NSW planning system ‘driving up apartment costs’

Planning restrictions are driving up the price of Sydney apartments, an RBA research paper says.

10 August, 2020

Australia Post fails cyber security test

Australia Post has failed to effectively identify and manage cyber security risks, an audit has found.

5 July, 2019

Productivity Commission savages financial regulatory system

Australia’s ‘Four Pillars’ banking policy is redundant, there is not enough competition in the insurance industry, and the banks are using their market power to gouge their customers. That’s what the Productivity Commission thinks. The independent government agency has released its Draft Report on Competition in the Australian Financial System. It does not paint a […]

7 February, 2018

Gravity is starting to catch up with stupidity

There are a few worrying trends and signs on the horizon for Australian governments.

17 July, 2017

Could Medicare make Australia Post become a Giro Bank?

Welfare payments modernisation…where to now?

11 July, 2016

Surcharging: RBA applies stick, but more regulatory repair needed

Gouging green light goes red.

26 May, 2016

New credit card surcharges for Service NSW’s online payments engine

Free ride ends for taxpayer funded Frequent Flyer Points.

4 February, 2016

Government payday cheques out big time for BPAY

Real time data rich transactions to roll by 2017.

5 November, 2015

APS pay moribund and eclipsed by states

No deal, no growth, no compromise.

11 June, 2015

RBA tech chief calls for better digital leadership

“This is not as easy as it may sound” Reserve Bank of Australia CIO says.

5 May, 2015

Is 2% as good as it gets for APS bargaining?

Falling inflation subdues wage growth.

5 March, 2015

Australia will stop printing cash to mint local Bitcoin: ANU boffin

Reckons Reserve Bank will issue sovereign Aussie crypto currency.

3 March, 2015

Reserve Bank standby for Human Services strike

Tech battle looms.

30 October, 2014

RBA to cap credit card surcharges

By Lilia Guan The Reserve Bank of Australia has decided, during a Payments System Board meeting, to vary the Standards relating to merchant surcharging on credit and scheme debit cards.   The variation allows card scheme rules to limit surcharges to the reasonable cost of card acceptance.   According to the Reserve Bank the variation […]

18 June, 2012