The Labor Party has a long and colourful history of trying to keep Australia’s banks on the straight and narrow. Has it succeeded? asks Christopher Joye.
Cba
Kohler: The broker who knew too much
Commonwealth Bank’s shambolic share placement raises two questions of substance, writes Alan Kohler.
CBA gives a nudge and wink: ditch non-bank lenders
It would have been irresponsible for CBA CEO Ralph Norris to simply tell borrowers to ditch non-bank lenders, to declare borrowers will be hit with significantly higher rates from that quarter, that they’re not as “safe”. That might have sparked something of run on the non-bank businesses. So he did it with a careful nudge and a wink instead.
What’s really gone down in the CBA’s Treasury? It’s confidential
Why two senior executives were departed from the CBA on Monday remains confidential and CEO Ralph Norris is keeping it that way, writes Michael Pascoe.
Real journalists write the story
That not being there is sometimes the best place for a journalist to be was something I learned early on in my career as a Canberra journalist.
