• The "private sector" of the economy is the voluntary sector, the "public sector" is the coercive sector. – Henry Hazlitt

Bank profits are result of government regulation

Yet again we see the demonisation of "private enterprise" bank profits and calls for regulation, when the actual cause of the super profits is the government itself.

A classic case of one government intervention leading to another.

The reason Australian banks make their super profits is because they have non-market perks provided to them by government, like access to the money printing press via the Reserve Bank, and the legally enshrined ability to counterfeit.