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ASIC: Leadership Change
Joe Longo is departing as ASIC chair. His final Parliamentary appearance included warnings about funding constraints and rapid technological change threatening the regulator's future effectiveness.
The leadership read
A change at the top rarely stays at the top. ASIC's move reshapes the layer beneath it in Government as a new leader sets priorities and the team re-forms. Watch the first two or three appointments that follow; they signal direction more reliably than any statement.
Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 104 (Hot), down 1.9 month-on-month — shows Oceania signal flow steady (+1.1pts).
ASIC: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Government median of 1 across 5 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Oceania signal flow; 2 tracked across 24 days.
From the MitchelLake archive
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More signals across Government
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Austrade →Austrade's Landing Pads program expanding support for Australian scaleups into global markets (FY2026/27), with confirmed programs across Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, Singapore, UK, and US markets
Partnership · Asia
Government of Canada →Canada and the Philippines agreed to finalize a free trade agreement in 2026 and signed agreements to deepen cooperation on energy, defense, labor, and migration.
Geographic Expansion · Americas
The Agency →The Agency launched a new office in Fort Worth, Texas, expanding its US footprint
Strategic Hiring · EMEA
Government Digital Service →UK government facing £45bn in unrealised savings from legacy IT systems, with proposal for dedicated taskforce within Government Digital Service to tackle highest-risk systems
Leadership Change · Oceania
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) →Jo Puccini, head of investigations and current affairs at ABC, is leaving her post following fallout from a reporter's work on Four Corners
Leadership Change · Oceania
ISS STOXX →ISS STOXX appointed Virginia (Ginny) Gomez as new chief executive, effective August 3, 2026.
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