Westpac avoided being called to front the banking Royal Commission’s hearings on superannuation after falsely presenting itself as a “white knight” to government officials behind-the-scenes.

The man in charge of Treasurer Frydenberg’s office was running corporate affairs at Westpac’s BT when the superannuation giant was aggressively covering-up a major scandal.

Superannuation regulator ASIC has taken no action to stop Westpac-BT fleecing $4.5 million a day from super members - nine months after it was formally told of the scandal.

TriCare CEO tells inquiry she’s aware her company is “domiciled” in a tax haven - but says she can’t comment further because she’s new to the job.

Westpac, has been aggressively recruiting prosecutors, lawyers and investigators from among the corporate regulator’s top brass, with at least 10 former senior ASIC figures in its ranks.

Global drug giant Pfizer is refusing to back the Federal Government’s claims that the recent approach by Kevin Rudd to its CEO influenced its alleged decision to speed up vaccine delivery.