Westpac Chief Executive Officer Brian Hartzer gave excuses for traders behaviour in regards to the BBSW benchmark.
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With all the weight of evidence stacked against the banks in the case of BBSW benchmark, surely now is the time for the government to enforce regulation.
Is the water crisis in Flint, Michigan evidence that governments need a new way to make decisions?
REUTERS/Carlos Barria
When it comes to many of the big decisions faced by governments and the private sector, behavioral science has more to offer than simple nudges.
Police tap into social media to do their job.
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Government agencies are turning to social media as a new way to engage with their constituencies. Practitioners in the trenches are excited about the possibilities – while some academics are less so.
During the 1990 budget speech.
National Archives of Australia
Michelle Grattan takes a look back at some memorable budget moments.
Senator Sam Dastyari, who has been involved in scrutinising the banks, and former Commonwealth Bank employee turned whistleblower Jeff Morris.
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Whistleblowers need better incentives, compensation and protection under Australian law, especially those in the private and not-for-profit sectors.
Ghana’s Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor holds a briefcase containing the Government Budget for the year 2010/2011.
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African countries such as Ghana are leading the way in budget transparency with what is known as “citizen budgets”.
A study has found that Australians aren’t primarily motivated by racism in their attitudes towards Chinese investment and foreign investment.
Lukas Coch/AAP
A survey has found that the percentage of foreign ownership is more worrying to Australians than the country-of-origin of the investment.
Owner operator truckers argue that the pay order from the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal is pricing them out of the market.
Dan Peled/AAP
If the federal government abolishes the Road Safety Renumeration Tribunal, a minimum pay to improve the safety of truckers is less likely to ever be addressed.
Chinese businesses are unsure about how import duties will be applied, and so removed some imported products.
Michael Reynolds/AAP
China’s newly introduced “e-commerce laws” are actually just closing a loophole in regulation and shouldn’t be seen feared by Australian businesses trading with the country online.
A political police force?
EPA/HANNAH MCKAY
Many of us will be able to vote for police chiefs next month, but has the system managed to soothe the concerns of its critics?
Steelmaking businesses need to refocus from commodities to technology and innovation in order to remain viable.
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Steelmakers like Arrium need to move away from commodities and invest in steel products in growth industries.
Governments of countries, like Panama, where secretive companies operate need better laws to comply with international tax agreements.
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Governments shouldn’t have to rely on major international information leaks like the Panama Papers to get information about companies’ tax avoidance abroad.
A united city deal for Manchester.
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The city of Manchester now has control over it’s NHS budget, but what does this mean in real terms?
The proposal to remove the tax threshold for backpackers on working holiday maker visas might deter them.
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Changes to the way tourists on the Working Holiday Maker visa are taxed will deter them and may put more pressure on labour shortages.
Will government cuts to tax credits hit Britain’s poorest the hardest?
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Plans to stop universal credit payments in favour of a ‘national living wage’ will not address the long-standing poverty of many people in paid employment.
Paul Clintock, chairman of CEDA, says the report is trying to bring a balanced perspective to the budget debate.
CEDA
The Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) is trying to refocus debate on repairing the budget for the future.
Because knowledge is power.
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Small nuclear reactors are one step closer to powering the UK’s future energy requirements.
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It’s old-fashioned, out of date and varies massively from school to school.
Who can speak to power and how?
Martin Robson
Not all lobbying is bad. Some of it does a lot of good.
Demonstrators gather on the opening day of the public inquiry into Lancashire County Council’s decision to refuse permission for fracking at two sites.
Reuters Staff
There’s a bunfight about whether local or national government should call the shots when it comes to fracking.