Brief: Katter banking bill withdrawn 21 October 2020 6:10AM Banking Day staff Briefs, Finance regulation A bill introduced in the Australian Parliament last year by Bob Katter that would have required banks to have their financial reports audited by the Commonwealth Auditor-General, was removed from the House of Representatives notice paper yesterday. Australian Banks (Government Audit) Bill 2019 was withdrawn in accordance with standing order 42, which allows the clerk to remove a private member’s bill that has not been called on for a specified period.