Wendy Brauer, a cattle grazier and hay farmer based in Queensland, gives evidence on falling out with Rabobank over a loan to expand her farm by purchasing a neighbouring property, ending up about A$1 million worse-off. Recorded on 27 June 2018 at the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Michael Hirst, a former cattle farmer from Tasmania who had a loan facility with ANZ, gives evidence on how he and his wife were left “destitute” after the bank cut the valuations on their property by 40% and forced them to sell. Recorded on 27 June 2018 at the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Benjamin Steinberg, head of lending services at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), is being questioned over ANZ repricing loans of farming customers following its takeover of Landmark Financial Services. Recorded on 25, 26 and 27 June 2018 at the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Dennis McMahon (Legal Aid Queensland), Warren Day (ASIC) and Chris Wheatcroft (Rural Financial Counselling Service Western Australia) give evidence on farmers who are struggling under increasing debt. Recorded on 25 June 2018 at the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Statement by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne followed by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr’s opening address for the fourth round of public hearings of the Australian Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. Recorded on 25 June 2018 at the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

David Cohen, Chief Risk Officer at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, is being questioned over ‘Project Sonic’, a remedial program designed to bring the understanding of BankWest lenders up to an acceptable level, following the acquisition by CommBank and its discovery that BankWest’s business loan book was very bad. Recorded on 29 and 30 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

Ross Dillon, a small business owners, gives evidence on how National Australia Bank (NAB) seized all the proceeds from the sale of his principal residence to pay down his business debts. Recorded on 30 and 31 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

David Carter, chief executive for banking and wealth at Suncorp Bank, is being questioned over the bank threatening to sell the house of a distressed woman who had just lost her husband in a workplace accident. Recorded on 25 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

Clive van Horen, general manager of retail products at Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), returns to the witness box and is being questioned over CommBank’s business customers being charged more than double the correct interest rate on their overdraft facilities. Recorded on 24 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

Anna Bligh, the former Labor Premier of Queensland who became the CEO of the Australian Banking Association lobby group, is being questioned over the definition of what qualifies as a small business and who should be afforded the protections of the Code of Banking Practice. Recorded on 31 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

Alastair Welsh, General Manager for Commercial Banking at Westpac Banking Corporation, returns to the witness stand for the third time. Recorded on 25 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.

Douglas Snell, general manager of performance and governance at Bank of Queensland, is being questioned over the bank’s failures in the treatment of a customer who was overcharged for a loan provided by a branch manager who was subsequently sacked for fraud, and on how the bank then argued with the financial ombudsman to try to limit the compensation paid to the customer. Recorded on 24 May 2018 at the Owen Dixon Commonwealth Law Courts Building in Melbourne.