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    Abbot Govt in secret trade negotiations to deregulate banks and finance

    Here's a bit more information on TiSA from The Age (Fairfax). Only one chapter has been leaked/released by WikiLeaks - financial services including banking and insurance. Insurance would mean car, house, life, TPD etc, I guess. I'm wondering if Medicare would come under 'insurance'? If I...
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    Abbot Govt in secret trade negotiations to deregulate banks and finance

    I find the following comments in response to the article in The Guardian interesting: - Longerenong - If these deals were really going to help ordinary Australians they would be done in the open. Hard to see that Australia could win in any system that will inevitably be skewed to where the...
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    Abbot Govt in secret trade negotiations to deregulate banks and finance

    Australia's Sovereignty at risk with trade treaty's proposed dispute arbiter Peter Martin - Economics Economics Editor, The Age "The most shocking thing about the leaked draft of the Trade in Services Agreement is the innocuously named ''Dispute Settlement'' provision". The authors, the...
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    Abbot Govt in secret trade negotiations to deregulate banks and finance

    BREAKING NEWS - FRI 20 Jun 2014 The Age - Secret deal: bank free-for-all http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/secret-deal-bank-freeforall-20140619-3ah2w.html "Leaked WikiLeaks documents reveal the Abbott government is pressing ahead with secret trade negotiations aimed at...
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