Commonwealth Bank accused of bullying
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been accused by the chair of the Senate economics references committee, Chris Ketter, of bullying and reprimanded the bank over its "unacceptable" lack of attendance at a Senate enquiry into possible "prosecution of certain employees at the bank for their victimisation of Dr Koh". Dr Benjamin Koh is a former chief medical officer turned whistleblower; under section 156C of the Life Insurance Act, victimisation of a whistleblower can carry a prison sentence of up to six months. Ketter accuses the bank of trying to "hide behind the cover of the budget", adding that avoiding "proper scrutiny is unacceptable."
The chair of the powerful Senate economics references committee has lashed out at the Commonwealth Bank for its "unacceptable" lack of attendance at a Senate inquiry into wrongdoing within its insurance arm CommInsure and accused the bank of bullying.

The rebuke comes as lawyers for CommInsure's former chief medical officer turned whistleblower Dr Benjamin Koh revealed they had lodged a formal request with the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority and the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to "explore prosecution of certain employees of the bank for their victimisation of Dr Koh".

Under section 156C of the Life Insurance Act, 1995, victimisation of a whistleblower can carry a prison sentence of up to six months.