ASICâs James Shipton and Karen Chester: âalways as oneâ
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Karen Chester confirmed on Wednesday she has formally applied to succeed outgoing chairman
James Shipton, with whom she has recently undergone âmarriage counsellingâ arbitrated by Treasurer
Josh Frydenberg.
The Shipton-Chester relationship reportedly broke down when Chester, acting as chairwoman while ASICâs payment for Shiptonâs personal tax advice was investigated, told a Senate committee that âif there had been full disclosure of the nature of the payments made to Mr Shipton and [ASICâs other deputy chair
Daniel]
Crennan ⦠I donât think Iâd be sitting here in front of you todayâ.
The New South Wales Premier has labelled state border closures an "embarrassment" while addressing the Australian Financial Review Business Summit.
Gladys Berejiklian called for more courage from states and territories as the vaccine rollout reduces risk.
"There was and is absolutely no reason for closing internal borders within Australia. The only time New South Wales did that was when Victoria had in excess of 180 cases per day, and because we have 55 checkpoints between our two borders," she said.
"On the notion there might be a case here and there, it is a complete overreaction. So I think we just need to accept now that at the end of three weeks of the vaccination, all the high-risk people have been vaccinated; it's reduced our risk.
"It doesn't mean people won't get the virus or pass it on but the risk is massively diminished. There is no reason why internal borders should even be an issue. I think it's an embarrassment. I fin
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