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- Written by: Graham Miller
The answer to the bastardry and anti people attitude of our big banks is a publicly owned people's bank run through the Australia Post outlets around the country. We are getting closer to having a people's bank thanks to various voices that are coming around to supporting the peoples bank through Australia Post.
Read more: 2024 June Update - A People’s Bank is on the cards!
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- Written by: Graham Miller
Senate Inquiry Delivers Excellent Report & Recommendations.
For those of you following the push for a publicly owned people's bank here in Australia, you will be aware of the recommendations by the Senate committee's inquiry into regional bank branch closures. If not, then I would recommend that your read through their recommendations. These recommendations are certainly "on the money" and give us hope that a people's bank is now quite possible.
I will summarise the top three of the eight recommendations, but before I do, I have to bring your attention to an issue with Australia Post that could undermine the viability of using the post office outlets as full public bank branches. The Australia Post CEO has indicated that he is closing 271 post office outlets to get the number of branches down to the legislative minimum of 4,000. And he also indicated that they are lobbying the government to end the regulatory obligation to maintain 4,000 postal outlets. For more information about this issue see this release from the Citizens Party website.
Read more: 2024 June Update - Push for a Peoples Bank Scores Win
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- Written by: Craig McManus
Standing up against the Corporation Court System.
Watch Rene live at the Newtown Magistrates Court NSW with the people serving the courts. (open in new window)
On Wednesday 30 April a group supporting two men who were called to the court in Tim and Kurt, who were present at the court, but the magistrate refused to acknowledge them present in the court because they would not accept the legal fiction name which is personage. That magistrate was in treason and was served by the people a judicial notice.