Extra bite for watchdogs to clean up financial sector
Australia’s corporate watchdogs will be given an extra $550 million in a massive Budget boost to clean up the tarnished financial sector in the wake of the banking royal commission.
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Labor set to switch candidate in blue-riband Melbourne seat
Labor is poised to switch its candidate for the blue-riband Melbourne seat of Higgins to a high-profile Melbourne barrister as it eyes a potential upset victory in outgoing Liberal frontbencher Kelly O’Dwyer’s seat.
Social media giants face violent content fines, bans
Social media giants would face huge fines for failing to remove violent and illegal content under a major crackdown being considered by the Morrison Government in the wake of the Christchurch terrorist attack.
Liberals plan to bankroll East West Link to save MPs
Federal Liberals have hatched a plan for the Morrison Government to revive the East West Link by increasing its contribution to $4 billion, as internal polling shows the party faces an election wipe-out in Victoria.
Coalition backflips on mortgage broker trailing commissions
Australia’s mortgage brokers have won a reprieve from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, with the Morrison Government dumping its promise to ban trailing commissions due to concerns “about the impact on competition”.
Shorten pledges to boost Australia’s fuel stocks
Labor leader Bill Shorten would immediately move to safeguard Australia’s fuel security by boosting emergency stocks if he wins the next election.
How Lawyer X’s informing began with drug arrest
The woman who would become Lawyer X turned informer while still a student, after escaping conviction and the end of her law career before it even began. It was an arrangement that raised eyebrows at the time.
Banks threat looms as Libs fight for Victorian seats
Liberal turncoat Julia Banks could run against prominent minister Greg Hunt in the Peninsula seat of Flinders, as a new poll shows the party’s vote in the electorate has crashed.
Setka’s wife blows .28 after Boxing Day row
The high-flying lawyer wife of union boss John Setka allegedly blew almost six times the legal alcohol limit on Boxing Day while speeding with her two young children in the car, just hours after the couple argued at their home in Melbourne’s west.
Setka charged over Boxing Day row with wife
Militant union boss John Setka has been charged after an ugly Boxing Day row with his lawyer wife Emma Walters at his home. Police were called to the couple’s home in Melbourne’s west after emergency services were alerted.
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