{"product_id":"9781460711439_banking-bad-whistleblowers-corporate-cover-ups-one-journalists-fight-for-the-truth","title":"Banking Bad: Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist's fight for the truth.","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2020 Davitt Award for \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrue Crime\/Non-fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all the odds, Australia held a royal commission into the banking and financial services industries. Its revelations rocked the nation. Even defenders of the banks were blindsided. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew people were more instrumental in bringing about the commission than journalist Adele Ferguson. Through her exposes in print and on television, she pursued the truth about funds mismanagement, fraud, lack of probity, and the hard-sell culture that took over the finance industry after deregulation in the 1980s. But it wasn't just light-touch regulators and crooked bankers growing fat on bonuses she put under the spotlight. It was also their victims - men and women who had lost everything, and had no recourse when they discovered empty accounts, egregious fees, forged documents and broken promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in \u003cem\u003eBanking Bad\u003c\/em\u003e, Ferguson tells the full story of the power imbalance, toxic culture and cover-ups. She describes the long fight for justice by whistleblowers, victims and political mavericks, and she looks at the outcomes of the royal commission - the falls from grace, the damaging hubris, the scathing assessment of the regulators, and the colossal compensation bill - an estimated $10 billion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinally, she asks whereto from here? In May 2019, the Coalition government, which resisted calls for a royal commission, was re-elected. Bank stocks surged and lending regulations were loosened. Will it all be business as usual from now on, or have our financial executives learned that their wealth cannot come at the expense of ordinary Australians?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a book for every person with a bank account.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'If you want a glimpse of the reality distortion that multi-millionaire bankers live in, you need to read \u003cem\u003eBanking Bad\u003c\/em\u003e.' - Scott Pape\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ferguson's pacey writing style gives the book the air of a corporate thriller.' - Michael Rowland, ABC \u003cem\u003eNews Breakfast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'And for those of who anticipate that corporate Australia will lapse back into the state of complacency and misconduct revealed in the APRA CBA Report and the Hayne Royal Commission, ... should read the whole book for themselves - for no other reason than that it so clearly identifies the issues of governance and culture that seems to have escaped them for so long.' - Graeme Samuel, Professorial Fellow in the Monash Business School and former chairman of the ACCC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'[Adele] recounts a colourful cast of bullies, thieves and crooks being rewarded extraordinary sums to rip off customers.' - \u003cem\u003eMoney Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adele Ferguson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46908581740693,"sku":"9781460711439","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9781460711439_95375d9d-1a61-497b-a2b4-963674436289.jpg?v=1776890019","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9781460711439_banking-bad-whistleblowers-corporate-cover-ups-one-journalists-fight-for-the-truth","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}