---
title: "The history of banking regulation"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2025-04-02"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/the-history-of-banking-regulation/"
show: "Afternoon Light"
audio: "https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/qyi9xx38xtf6qfss/RM_S5_ep8_Chris_Berg_1st_edit_1_6gqls.mp3"
source: "https://robertmenziesinstitute.podbean.com/e/chris-berg-on-the-history-of-banking-regulation-at-the-centre-of-almost-every-major-political-movement-that-defined-australian-history/"
topics: "Economic history, Money and banking"
---

# The history of banking regulation

Why banks have been central to Australian political history, with Georgina Downer.