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ASIC report highlights a deep culture problem in Australia's banks

  • Written by: Pat McConnell, Honorary Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
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In it’s latest report, the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) found the big four banks sold products to some customers through their adviser network, with a fee for ongoing advice, but the advice was never given.

None of this came to light until the banks were asked by ASIC to look at adviser compensation, following...

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Turnbull sympathetic to parliamentary inquiry on 18C

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
imageChair of the parliamentary joint committee on human rights, WA Liberal Ian Goodenough.AAP/Mick Tsikas

Malcolm Turnbull has flagged he is inclined to set up a parliamentary inquiry into the controversial section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.

Questioned on Friday about the section, he pointed to a call by West Australian Liberal senator Dean...

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Is it time to resurrect the wartime 'Grow Your Own' campaign?

  • Written by: Andrea Gaynor, Associate Professor of History, University of Western Australia
imageAustralian government 'Grow your own' campaign billboard, 1943.NAA C2829/2

During the devastating floods that hit Queensland in 2011, Brisbane and regional centres came perilously close to running out of fresh food. With the central Rocklea produce market underwater, panic-buying soon set in and supermarket shelves emptied fast.

Such events expose...

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ATNIX: Australian Twitter News Index, September 2016

  • Written by: Axel Bruns, Professor, Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology

As the world turns its attention to the slow-motion car crash that is this year’s U.S. presidential election, September in Australia was a comparatively ordinary, intermediate month for news. A number of continuing scandals and controversies – including the donations affair engulfing Labor Senator Sam Dastyari, the Country Fire...

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  2. VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on housing affordability
  3. 'Healthy’ fast food chains not living up to their claims
  4. Jessica Wongso found guilty in cyanide coffee case, but she may not yet have had a fair trial
  5. What will consumers gain from research into complementary medicines?
  6. Why Australian dietary recommendations on fat need to change
  7. Revising for exams - why cramming the night before rarely works
  8. If we're serious about gender equality, we need more women in leadership roles
  9. Friday essay: Judith Wright in a new light
  10. Private property developers are really driving China's debt: new research
  11. Vital Signs: Melbourne Cup day rate cut less likely
  12. Is Piketty's 'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' really the most unread bestseller?
  13. FactCheck: Has the job market got so bad that 'people have stopped looking for work'?
  14. Changes to Australia's marine reserves leave our oceans unprotected
  15. Why I'm spending three months sailing right around Antarctica for science
  16. Relax, the expansion of the universe is still accelerating
  17. Grattan on Friday: Morrison opens housing affordability debate but can he control it?
  18. Phantom brands haunting our supermarket shelves as home brand in disguise
  19. Full response from a spokesman for Brendan O'Connor
  20. The problems with AT T's bid for Time Warner
  21. Cosmic coincidence: the International Space Station passes by Venus and Saturn
  22. Race to the White House - how gender, race and class are shaping the election
  23. Removal of 'double dipping' from parental leave may impact mothers' health
  24. Body-worn cameras are not a panacea for poor policing
  25. FactCheck: is wage growth at record lows?
  26. Full response from a spokesperson for Chris Bowen
  27. Do we thank science for all our prosperity?
  28. What the universe looks like when viewed with radio eyes
  29. On the difficulty of being a world citizen
  30. Pitting mozzies against mozzies to stop the spread of disease
  31. Will the Great Barrier Reef recover from its worst-ever bleaching?
  32. Made in China: three ways Chinese business has evolved from imitation to innovation
  33. Supportive housing is cheaper than chronic homelessness
  34. A new breed of post-Trump populist leaders could put the US on the path to fascism
  35. State of the Climate 2016: Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO
  36. Crimes of grammar and other writing misdemeanours
  37. How discrimination and stressful events affect the health of our Indigenous kids
  38. Deaths at Dreamworld theme park could lead to safety changes for amusement rides
  39. Business Briefing: being funny with customers
  40. Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why?
  41. Turnbull's Newspoll ratings slump continues
  42. Life interrupted: young people need help moving forward after cancer
  43. A Trump presidency could bring a range of economic disasters
  44. New APRA guidance on lending will hurt home owners when it should be the banks
  45. Robert Manne: How we came to be so cruel to asylum seekers
  46. Looking Back at Italy 1992: Internet Politics comes of age
  47. Wrapping up the fantasy - how will Game of Thrones end?
  48. What causes mind blanks during exams?
  49. 'He' vs 'she' in Australian media coverage: what the language of news tells us about gender imbalance
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