Media
Media contacts
FSU
Leanne Shingles
Communications & Campaigns Officer
Ph: 03 9261 5331 | Mob: 0423 821 773
leanne.shingles@fsunion.org.au
Finsec
Andrew Campbell
Finsec Campaigns Director
Cell: 027 548 7006 | DDI: 04 801 2002
Better Banking in the media:
Banks Profits Soar While Economy Crawls – Voxy.com , 5th November 2010
It’s personal: Swan lashes banks on rates – Sydney Morning Herald, 4th November 2010
Bank staff bear brunt of rates fury – Sydney Morning Herald, 4th November 2010
Bank fee foes target ANZ ‘Barbara’ ads – Business Day, 4th November 2010
FSU repeats call for banking reform after interest rate rise – Money Management, 3rd November 2010
Union urges banks to share profits with Australian community – International Business Times, 28th October 2010
Hockey tough on banks – Herald Sun, 22nd October 2010
Australian banks need more reforms – FSU – International Business Times, 21st October 2010
Hockey’s view draws left-field support – The Age, 21st October 2010
Banks and industry groups expect rate rise – Money Management, 5th October 2010
Banks won’t rule out bigger rise – Herald Sun, 5th October 2010
Banks shouldn’t raise rates above RBA increase, say unions and Treasurer Wayne Swan – Herald Sun, 4th October 2010
Shareholder revolt over executive pay – The Australian, 27th September 2010
75pc rise takes CBA boss’s pay to $16.2m – The Australian, 18th September 2010
Banking’s Mr 75% Ralph Norris – Herald Sun, 17th September 2010
Banks dubbed ‘greedy thieves’ after monster profit – The Age, 11th August 2010
CBA profit soars to $6.1 billion – ninemsn, 11th August 2010
CBA announces $5.6 billion profit amid calls to give back to community – Herald Sun, 11th August 2010
FSU calls on parties to battle off-shoring – Money Management, 3rd August 2010
Finance union urges major parties to protect Australian jobs from off-shoring – International Business Times, 1st August 2010
FSU stands against job off-shoring – Money Management, 21 July 2010
FSU argues for better banking regulation – Australian Banking & Finance, 25th June
Sales targets concern for bank workers – NewsTalk ZB Auckland, 14th June
Banks ‘pressuring’ customers to buy products they can’t afford – TopNews 13th June
Banks ‘pressuring customers’ with scare tactics – NZ Herald, 13th June
Bank workers worried about customer debt levels – scoop.co.nz, 13th June
Bank sales tactics ‘deceitful’ – union – NZPA, 13th June
Bank workers ‘worried about customers’ – AAP, 9th June
Bank workers fret over customer debt – Business Day, Fairfax newspapers, 9th June
Pressure on to sell – The Age, 9th June
Bank workers concerned about customer debt levels – Money Management, 9th June
Bank employees worry on customers’ debts – International Business Times, 9th June
Reserve Bank of Australia raises the official cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.5 per cent – Herald Sun, 3rd May 2010
Bank profits add insult to injury – Daily Telegraph, 6th May 2010
Families feeling strain as mortgage debts and interest rates rise – Herald Sun, 6th May 2010
Westpac customers are Australia’s unhappiest, Herald Sun survey finds – Herald Sun, 6th May 2010
Westpac comes last for service: survey – The Age, 6th May 2010
BNZ, ANZ rate poorly in pressure sales poll – Sunday Star Times, 9th May 2010
NZ’s best and worst banks revealed – NZ Herald, 9th May 2010
ASB tops banks list, ANZ bottom – NewsTalk ZB, 9th May 2010
ASB Grabs the Top, ANZ Hits the Bottom – TopNews, 9th May 2010
New Zealand’s best and worst banks revealed – Xinhua, 9th May 2010
Refinancing deals don’t always add up – The Sunday Mail, 9th May 2010
Aussie-owned banks fall short with customers – TVNZ, 10th May 2010
Banks anger customers with hard-sell tactics – Sunday Star Times, 16th May 2010
ANZ NZ performs poorly in Better Banking survey – Money Management, 24th May 2010
