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Banks charged mortgage holders $55m in extra interest after offset account errors, Asic finds

Australian banks ‘not getting the basics right’, regulator says after review of more than 200,000 home loans

The Guardian - AU · Jul 28

RBA boss takes swipe at queries on card surcharges

A frustrated central bank chief has hit back at suggestions consumers could be worse off as a result of the Reserve Bank's efforts to curb card surcharges.

AAP · Sep 22, 2025

Banks back scrapping card surcharges for consumers

The Australian Banking Association supports a ban on credit card surcharges for consumers but baulked at capping the fees that merchants pay card issuers.

AAP · Sep 9, 2025

Call for Russia to face 'full force' if Aussie killed

Australia should downgrade diplomatic relations with Russia if the killing of prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins is verified, the nation's Ukrainian community says.

AAP · Jan 14, 2025

Aussie Cossack's 'attractive' offer to seal prison swap

A perennial thorn in the Australian government's side has vowed to make it worth their while if he's sent to Russia in a swap for prisoner of war Oscar Jenkins.

AAP · Dec 23, 2024

View from The Hill: another Liberal moderate to leave Dutton team

A second member of the shadow cabinet has announced he is quitting parliament, further depleting the moderates’ presence in the parliamentary Liberal party and boosting the chance of the teal candidate in the Sydney seat of Bradfield.

The Conversation · Dec 10, 2024

Firebrands and falsettos: the fight to fill Simon Birmingham’s SA Senate spot

Adelaide city councillor Henry Davis, who parodied the lord mayor this week by dressing in drag, to challenge Alex Antic-installed frontrunner

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2024

Senior Liberal senator to swap parliament for bank role

One of the coalition's most senior figures will soon leave politics for a role at a major bank after revealing he would step down at the 2025 federal election.

AAP · Dec 5, 2024

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Simon Birmingham on Liberal moderates, regrets, and Donald Trump

Opposition Senate leader and former senior minister in the Coalition government Simon Birmingham has announced he will quit parliament. Birmingham, one of the few remaining moderates in the Liberals’ ranks, is shadow foreign minister. Now , aged 50, he’s defecting to a (yet to be announced) commercial job.

The Conversation · Dec 3, 2024

Opposition Senate leader Simon Birmingham announces surprise retirement at election

Opposition leader in the Senate, Simon Birmingham, has announced he will retire from parliament at the election, to take up a “new, commercially oriented” career.

The Conversation · Nov 28, 2024