(Advertisement) To the Australian Parliament: Don’t seize our bank accounts− pass Glass-Steagall! e, the undersigned, are unalterably opposed to the legislation speculation has caused the present fi nancial crisis in the fi rst place. But, of the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements which is over- now being drafted to enable the “bail-in” (seizure) of Aus- as in Cyprus, such legislation will plunge this country into mass misery seeing the global bail-in process; that report explicitly states on page 5 Wtralian bank deposits as happened in Cyprus in March of this and even worse. that such legislation is “in-train” for Australia.1 The FSB and the IMF year. The stated purpose of such legislation, in Australia and interna- There is overwhelming evidence that legislation is being planned for have classifi ed Australia’s “Big Four” banks as “Systemically Import- tionally, is to save the “Too Big To Fail” megabanks whose unbridled Australia, as in a 15 April report of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) ant Financial Institutions”, which must be saved at all costs. The Solution Instead of “bail-in”, the Australian Parliament must pass legislation duced into both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate, as well We say: No to speculation and the seizing of bank accounts; Yes, to modelled upon the U.S. Glass-Steagall law which functioned so suc- as in numerous other countries. rebuilding Australia’s physical economy, with well-paying jobs for any cessfully from its passage in 1933 until its repeal in 1999, which sep- Urgent though it be, Glass-Steagall legislation is not suffi cient by Australian who wants one. arated commercial banking from investment banking. Without such a itself to ensure a recovery of Australia’s actual physical economy. Finally, we vow to help to drive from offi ce any Australian Member separation, banks are free to speculate with customers’ deposits, which, Therefore, we also demand the establishment of a National Bank mod- of Parliament who signs his or her name to legislation for bail-in, but for instance, is why Australian banks now hold some $21.5 trillion in elled upon that of King O’Malley’s original Commonwealth Bank, to to likewise do all within our power to support any MP who sponsors highly risky derivatives. Numerous prominent individuals−even from fi nance the construction of great infrastructure projects as the corner- or votes for an Australian Glass-Steagall bill, and for a National Bank. the City of London and Wall Street−have spoken out to urge the re- stone to rebuild Australia’s once-proud manufacturing industries and 1. Implementing the FSB Key Attributes of Effective Resolution Regimes−how far have we come? p.5, 3.1 instatement of Glass-Steagall, and legislation to do so has been intro- its family farms. (1). http://www.fi nancialstabilityboard.org/publications/r_130419b.pdf Local Government Cr. St John Smith, Waratah-Wynyard Councillor, Political Party Officials Jason Blake, Senate Candidate for NSW, The Australian Unions Anthony Grigor-Scott, Minister of Gospel, Bible Believ- Cr. Semra Batik, Auburn City Councillor, Auburn, NSW Flowerdale, Tas. Leon Ashby, Member of Management Committee, Fmr. Republicans, Nelson Bay, NSW Paul Cousins, Federal President, Australian Licenced ers’, Currabubula, NSW Dr. Russ Dickens OAM, Dep. Mayor, Blacktown City Cr. Leigh Wilson, Campaspe Shire Councillor, Rochester, Vic. 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