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Greensill Capital lobbied Canberra as COVID raged

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Greensill Capital lobbied Australian Treasury officials at the height of the COVID-19 crisis as it begged their UK counterparts for access to government-backed emergency loans and Australian insurers dramatically pulled back from the trade credit market.

Documents released by Treasury show the now-collapsed supply chain finance group organised a conference call on April 2, 2020 with James Kelly, Treasury’s head of financial system division, adviser Aidan Storer, and the department’s macroeconomic adviser, Ian Beckett.

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Michael Roddan is a Walkley Award-winning national correspondent based in Sydney. He is a former business and economics reporter for The Australian. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.roddan@afr.com
Jenny Wiggins writes on business, specialising in infrastructure, telecommunications and transport. Connect with Jenny on Twitter. Email Jenny at jwiggins@afr.com

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