Media Files: Investigative journalist Adele Ferguson on the ‘disappointing’ banking royal commission and how she works with whistleblowers

Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission, says that the commission ‘didn’t go anywhere near far enough.’ KYM SMITH/AAP

Andrew Dodd, The University of Melbourne, Andrea Carson, La Trobe University, Matthew Ricketson, Deakin University

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Andrew Dodd
Director of the Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Andrea Carson
Associate Professor at La Trobe University. Department of Politics, Media and Philosophy, La Trobe University
Matthew Ricketson
Professor of Communication, Deakin University

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Today on Media Files, it’s journalism versus the big banks. We’re hearing from Adele Ferguson, the celebrated journalist who many credit as the driving force behind the banking royal commission.

Adele Ferguson is a reporter with the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age and a columnist for the Australian Financial Review. Over many years, her reporting has exposed the way financial institutions have flouted the rules and how regulators like the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) have consistently failed to hold financial institutions to account.

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