Chalmers reveals dates for bans on government and bank cheques Community & Social It’s crunch time for the humble bank cheque, as revenue agencies face their biggest infrastructure upheaval in 20 years.
APS veteran Rob Heferen named ATO commissioner December 7, 2023 By Poppy Johnston Careers The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare boss will take the reins at the Australian Taxation Office in early 2024.
Premium Insights and analysis Banks’ Scam-Safe Accord still a liability-free zone November 27, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Institutions try to dazzle regulators with $100 million security jazz hands as imported UK model comes without fraud indemnity airbags.
Commonwealth Bank leapfrogs delayed government digital identity launch with ConnectID October 13, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Banks are ready to clip the ticket — big time — on new mandated identity services, and milk the verification revenue stream.
Premium Insights and analysis Climate change risks are knocking on the door of future economic trends and central banks are taking notice September 6, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Pending RBA governor Michele Bullock outlines her views on the way climate change will affect her future role and the work of the bank.
Premium Insights and analysis ‘Revitalising policy thinking and renovating institutions’ – Jim Chalmers’ intergenerational commitment to the APS August 25, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Treasurer Jim Chalmers promises the APS the government will ensure it has the tools to get to Labor’s future vision for Australia.
Premium Insights and analysis New online payment fraud numbers point to growing regulatory failure August 14, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Card fraud numbers explode again despite online fraud crackdowns. So why is there a policy that still lets banks offload their big losses?
Premium Insights and analysis Changing of the guard at RBA will accelerate Australia’s great digital reckoning August 7, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Ain’t nothing like money moving too quickly for the regulator to crack the whip. Michele Bullock knows what hard innovation questions to ask.
Premium Insights and analysis Straight talk? New RBA governor Michele Bullock has been at it for years July 18, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Start as you mean to continue. Michele Bullock has been outwitting banks for decades. Get ready for some major digital interventions.
Premium Columnists Who is Michele Bullock? The central bank veteran who’ll lead the RBA to 2030 July 16, 2023 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks Michele Bullock, the first female Reserve Bank governor, is an RBA lifer from the payments system side of the bank.
Premium Insights and analysis Rampant real-time bank-transaction fraud attracts a liability flip June 26, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Real-time payments were meant to solve a bunch of issues. Now not so much. So, after three decades of immediacy, how do you slow things down?
Premium Insights and analysis Apple runs rings around regulators by bringing real competition to banks May 22, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Economy & Industry Apple has released Tap to Pay in Australia, the second jurisdiction outside of the US to have the ‘cash killer’ technology turned on.
Australia’s treasurer nails wellbeing colours to the mast: Good government measures what matters May 11, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Jim Chalmers has a big vision to reimagine how government institutions measure national progress beyond the obsession with GDP.
CPSU claims credit for restored APS headcount ahead of bargaining May 10, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology The Community and Public Sector Union heartily welcomes Labor’s first major rebuilding of APS numbers, with 10,800 staff to be added.
Latest RBA interest rate rises reveal serious flaws in Australia’s monetary policy toolkit May 5, 2023 By Stuart Kells and Ian Shepherd Economy & Industry Economists rarely agree, but when they look back on 2023 they will very likely concur that the most recent interest rate rises were a mistake.