AML/CTF and professional services: the issue goes another round
AML/CTF and professional services: the issue goes another round
28 June 2021 6:16AM
The question of whether lawyers, accountants, real estate agents and other professional service providers should be regulated under anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing law is about to come up for debate yet again, with this and a number of other questions about Australia’s AML/CTF regime referred to a parliamentary committee last week.
The Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs will review the adequacy and effectiveness of Australia’s AML/CTF regulatory arrangements, with a focus on the extent to which they could be strengthened, particularly how weaknesses can be identified before systemic or large-scale breaches occur.
Ex-Australian leader says Meghan and Harry s interview bolsters case to cut ties with U.K. monarchy
March 9, 2021 / 10:34 AM / CBS/AP U.K. reacts to Meghan and Harry interview
Sydney, Australia Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the television interview with Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, bolstered his argument for Australia severing its constitutional ties to the British monarchy. Turnbull met the couple in April 2018, four months before he was replaced by current Prime Minister Scott Morrison in an internal power struggle. It s clearly an unhappy family or at least Meghan and Harry are unhappy. It seems very sad, Turnbull told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.