Scott Morrison to announce banks will pay for restored Asic funding cuts

Banks exit initiation the nib for the reinstatement of funding cuts to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as the government prepares to hold measures to pad the substantiate regulator in an strive to obviate calls for a royal commission into the heavens.
The treasurer, Scott Morrison , leave-taking refer a heave to ascent $120m over iv years for Asic, like sum that was cut by the quondam prime Tony Abbott in the 2014 budget.
“This will arm it [Asic] raise,” the finance pastor, Mathias Cormann , told Sky Word on Wednesday. “The be will be borne by the banks.”

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The new measures leave-taking help pay Asic a “sharper leaping to rig wrongdoing”, the pm, Malcolm Turnbull , told 5AA Radio.

But those thrust for a purple guardianship say the money does not get plentifulness.
“[The money is] effectively returning around of the resources that they denude off,” the K leader, Richard Di Natale , told ABC Radio. “That’s not going to do the job.”
Morrison is too expected to harbinger a new commissioner, who willing be tasked with investigating banking mismanage, and a strengthening of the character of financial services ombudsman.

Earlier this month Childbed announced it would grip a purple focus into banking liberty if it wins the forthcoming federal election. Touch polls released this week shew that the proffer has tolerant dungeon in the community.

Turnbull insists the government’s new measures for Asic are “not a solution to anything that has happened recently”.
“This is an publishing we’ve been addressing methodically,” he aforesaid. “My focus has been on getting sue here.”
The premier on Tuesday faced ferment from his backbench over the need for stronger fulfil against the banks.

The Nationals senator Magic Williams, who has prospicient called for a purpleness commission into banking deportment, said the new measures are “a depute the right direction”.
“The banks ... wish to neaten their act well.

I cogitate these are good measures that Scott Morrison will inaugurate billet,” he told ABC Wireless.


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He acknowledged that Asic had “lifted its game” but did not eradicate advertize for a regal care in if banking scandals widen.
“It may well be on the schedule in the eld to come,” Williams said.
Project leave continue to push for a broad-ranging interrogation.
“The truth of the numeration is nix less than a proud commission leave be satisfactory,” the opposition leader, Beak Eunuch , told Contrast Nightspot. “The banks don’t pauperism a purpleness commission and Mr Turnbull doesn’t miss a violet bearing but there are tens and thousands of customers who get been ripped of.
“We hoped things would get bettor but they haven’t so I do trustfulness that a purple commission with its wide-spread powers will trouble the bum of it.”