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Questions raised about ANZ and Timbercorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... that Timbercorp's grape, olive, citrus and mango projects "were in trouble." Labor Senator and chair of the inquiry Sam Dastyari pointed to a key question that ANZ will have to answer either in its submission or in the next public hearing: "To what extent ...

CBA appoints litigators as customer advocates

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Advice inquiry, conducted by the Senate Economics Committee. In an interview on ABC Radio, the Committee's chair Sam Dastyari was asked if CBA had refused the request for Turner to appear, and offered Narev's appearance instead. "We'll certainly take ...

Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... government to withdraw these amendments and work to bridge the widening chasm between the two sides," Labor Senator Sam Dastyari said in a dissenting report of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the latest FoFA changes. Dastyari, who is also ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has obtained the support from the Coalition to conduct a new Senate Economics Committee inquiry to scrutinise the financial services industry. The inquiry will continue the task of last year's Senate Economics Committee inquiry ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... changes to FoFA will now have to be voted for in the Senate, where Labor Senator and chair of the Economics Committee Sam Dastyari will present today a motion to disallow the changes. As many as 82 members voted in favour of the bill in the House of ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... succeeded in "removing unnecessary red tape that Labor imposed on the behest of the union movement." Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, who initially forced the vote, reacted strongly to the unexpected announcement. "The government has completely lost control ...

Labor forces tabling of FoFA regulations

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2014
... regulations of amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments yesterday in the Senate. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari presented an order for the production of the Corporations Amendment (Streamlining Future of Financial Advice) and the motion ...

Better ASIC-AFP relationship could lead to more prosecutions

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... would be far more efficient and would avoid us running out of time to take action," Medcraft admitted. Labor Senator Sam Dastyari noted that "there is obviously a clear divide between the role of ASIC and the role of the AFP" and added that "sometimes ...
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