Media releases

The Government will tomorrow introduce legislation into Parliament that will reform the way financial markets in Australia are supervised.

Tomorrow the Government will introduce legislation into the parliament that will give effect to the referral of responsibility for consumer credit to the Commonwealth.

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, has today released proposals designed to prevent predatory share offers to vulnerable and unsuspecting shareho

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law today announced proposed changes to the law to strengthen the Australian Securities and Investment Commission's investigative

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today leaves for Hong Kong to advance Australia's standing as a financial services hub and as well as strength

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today released the Banking Amendment Regulations 2010 and the Corporations Amendment Regulations 2010, with ex

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, has today announced a package of reforms to Australia's corporate insolvency laws.

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today released the Financial Sector Legislation Amendment (Prudential Refinements and Other Measures) Bill 201

The Government welcomes the Australian Financial Centre Forum's report on Australia as a Financial Centre (the Johnson Report).

The Opposition Leader and the Shadow Finance Minister have today offered two sharply different versions of Coalition policy on executive remuneration.

The Government welcomes the Productivity Commission's final report on Australia's director and executive remuneration framework.

The Rudd Government has today delivered on its commitment to address the problem of lengthy, complex and largely unreadable product disclosure documents for major financial services products.

The Standard Business Reporting program – a Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) reform initiative to reduce red tape for business – today achieved a major milestone with the release of report

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today welcomed the introduction of regulations implementing new reporting arrangements for general insurance. 

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today released a Proposals P

The Australian Government notes the new Coalition policy announced today to re-regulate banking including new powers to enable the forced divesture of bank assets.

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today released draft reforms to cut red-tape and improve Australia's corporate reporting framework.

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, the Hon Chris Bowen MP, today released a consultation paper and draft legislation facilitating reforms to the supervision of A

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen MP, today announced the release for public exposure of draft legislative amendments to support the Government's 20

The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law welcomed the release of the report into financial services and products by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations