APRA has given a sneak preview of its coming review of executive pay.
Regulation
Why Australia needs a government-sponsored bank
In the wake of the US government making its implicit guarantee of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac explicit, there are numerous calls for Australia to leave the market to itself. I believe this is the wrong call, says Joshua Gans.
Howard government ordered digital channels; forgot the paperwork
Considerable doubt has been thrown on the claims from the Former Media Minister, Senator Helen Coonan about just what she planned to do with the A and B digital channels, writes Glenn Dyer.
Free-to-air TV has nothing to fear from this government
The communications minister has acted to entrench the free-to-air TV oligopoly, writes Bernard Kene.
Will digital kill the community radio star?
A mixture of stone-walling and high hurdles is threatening the ability of Australia’s community broadcasting sector to make the leap into the digital age, writes Margaret Simons.
Opes fiasco must end the ASX regulatory monopoly
The ASX will “die in a ditch” to retain regulatory powers but the Opes Prime fiasco will almost certainly put paid to its ambitions, writes Stephen Mayne.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Hey guys, let’s not do another Northern Rock
Australia doesn’t need an insurance system for bank deposits, we just need to sort out the regulation of banks and other financial groups, writes Glenn Dyer.
Wanted: vision for communications portfolio. Reward offered
When are we going to get a Minister for Communications who is actually worth the crumpet? Margaret Simons writes.
It’s time to put medical self-regulation down
The current medical self-regulatory regime is failing to protect the public from harm, writes Gary Sauer-Thompson.
