Regional Banking Taskforce - Issues Paper

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Key Documents

The Regional Banking Taskforce was established on 22 October 2021 to assess the impact of bank branch closures on regional communities.

The Taskforce brings together banks and other key stakeholders to assess how bank branch closures have impacted local businesses, industries and communities and work collaboratively to identify possible solutions.

This consultation seeks comments on the impacts of regional branch closures, how Australians are accessing banking services and potential solutions for maintaining and improving banking services and accessibility where branches have been closed.

Submissions

416 submissions were received for this consultation. Of these 13 were confidential and 22 were deemed unsuitable for publishing as per the Treasury submission guidelines. All submissions informed the Taskforce deliberations.

 

Submissions

381 submissions were received for this consultation.

Ackland, Mrs Louise - pdf 302.09 KB
Adams, Mr John - pdf 57.95 KB
Adams, Ms Sally - pdf 80.31 KB
Alysandratos, Ms Tammie - pdf 83.54 KB
Anderson, Mr Neil - pdf 79.41 KB
Andrew, Mr Robert - pdf 77.48 KB
Angelevski, Mr Tony - pdf 63.72 KB
Anonymous 1 - pdf 74.86 KB
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Anthony, Mr Quentin and Mrs Jan - pdf 60.96 KB
Armstrong, Ms Helen - pdf 70.44 KB
Atkins, Mr Neil - pdf 70.61 KB
Augustsson, Mr Tom - pdf 198.45 KB
AusPayNet - pdf 211.1 KB
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group - pdf 149.77 KB
Australian Banking Association - pdf 350.66 KB
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - pdf 195.5 KB
Australian Citizens Party - pdf 870.37 KB
Australian Retailers Association - pdf 218.82 KB
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman - pdf 897.65 KB
Baker, Mr Ted - pdf 107.91 KB
Baker, Ms Lynn - pdf 992.17 KB
Ban, Mr Jeremy - pdf 154.86 KB
Banana Shire Council - pdf 242.37 KB
Banking Code Compliance Committee - pdf 292.22 KB
Bardwell, Mr Christopher - pdf 72.51 KB
Bell, Mr Peter - pdf 73.16 KB
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank - pdf 310.77 KB
Bennett, Mr Lance - pdf 45.26 KB
Bernabei, Mr Frank - pdf 127.22 KB
Berrigan Shire Council - pdf 334.39 KB
Best, Mr Ian - pdf 72.87 KB
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Bird, Mr John - pdf 56.09 KB
Black, Ms Joanne - pdf 82.32 KB
Blakeway, Mr Roger - pdf 79.94 KB
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Bradshaw, Ms Nolene - pdf 1.53 MB
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Breaden, Ms Jan and Mr Tom - pdf 90.42 KB
Broe, Ms Diane - pdf 67.89 KB
Brown, Ms Wendy - pdf 80.87 KB
Browning, Mr David - pdf 103.81 KB
Bunyan, Mr Leo - pdf 120.31 KB
Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals - pdf 284.71 KB
Butler, R - pdf 38.83 KB
Cabonne Council - pdf 148.61 KB
Callaghan, Ms Katie - pdf 130.28 KB
Camenzuli, Mr Jason - pdf 60.49 KB
Camm, Mr Joshua - pdf 102.99 KB
Campbell, Mr Bruce - pdf 69.76 KB
Campbell, Mr Dugald - pdf 73.25 KB
Chamber of Commerce & Industry Queensland - pdf 341.26 KB
Chegwedden, Mr Brad - pdf 127.31 KB
Chidley, Mr Glen - pdf 1.01 MB
CHOICE et al - pdf 425.14 KB
CHOICE Supplement - pdf 205.61 KB
Christensen, Mrs Kay - pdf 174.98 KB
Clark, Mr Allan - pdf 101.61 KB
Clark, Mr Tom - pdf 71.17 KB
Cocking, Nola - pdf 71.81 KB
