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… Services Royal Commission. No such luck: the determined efforts of a handful of elderly pensioners ripped off by the repeat offenders at Sterling First have reignited public interest. With the Senate Inquiry into Sterling we may be on the cusp of forcing genuine implementation of those recommendations—starting with compensation for victims— which the …

… especially the Portuguese central bank’s lawless ‘bail-in’ of Novo Banco bondholders. Banks raised over 16.5 billion-equivalent across euros, sterling and U.S. dollars in the first week of 2015, and almost 18 billion-equivalent in 2014. But in 2016’s first week, zero—for the first time since the crash year 2008. The news service quotes the head of one investment fund: “Novo Banco has blown a …

… Party is intervening in the current inquiry to ensure it addresses the need seriously, and recommends a national development bank. ASIC and Sterling First: Our current push for an ASICSterling First inquiry is crucial to expose the financial corruption that blocks the implementation of genuine economic solutions like national banking (p. 3). In this issue: Call Senators to demand inquiry into ASIC and Sterling First Kneecapping ASIC: Frydenberg’s Statement of Expectations Verging on Ponzi: how the banks are rorting the RBA’s big bail-out fund …

… is not rectified, many millions of Australian mortgagors will soon become bank victims as the housing bubble bursts, just like the victims of Sterling First and other dodgy schemes. The IMF and OECD have warned Australia to curb its property boom and focus more on business lending. The Big Four … In this issue: If Australia doesn’t want a war of annihilation with China, stop what we’re doing Paradise Regained for white-collar criminals Sterling First victims demand action from WA Police’s Fraud Squad The decline and fall of the Australian banking system Review of institutional …

… the next five and a half weeks won’t change the future of Australia. What we do will. It’s imperative to be clear on what we’re fighting for. First, peace, anchored in a new international order based on mutual respect and cooperation between sovereign nations on the common aims of … the private banks have starved of credit, in their mad pursuit for gambling profits from the housing bubble. They can see in the fight for the Sterling First victims how the government should administer justice to financial victims, by ensuring that the financial system is properly policed by …

… seat they have held for 95 years but with just 31.2 per cent of the primary vote, while the once-great ALP could only attract 21.2 per cent of first preference votes. The evaporating support for the major parties is becoming terminal, putting them at risk of the kinds of political … Nothing (except colouring-in books!), hence the fear—and smears. In this issue: Will Four Corners’ Australia Post story be a dishonest hit job? Sterling scandal caused by regulation designed to fail Does extreme Fed juggling act signal the end is nigh? Decarbonisation push escalates in …