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Financial services laws under review

BY JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020 8:20AM

Following on from the Royal Commission, the Australian Law Reform Commission has been tasked with reviewing financial services laws with a view to simplify laws regulating the industry.

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