Collier, Mr Adrian - pdf 187.34 KB
Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association of NSW - pdf 195.63 KB
Commonwealth Bank of Australia - pdf 653.11 KB
Community Bank National Council - pdf 210.17 KB
Coonerty, Ms Shirley - pdf 77.17 KB
Cottrell, Mrs Mavis - pdf 81.32 KB
Country Women’s Association of NSW - pdf 117.06 KB
Coverdale, Mrs Doreen - pdf 564.75 KB
Cox, Mr David - pdf 72.37 KB
Creet, Ms Heather - pdf 82 KB
Crockett, Ms Jade - pdf 74.61 KB
Crowe, Ms Mary - pdf 81.07 KB
Crowther, Mr Graham - pdf 90.56 KB
Cumberbatch, Ms Caroline - pdf 77.6 KB
Cummings, Ms Carol - pdf 70.59 KB
Customer Owned Banking Association - pdf 444.96 KB
Daly, Lee - pdf 80.86 KB
Daniel, Mr Bertram - pdf 72.75 KB
Davidson, Mr James - pdf 22.4 MB
Davies, Hon. Mia - pdf 86.38 KB
Davies, Ms Adele - pdf 104.06 KB
Dawborn, Ms Anne - pdf 84.72 KB
de Beaux, Mr Tim - pdf 86.58 KB
Deaves, Ms Kay - pdf 78.46 KB
Deguara, Mr and Mrs - pdf 84 KB
Derksen, Mr Gerry - pdf 72.45 KB
Devine, Ms Gillian - pdf 69.16 KB
Dimitroff, Mr Tom - pdf 60.27 KB
Donnellan, Mr Anthony - pdf 116.63 KB
Dooley, Mr Ken - pdf 77.73 KB
Doyle, Mr Michael - pdf 148.45 KB
Duggan, Ms Helen - pdf 81.96 KB
Dwyer, Mr Terence - pdf 339.69 KB
Dwyer, Ms Beryl - pdf 96.27 KB
Dyson, Mr Jeff - pdf 29.6 KB
Dyson, Mr Lee - pdf 81.71 KB
Edgerton, Ms Nicolle - pdf 69.28 KB
Efstathiou, Ms Anna - pdf 70.86 KB
Elliott, Mr Brett - pdf 30.62 KB
Elliott, Mr Mike - pdf 99.36 KB
Errol, Ms Vanessa and Hardie, Mr Ron - pdf 72.3 KB
Etherington, Mr Scott - pdf 819.16 KB
Fairfax, Mr Roger - pdf 82.39 KB
Fallon, Mrs F - pdf 453.46 KB
Faulkner, C.S - pdf 50.86 KB
Feierabend, Mr Ronald - pdf 1.28 MB
Felesina, Ms KM - pdf 75.34 KB
Feltham, Mr Gregory - pdf 62.24 KB
Financial Sector Union - pdf 598.76 KB
Finlay, Ms Diane - pdf 98.55 KB
Fitzgerald, Mr Patrick - pdf 71.32 KB
Forbes, Mr Peter - pdf 57.32 KB
Ford, Mr Allan - pdf 55.88 KB
Forgan, Mr L - pdf 85.83 KB
Francesca, Mr Giovanni - pdf 67.05 KB
Freeman, Mr Mark - pdf 70.8 KB
Fulham, Ms Bonita - pdf 28.82 KB
Gartrell, Mr Grant - pdf 121.5 KB
Gillett, Mr Len - pdf 145.74 KB
Gleeson, Ms Wendy - pdf 99.45 KB
Glover, Mr Ian - pdf 95.37 KB
Goldthorpe, Ms Aileen - pdf 90.92 KB
Gooch, Mr Richard - pdf 70.23 KB
Gostich, Mr Michael - pdf 77.08 KB
Gotts, Ms Maxine - pdf 77.11 KB
Goulter, Mr Max - pdf 70.41 KB
Grant, Mr David - pdf 78.36 KB
Gray, Mr Anthony - pdf 98.95 KB
Green, Mr Larry - pdf 67.24 KB
Grist, Mr John - pdf 98.36 KB
Gunther, Mr Uwe - pdf 96.58 KB
Hales, Mr Roger and Mrs Lyn - pdf 75.17 KB
Hall, Mr Roger - pdf 73.53 KB
Hanford, Mr Leon - pdf 70.71 KB
Harries, Mrs Faye and Mr Bernard - pdf 88.59 KB
Harrington, Mr Ray - pdf 70.81 KB
Harris, Ms Pippa - pdf 121.15 KB
Harvey, Ms Carol - pdf 69.88 KB
Hatzidimitriou, Mr Dennis - pdf 60.96 KB
Hay, Mr Robert and Mrs Beverley - pdf 411.8 KB
Hazzard, Mr Jim - pdf 102.45 KB
Heath, Mr Guy - pdf 73.88 KB
Heidtmann, Mr Richard - pdf 123.87 KB
Heindorff, Mr Ron - pdf 91.73 KB
Heinrich, Mr Ken - pdf 85.84 KB
Henry, Mr Eric - pdf 73.47 KB
Heubel, Ms Anita - pdf 631.72 KB
Higgins, Mr Jason and Mrs Louise - pdf 90.35 KB
Hine, Mr Trevor - pdf 78.05 KB
Hoare, Mr Anthony - pdf 35.26 KB
Hobson, Ms Elizabeth - pdf 89.94 KB
Hodge, Ms Elsa - pdf 75.89 KB
Hoey, Mr Michael - pdf 75.6 KB
Hoffmann, Ms Wendy - pdf 79.7 KB
Holdway, Dr Keith - pdf 92.96 KB
Honzatko, Mr Martin - pdf 51.79 KB
Hook, Mr Michael - pdf 69.56 KB
