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Australia's whistleblowing regime far from best-practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
... seems unrealistic to expect companies or others to do so." Brown listed a number of recommendations for the Economics Committee to take into account. Suggestions include a clear definition of whistleblowing in the Corporations Act, as well as the protection ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... Whiteley said. "The superannuation and financial planning industries were unanimous in their view to the Senate Economics Committee that the LISC should be retained. "The proposed abolition of the LISC impacts up to two million low paid Industry Superfund ...

La Trobe calls to end home loan risk fees

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2013
... that consumers would be better served by lifting the complete ban on exit fees as recommended by the Senate Economics Committee back in 2011. "The reintroduction of loan exit fees for early repayment within the first two years would be a more transparent ...

September morn' or September mourn?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2013
... future.A Going back to that fateful day on the 22nd of May -- when Texas Republican and head of the Joint Economics Committee Kevin Brady posed this question upon US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke - to the future of financial markets everywhere. ...

First submissions to ASIC inquiry made public

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2013
The first submissions to the Senate Economics Committee's inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) performance have been made public. The Senate Committee has received at least four submissions and has made two of them ...

Clear as crystal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... reiteration of the repeated message I've been telling you he's been telling us since he testified before the Joint Economics Committee on 22 May, good ol' Uncle Ben left nothing to various interpretations this time. Do you still remember that day Virginia? ...

Designer slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
... got that exactamondo Virginia, this was the same message Big Ben delivered at his testimony before the Joint Economics Committee on the 22nd of May, and then again on the 19th of June -- the same message that the 'Money Messiah' would be preaching when ...

It'll be on 18 September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
... few billion dollars by September. September got prominence the day dear Uncle Ben testified before the Joint Economics Committee last month when its head and Texas Republican Kevin Brady asked, "So, are you going to tighten by Labor Day?" And he replied ...

More flip flopping ahead for Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... trend is our friend. This as much was what our other friend Ben told us when he testified before the Joint Economics Committee about a week and few days ago: "If we see continued improvement in the labour market and we are confident it is going to be ...

Fed speaks Fedspeak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2013
... outlook, or diminished downside risks". So was Big Ben's prepared-earlier, written testimony before the Joint Economics Committee: "With unemployment well above normal levels and inflation subdued, fostering our congressionally mandated objectives of ...