rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/letter/tell-minister-jones-to-stop-sitting-on-his-hands-2?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-letter-area-tell-minister-jones-to-stop-sitting-on-his-hands-2' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> FSU https://actionnetwork.org/groups/fsu https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Another meeting with Federal Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones, another non-committal and disinterested response from him about bank closures. It’s been three months since the Senate Inquiry into regional bank closures handed down its report and long-awaited recommendations, which are a step in the right direction toward protecting vital banking services across our regional communities. In June, we met with Minister Jones to hand him our thousands-strong petition and called on him to urgently implement the recommendations from the report. Unfortunately he’s continued to sit on his hands. In August, FSU National President Wendy Streets and FSU National Assistant Secretary Nicole McPherson again met with Minister Jones and his response was bland and disappointing. He said he will consider the report’s recommendations and aim to provide a response by the end of the year.   We all know that is far too long to wait. We need these recommendations implemented with regulatory oversight and processes NOW. While Minister Jones twiddles his thumbs, banks are continuing to close branches across our regional communities. Will you send a message to Minister Jones and ask him to urgently implement the reports recommendations? https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-minister-jones-to-stop-sitting-on-his-hands-2