In April 2018, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten rushed to back the US, British and French airstrikes on Syria for the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma.
Major party politicians are putting the economic security of all Australians at serious risk by their misplaced confidence in the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), the bank regulator.
Are federal MPs willing to vote for a bill that could allow the deposits of their constituents—individuals, businesses, non-profits—to be confiscated to prop up a failing bank?
“A ticking time bomb!” That is what outgoing Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) boss Greg Medcraft last week called the bail-in bonds, a.k.a.
Treasurer Scott Morrison has today introduced into Parliament the bill to give emergency powers to APRA, the regulator that has allowed the banks to abuse their power and positions.
