Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has received advice from the Clerk of the Senate, Rosemary Laing, that the Senate and House of Representatives could launch a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the banks when parliament resumes next week. This would have similar powers to a Royal Commission into banking which the government has refused to establish.
A Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into the banks cannot be established without government agreement.
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