Horsburgh, Ms Elizabeth - pdf 62.82 KB
Howard, Mr Colin - pdf 87.53 KB
Howden, Mr Gregory - pdf 84.38 KB
Howison, Mr Mike - pdf 51.29 KB
Hughes, Mr Roger and Mrs Merrilyn - pdf 89.58 KB
Hutton, Mr Craig - pdf 1.12 MB
Ingram, Mr Neil - pdf 74.89 KB
Ingrey, Mr Will - pdf 85.72 KB
Ivosevic, Mr Peter - pdf 70.98 KB
Jackson, Ms Pam - pdf 75.9 KB
James, Mr Bill - pdf 74.9 KB
James, Mrs Joan - pdf 77.48 KB
Jean, Mr Ron - pdf 73.8 KB
Jeffree, Ms Sandra - pdf 71.28 KB
Jensen, Mr Desmond and Mrs Ann - pdf 70.72 KB
Johnson, Mr Ian - pdf 114.82 KB
Johnston, Mr Allan - pdf 43.73 KB
Johnstone, Mrs Bronwyn and Mr Hamish - pdf 100.39 KB
Jones, Mr Graeme - pdf 67.46 KB
Jordan, Mr and Mrs Tom - pdf 117.07 KB
Kajewski, Ms Lyn - pdf 101.32 KB
Karakatsanakis, Mr Dimitrios - pdf 590.19 KB
Karla, Ms - pdf 87.18 KB
Kaszubski, Mr Andrew - pdf 75.41 KB
Kelly, Leslie - pdf 75.87 KB
Kemp, K - pdf 128.85 KB
Kent, Ms Danielle - pdf 83.61 KB
Kerin, Ms Joanne - pdf 90.58 KB
Kerr, Mr Keith - pdf 95.71 KB
Kitt, Mr Noel - pdf 73.71 KB
Klincke, Mr Robert - pdf 106.9 KB
Kodey, M - pdf 68.58 KB
Kohl, Mr John - pdf 578.54 KB
Kopacz, Mr Josef - pdf 65.35 KB
Korumburra Round Table and Korumburra Business Association - pdf 288.6 KB
Krepp, Mr Selwyn - pdf 2.31 MB
Kristian, Mr - pdf 12.02 KB
Kuehn, Mr Hans - pdf 51.96 KB
Lahti, Mr Warren - pdf 1.74 MB
Larner, Ms Caroline - pdf 72.67 KB
Latinovich, Mr Goran - pdf 149.13 KB
Lawler, Ms Ann - pdf 227.92 KB
Lazdins, Mr John - pdf 81.57 KB
Le Grand, Ms Margaret - pdf 72.49 KB
Lea-Tutton, Ms Jennifer - pdf 77.26 KB
Legal Aid Queensland - pdf 171.63 KB
Linney, Mr Bill - pdf 71.06 KB
Lloyd, Ms Patricia - pdf 69.77 KB
Lockwood, Mr Graham - pdf 68.17 KB
Lonergan, Mr Jon - pdf 51.87 KB
Lowerson, Mr Bruce - pdf 76.47 KB
LPO Group - pdf 168.13 KB
Mackenzie, Ms Faye - pdf 60.65 KB
Magner, Ms Fay - pdf 120.2 KB
Maher, Mrs Carol - pdf 731.1 KB
Maleli, Mr Vas - pdf 29.64 KB
Manning, Robyn - pdf 70.44 KB
Marotta, Ms Maria - pdf 129.01 KB
Martino, Mr Cyril - pdf 648.16 KB
Marwick, Mr Tom - pdf 92.89 KB
Masterson, Mr Terry - pdf 78.55 KB
Matovinovic, Ante - pdf 64.01 KB
Mayman, Mr Brian and Mrs Wendy - pdf 127.33 KB
Mazza, Mr Joseph - pdf 81.84 KB
McCulloch, Mr Christopher - pdf 102.05 KB
McDonald, Mrs B L - pdf 87.7 KB
Mclaren, Mr Chris - pdf 72.6 KB
McLennan, Mr Michael and Mrs Merrylin - pdf 107.41 KB
McTaggart, Mr Alan and Mrs Desma - pdf 79.82 KB
Medallas, Mr Jose - pdf 67.91 KB
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Mehta, Ms Amanda - pdf 77.28 KB
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Miller, Mr Graham - pdf 108.65 KB
Millward, Mr Chris - pdf 67.37 KB
Milne, Mr Dave - pdf 62.27 KB
Mollison, Mr Charles - pdf 77.97 KB
Monaghan, Mr Glen - pdf 74.01 KB
Moore, Mr Peter - pdf 73.77 KB
Mooroopna Action Group - pdf 78.06 KB
Morgan, Ashley - pdf 2.11 MB
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Moriarty, Ms Debra - pdf 47.63 KB
Moriarty, Ms Naomi - pdf 39.54 KB
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Morse, Mr Russell - pdf 27.7 KB
Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia - pdf 186.85 KB
Muir, Kirsten - pdf 48.81 KB
Muldoon, Mr Graeme - pdf 6.1 MB
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Mundine, Ms Judy - pdf 83.86 KB
Murphy, Mr Michael - pdf 956.08 KB
National Australia Bank - pdf 111.2 KB
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Neville, Mr Tony - pdf 76.73 KB
