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Leadership Changecurated sourcedetected 2026-05-08 · confidence 90%

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ASIC: Leadership Change

Joe Longo stepping down as ASIC chair after making the regulator more ambitious with increased penalties and investigations

Source: WAtoday

The leadership read

Leadership transitions often precede broader government bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.

Market context: MitchelLake's Talent Market Index sits at 105.8 (Hot), down 2.4 on the prior month; Oceania hiring signal is running steady (-0.1pts).

ASIC: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Government median of 1 across 4 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow.

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