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Agriculture in Australia: activity and financing

19 September 2016

This report highlights the importance of the agriculture industry to the Australian economy and the community, and how much banks lend for agriculture.

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ABA welcomes changes to streamline the Financial Accountability Regime
16 June 2026

Australian banks welcome today’s proposal from APRA and ASIC to reduce the regulatory burden associated with the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). ABA CEO Simon Birmingham said this was a sensible measure announced in the 2026-27 Federal Budget to reduce some of the administrative burden placed on banks related to FAR. “This is a commonsense and… Read more »

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ABA statement on Scam Prevention Framework
28 May 2026

The ABA acknowledges today’s release of designations, draft industry codes, draft rules and a government discussion paper regarding the Scam Prevention Framework (SPF). Banks will scrutinise these SPF settings carefully to ensure they: ABA CEO Simon Birmingham said the most important policy objective of the SPF needed to be preventing scam losses in the first… Read more »

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Press Conference with Alliance Business Leaders
13 May 2026

E&OE Bran Black, BCA: I’m here with colleagues from industry associations that represent the length and breadth of Australia’s economy, and we’re here today to talk about a couple of key features of the Budget. What I wanted to do is just take a step back first and just talk about how we came together…. Read more »

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