Video podcast: What’s Making Headlines – Are clawbacks out of control?

Join host Annie Kane, commercial content writer Ben Squires, and senior journalist Charlie Tchetchenian as they review the news of the week.

The team looks at the FBAA’s recent submission to government flagging how clawbacks might amount to an unfair trading practice, One Nation’s proposed 30-year government-backed mortgages, and the latest levy costs from ASIC.

This week, they discuss:

• How the FBAA is taking the fight over “unfair and inequitable” lender clawbacks directly to Treasury.
• Why the MFAA is demanding that home lending be placed at the very front of the government’s new digital identity rollout.
• The looming 17 per cent surge in ASIC levies that is set to hit credit intermediaries and aggregators where it hurts.

And much more!

News stories mentioned:

• Clawbacks under fire as FBAA slams lender tactics
• MFAA says lending must sit at heart of verifiable credentials
• ASIC levies surge for credit intermediaries
• One Nation proposes government-backed 30-year fixed mortgages
• Non-banks plugged into open banking data grid
• Westpac locks in major cash rate prediction
• Commercial Finance Awards launches for 2026

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