Report on NAB influencing ASIC
Phillip Sweeney made this Freedom of Information request to Commonwealth Ombudsman
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Dear Commonwealth Ombudsman,
One of the outcomes of the Senate Economics Reference Committee investigation into ASIC last year was the referral of allegations made by John Wheeldon that a subsidiary company of the National Australia Bank MLC Ltd, had corruptly or otherwise inappropriately influenced ASIC to grant special relief so that MLC was not required to include "fees and charges" in its superannuation calculator that MLC uses to market its superannuation products.
Competitor "Industry Funds" do not impose these "fees and charges", since they are "not-for-profit" funds.
The document I seek is a copy of any final or interim report produced by the Commonwealth Ombudsman in relation to this matter.
If such a report has yet to be released by the Commonwealth Ombudsman, then I seeking a copy of any correspondence with any Senator or Department that would indicate the anticipated release date of this report.
Yours faithfully,
Phillip Sweeney
Dear Mr Sweeney
I attach correspondence in response to your request of 31 March 2015 under
the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
I have sent the original letter to you by post.
Yours sincerely
Gregory Parkhurst
Senior Investigation Officer | FOI Co-ordinator | Operations North
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ph: 1300 362 072 | Fax: 02 6276 0123
email: [1][CO request email]
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Dear Mr Sweeney
I attach correspondence in response to your Freedom of Information request
of 31 March 2015.
I have sent the original decision letter to you by post.
Yours sincerely
Gregory Parkhurst
Senior Investigation Officer | FOI Co-ordinator | Operations North
Commonwealth Ombudsman
Ph: 1300 362 072 | Fax: 02 6276 0123
email: [1][CO request email]
Influencing agencies to treat people fairly through our investigations of
their administration
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