Banking Bad: How Corporate Greed and Broken Governance Failed Australia
Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist's fight for the truth.

Adele Ferguson's reporting on the banking sector played a key role in forcing the government to announce the Hayne Royal Commission.

On the back of the release of her book, "Banking Bad" on August 5, Ferguson sits down with Business Editor Mathew Dunckley for fascinating a behind-the-scenes conversation on the state of the finance sector, whether the royal commission went far enough and her fight for truth in a years-long investigation. 

Since this episode of Please Explain was recorded the government has released legislation taking up some of the Hayne royal commission’s recommendations on insurance and fees for financial planners.

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