7 Mar 2016
Money for Nothing
The Commonwealth Bank's unscrupulous tactics in the life insurance industry.
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Journalism
Three decades of investigations holding corporations, governments and institutions to account across banking, childcare, superannuation, education and more.
29 investigations
1995 – 2026
2 articles · Commonwealth Bank
5 May 2014
Gold WalkleyBanking Bad
Adele Ferguson examines a sales-driven culture inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning division described as "profit at all cost" — the investigation that triggered Australia's Banking Royal Commission.
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The Investigations Behind the Books
The journalism above didn't stop at broadcast. Two of Adele's biggest investigations became landmark books — read the full story.
National Bestseller2019 · HarperCollins
Banking Bad
Whistleblowers. Corporate cover-ups. One journalist's fight for the truth.
The book behind Australia's Banking Royal Commission — the full story of how Adele's investigations into the Commonwealth Bank exposed a system that put profits before people.
