Demand the Treasurer intervene with bank CEOs and insist they earn their taxpayer guarantees and subsidies by maintaining branch services in communities.
In two weeks, the moral fibre of Australia’s political and judicial system will be put to its latest test when war crimes whistleblower David McBride is put on what is likely to be a secret trial.
He faces up to 50 years in prison.
All Australians should support this formal petition to Parliament:
Petition EN4244 - Moratorium on regional bank closures and new inquiry
Petition Reason
The last Treasurer questioned the safety of super fund derivatives, but the biggest derivatives gamblers are the banks. Only a public post office bank will keep deposits truly safe.