The Regional is not political but we would like to make you aware that this bloke is the only reason we had an inquiry into regional bank closures resulting in recommendations to enshrine banking as an essential service, the right to use cash and pave the way for a new gov bank.

Dear ANZ Newsroom, just letting you know our story about ANZ Australia breaching the Suncorp deal by going ahead with regional closures at Katoomba & Murwillumbah has just been sent to the chairman of your risk committee and board members. Cheers. Jim Chalmers MP bit.ly/47aKwjW

So ANZ Australia is now telling media Katoomba is not regional. Why then did it enact the regional branch closure protocol & issue an impact statement? Listen to Shayne Elliott start to say the "P" work in parliament and stop himself. Jim Chalmers MP Emily McPherson youtu.be/CUuDhaj-QKg?si…

ANZ considered Katoomba regional before it learned it would only be allowed to buy Suncorp if it agreed not to close a regional branch for 3 years. (It put out a regional closure impact statement in June.) @ANZ_au is now arguing Katoomba is metro. Jim Chalmers MP Finance Sector Union

The week opens with @ANZ_au hitting a new low in its bid to outsmart the Suncorp deal condition not to close any regional branches. Read about it in The Regional. Jim Chalmers MP Stephen Jones MP Anthony Albanese Senator Matt Canavan Senator Gerard Rennick Susan Templeman MP Senator Tony Sheldon bit.ly/3XyraCe

On one hand Anthony Albanese's government is promoting Katoomba as eligible for skilled regional 491 visa migration. On the other, treasurer Jim Chalmers MP is letting ANZ Australia close down a branch despite the Suncorp deal of no regional closures for 3 years. Senator Matt Canavan Susan Templeman MP #auspol

Yep, ANZ Australia boss Shayne Elliott has put his reputation on the line for an argument over a regional bank. Senator Matt Canavan Jim Chalmers MP #auspol

The treasurer Jim Chalmers MP still hasn't responded to question put by @theregional_au asking which legal jurisdiction the "legally binding" conditions @ANZ_au's acquisition of Suncorp falls under. Is this how Anthony Albanese's government treats independent media? Senator Matt Canavan #auspol24

"Did she realise it's like walking into KFC and them saying 'we don't do chicken'?" asks an incredulous Waleed Aly on The Project after ANZ Australia tells a customer the bank no longer has cash. Jim Chalmers MP Senator Matt Canavan