Federated Farmers have submitted a formal complaint to the Commerce Commission, requesting an urgent investigation into the lending practices of New Zealand banks. The complaint relates to potentially anti-competitive, coordinated, cartel-like behaviour from the banks, driven by their involvement in the international Net-Zero Banking Alliance. And could farmers face the same fate as the petrol stations as woke banks got for broke to make their customers broke?

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