Inquiry into Australia’s General Insurance Industry

On 22 November 2016, the Senate referred the following matters to the Senate Economics References Committee for inquiry and report by 22 June 2017: the increase in the cost of home, strata and car insurance cover over the past decade in comparison to wage growth over...

Review of 4 Major Banks

As a result of a request of the Treasurer on 15 September 2016, the House of Representative’s Standing Committee on Economics undertook a review of the Four Major Banks and has released its First Report. The report makes significant broad ranging recommendations that...

Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016

The Privacy Amendment (Notifiable Data Breaches) Bill 2016 (“Privacy Data Breaches Bill”) has been introduced to Parliament and is currently before the House of Representatives. The Privacy Data Breaches Bill implements recommendations of: the...