Newman, Ms Dawn - pdf 80.68 KB
Newton, Mr David - pdf 23.41 KB
Noonan, Mr Jim - pdf 92.22 KB
Norman, Ms Jeanette - pdf 88.07 KB
NSW Farmers’ Association - pdf 153.3 KB
NSW Small Business Commissioner - pdf 718.39 KB
Nyssen, Mr Phillip - pdf 80.09 KB
O'Brien, Mrs Stephanie - pdf 95.05 KB
O'Riordan, Mr Michael - pdf 72.1 KB
Ooms, Mr Michael - pdf 77.41 KB
Orr, Mr David - pdf 95.4 KB
Ovenden, Mr Robert - pdf 47.72 KB
P, Ms Deborah - pdf 14.12 KB
Paizis, Mr Gerry - pdf 87.68 KB
Park Holme Licensed Post Office - pdf 82.4 KB
Parkins, Ms Denise - pdf 72.45 KB
Pascoe, Mr Russ - pdf 113.67 KB
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Payne, Mr Greg - pdf 34.35 KB
Pearce, Ms Patricia - pdf 76.35 KB
Pedler, Mr Gary - pdf 80.07 KB
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Pike, Ms Dorothy - pdf 107.01 KB
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Poore, Ms Susan - pdf 48.53 KB
Poynton, Ms Janine - pdf 77.8 KB
Pratt, Mr G - pdf 95.13 KB
Prosegur - pdf 1.17 MB
Pukallus, Mrs Janet and Mr Dennis - pdf 80.64 KB
Puma Energy Jabiru - pdf 124.6 KB
Purdie, Tash - pdf 82.77 KB
Queensland Farmers' Federation - pdf 303.34 KB
Radley, Mr Eon - pdf 69.56 KB
Rankin, Ms Lynette - pdf 84.95 KB
Ravji, Ms Moira - pdf 75.28 KB
Read, Ms Carolyn - pdf 118.3 KB
Rees, Ms Kim - pdf 73.75 KB
Regional Australia Institute - pdf 148.88 KB
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Reygan, Ms Anna - pdf 75.52 KB
Rice, Mr Peter - pdf 107.32 KB
Rimland, Ms Lina - pdf 98.33 KB
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Rodgers, Ms Julianne - pdf 68.06 KB
Rowe, Mr Jason - pdf 60.36 KB
Ryan, Ms Alison - pdf 58.93 KB
Saber, Mr Gerard - pdf 79.47 KB
Sainty, Mrs Michelle and Mr Michael - pdf 65.67 KB
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Selleck, Elke - pdf 68.85 KB
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Sheers, Mrs Doreen and Mr Phillip - pdf 85.43 KB
Shire of Derby/West Kimberley - pdf 155.52 KB
Sluggett, Mr Andrew and Mrs Margaret - pdf 26.5 KB
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Smith, Ms Janette - pdf 806.28 KB
Smith-Beale, Mrs Margaret - pdf 1.88 MB
Snell, Mr Malcolm - pdf 83.52 KB
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Sonnack, Mr Kevin - pdf 75.16 KB
Staehr, Ms Jeanette - pdf 88.78 KB
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Stone, Mr Barry - pdf 285.72 KB
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Stratton, Ms Sarita - pdf 79.24 KB
Student, Mr Frank - pdf 69.31 KB
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Tate, Mr David - pdf 63.08 KB
Taylor, Mr David - pdf 48.85 KB
The Law Society of NSW - pdf 172.49 KB
Theodore Chamber of Commerce - pdf 86.79 KB
Thiele, Mrs Heather - pdf 47.34 KB
Thomas, Mr Geoff - pdf 57.64 KB
Thomson, Mr Tyson - pdf 81.26 KB
Thornton, Ms Margaret - pdf 63.96 KB
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van der Tang, Mr Gerrit Frederick - pdf 76.02 KB
Vervoorn, Mr Peter - pdf 81.18 KB
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Webster, Mr Murray - pdf 67.35 KB
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Werps, Mr Marcel - pdf 53.72 KB
Westpac - pdf 191.58 KB
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Withers, Mr Alexander and Mrs Carole - pdf 84.76 KB
Wood, Ms Linda - pdf 66.56 KB
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Young, Mr Chris - pdf 72.98 KB