock wave of pressure on the UK to release him.
On 20 April, a magistrate at the Westminster Magistrate’s Court in London will issue the order to extradite Julian Assange to the United States.
The Victorian government’s new Pandemic Management Bill must be amended to limit the powers it bestows on the government to rule by decree. As Victorian Bar Association President Christopher Blanden wrote in a 27 October Open Letter: “It is one thing to allow temporary rule by decree to deal with an unforeseen and extraordinary emergency in circumstances of extreme urgency.
What does it take to get financial justice in Australia? That’s the question posed by the Citizens Party’s Citizens Insight interview with bank victims Wayne Ditchburn and Rowena Hardy, who endured 12 years of living hell to force their bank to settle their case.
Just 27 financial victims testified at the 2018 banking royal commission, out of more than 10,000 who made submissions. The vast majority of financial victims have had their lives ruined by predatory banks and financial criminals, but have never been compensated.
