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The Albanese government has failed to respond to three parliamentary inquiries into financial regulation and the retirement system for more than a year, well after the usual deadline for a reply had passed.

Three Coalition-chaired committees last year recommended a raft of changes, most controversially that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission be split into two, separating out its role as a companies regulator and a financial conduct authority.