States take up the cudgels on eConveyancing 12 July 2024 6:28AM Latest news Ian Rogers Two state governments are stepping forward to make eConveyancing interoperability a commercial reality. read more
Jane Hume carries financial chalice 27 May 2019 4:12PM Finance regulation Ian Rogers and John Kavanagh Two junior ministers will share responsibility for financial services in Scott Morrison's new government. Michael Sukkar returns as assistant treasurer and also minister for housing, while Jane Hume w.. read more
WA leaves bank levy on table 08 September 2017 3:34PM Finance regulation Banking Day staff A copycat bank levy, styled on that proposed in South Australia, remains a live option for the government of Western Australia. read more
Liberals aim to foil SA bank levy 04 July 2017 3:28PM Finance regulation Ian Rogers Plans by the South Australian Labor government to enact a secondary levy on select bank liabilities may tank in the upper house of the state's parliament after the South Australian parliamentary Liber.. read more
Briefs: SA bank levy polls poorly, Flexigroup finalises funding facility 03 July 2017 3:41PM Briefs Banking Day staff An opinion poll by Galaxy Research for The Advertiser found 55 per cent of respondents in South Australia oppose the Labor government's planned levy on select bank liabilities. read more
Briefs: Westpac hit with reporting breach penalty, Board members for Victoria's Treasury Corp, SA ba 28 June 2017 4:08PM Briefs Banking Day staff Westpac Banking Corporation has paid a penalty of A$127,250 to comply with an infringement notice issued by ASIC in response to an alleged breach of the market regulator's derivative transactions repo.. read more
Bank taxes are the new black 23 June 2017 4:18PM Finance regulation Bernard Kellerman The South Australian State budget - unveiled late yesterday - contained a surprise 0.015 per cent levy on the major banks' bank bonds and deposits over A$250,000. read more
Secret squirrel days passing at RBNZ 12 September 2016 4:20PM Finance regulation Philip Bayley Data on large exposures, bank liquidity and loan to valuation ratios at each bank may see the light of day under RBNZ plans. read more
Household assets to income ratio 471% 27 August 2016 5:07PM Mortgages Banking Day staff <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-si.. read more
NSW introduces foreign property buyer surcharges 15 June 2016 4:41PM State regulators John Kavanagh The New South Wales Government will apply a four per cent stamp duty surcharge on residential property purchased by overseas buyers from next week. read more