Inquiries & reckonings
Royal Commissions and the reforms that followed.
- ArticleAMP and fees for no service: the conduct the Banking Royal Commission exposed
The 2018 Banking Royal Commission found AMP had charged customers for advice they never received — and then misled the regulator about it. Here is what the record shows.
- ArticleCBA and AUSTRAC: how 53,750 breaches led to Australia's largest-ever civil penalty
In 2018, Commonwealth Bank settled with AUSTRAC for $700 million over systematic anti-money-laundering failures. Here's what the record penalty revealed about compliance culture.
- ArticleCrown Resorts: what the inquiries found, and what it cost
Three separate public inquiries found Crown Resorts unsuitable to hold casino licences. This is what the Bergin Inquiry and its successors established, and how the findings reshaped Australian gambling.
- ArticleJames Hardie and asbestos: the compensation scandal that changed Australian corporate law
The James Hardie asbestos compensation controversy produced one of Australia's most significant corporate governance inquiries. A report from the public record.
- ArticleQantas and the sacked ground crew: what the High Court actually found
The High Court found Qantas broke the law by outsourcing 1,700 ground handling jobs. Here's what the courts found, and what it didn't decide.
- ArticleRio Tinto and Juukan Gorge: how one blast ended three careers
Rio Tinto destroyed a 46,000-year-old rock shelter to expand an iron ore mine. A parliamentary inquiry, and the fallout, followed.
- ArticleStar Entertainment: what the inquiries found, and what the licence cost
The Bell review and state inquiries into Star Entertainment exposed years of money-laundering failures. Here's what was found, and what it cost the casino group.
- ArticleThe Hayne Royal Commission: what it found, and what changed
The 2018 Banking Royal Commission exposed systemic misconduct across Australia's financial sector. Here's what Commissioner Hayne actually found, and what the law required afterwards.