Australia’s Capitalist Finance Sector: Deception, Exploitation and Misdirection of Financial Resources
by Trotskyist Platform / May 11th, 2021
In recent years, the ripping off of customers, deceit and even outright fraud practiced by Australian finance sector businesses has gained much attention. Four years ago it was revealed how CommInsure, the insurance arm of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), had refused to make promised life insurance payments to heart attack survivors. They “justified” this by using a definition of a heart attack that was so dodgy that even some people who had
such a severe heart attack that they had to be resuscitated were denied their entitled pay outs! Such devious practices have been undertaken by finance sector enterprises big and small – from the big four banks and insurance giants to brokers and loan enablers and to retail businesses that hand out loans. As a result the banks, insurance companies and the brokers and others connected t
12 May 2021
The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total remains at 1015.
WA Health is monitoring 13 active cases of COVID-19 and 993 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 119,871 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 27,681 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 2,842 people were vaccinated.
Yesterday, 444 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics. In addition, 1,443 people were tested at private pathology clinics.
There have been 1,128,153 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 146,790 were from regional WA.
To date, 68 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 52 of the B.1.1.7 strain,15 of the B.1.351 strain and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).
The Department of Health has reported no new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
The State’s total remains at 1015.
WA Health is monitoring 13 active cases of COVID-19 and 993 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 119,871 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 27,681 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 2,842 people were vaccinated.
Yesterday, 444 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics. In addition, 1,443 people were tested at private pathology clinics.
There have been 1,128,153 COVID-19 tests performed in WA. Of those, 146,790 were from regional WA.
To date, 68 cases of variant strains have been detected in Western Australia – 52 of the B.1.1.7 strain,15 of the B.1.351 strain and one of the P1 variant (Brazilian variant).
The Victorian Government has established a number of vaccination centres close to Bayside. These are:
Monash Health – Kingston
Monash Health – Moorabbin.
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The Department of Health has reported two new cases of COVID-19 overnight.
They are both males in their 50s and 60s, who have arrived from overseas and are now in hotel quarantine.
The State’s total now stands at 1015.
WA Health is monitoring 15 active cases of COVID-19 and 991 people have recovered from the virus in WA.
To date, the WA Department of Health has administered 116,975 COVID-19 vaccinations, including 27,015 people who have received both doses. Yesterday, 2,475 people were vaccinated.
Yesterday, 482 people were assessed for testing and swabbed at WA Health COVID clinics. In addition, 1,917 people were tested at private pathology clinics.