Australian Banking Association Steering Group

What the Australian Banking Association Steering Group does, contact details, members and key messages from meetings.

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The Australian Banking Association Steering Group aims to:

provide a consultative forum in which to discuss issues affecting Australian Banking Association (ABA) members’ ability to comply with the taxation laws administered by the ATO
enable ABA members to obtain a better understanding of the ATO’s perspective on the banking industry
enable the ATO to obtain a better understanding of the operating environment and the inherent characteristics of the banking industry
provide an opportunity for the co-design of ATO operations and administrative programs which will impact ABA members.

The ATO consultation protocol underpins our consultation framework.

Contact

The secretariat of the Australian Banking Association Steering Group can be contacted by email at PGIBankingandFinanceStrategy@ato.gov.au

Group membership details
Organisation	Members
ATO	Bill Neskovski (Chair), Public Groups International
ATO	Anna-Maria Stephens, Office of the Chief Tax Counsel
ATO	David White, Office of the Chief Tax Counsel
ATO	James Campbell, Public Groups International
ATO	Marcus Ryan, Office of the Chief Tax Counsel
ATO	Michelle Sams, Public Groups International
ATO	Virginia Gogan, Public Groups International
ANZ	Darren Norman
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank	Benjamin Edwards
Commonwealth Bank	George Spathis
Macquarie	Ernest Chang
National Australia Bank	Steve Southon
Suncorp	Kate Locke
Westpac	Michael Barbour

See also

Key messages and minutes from meetings held in the last 3 years are available below.

For prior key messages and minutes, email consult@ato.gov.au and specify what you require.

Last modified: 02 Feb 2023QC 54621