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Thu Sep 24

It's not only Westpac. What's behind the biggest fine in Australian corporate history

Written by: Thomas Clarke, Professor, UTS Business, University of Technology Sydney

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Westpac is to pay A$1.3 billion, by far Australia’s biggest-ever corporate fine for breaches of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act.

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