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Regulatory & Government

Regulator ‘has not taken eye off the ball’ 

06 May 2024

Australian Securities and Investments Commission Chair Joe Longo says the regulator is “an active and effective litigator” holding to account “those that we allege have broken the law in lower courts and in superior courts”...

APRA consults on insurance data changes

29 April 2024

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has opened a consultation on proposed changes to its quarterly statistical publications for general, life and private health insurance...

Insolvency numbers on course for decade high 

22 April 2024

The number of businesses entering external administration is on track to exceed 10,000 this financial year, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission says, after insolvencies rose 36.2% to 7742 in the nine months to March 31...

Bundaberg residents see latest levee plans 

22 April 2024

Updates on the proposed $174.7 million Bundaberg East Levee are being presented at community sessions this week to let residents learn more about the flood resilience project...

Kell to chair financial counselling fund  

22 April 2024

The Financial Counselling Industry Fund, aimed at expanding assistance for people enduring hardship, will be chaired by Peter Kell, a former Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chairman and Choice CEO...

ASIC prepares for CEO search 

15 April 2024

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will undertake a global CEO search from early next year...

NZ fire service seeks feedback on levy rise 

15 April 2024

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is consulting on plans to increase levy revenues by 5.2% while changing the way the charge is applied to different insurance policies...

Flood probe hits road to Caboolture, Logan and Lismore 

08 April 2024

The federal inquiry into insurers’ responses to the 2022 floods is this week travelling to regions hit hard by the catastrophes, holding hearings in Caboolture and Logan in Queensland and Lismore in northern NSW...