To support keeping the option of cheque payments, make a supplementary submission to the Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia.
Once again, the government is rigging the financial system in favour of the major banks by announcing a phase-out of cheque payments by 2030.
At the dramatic hearings of the Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia in Queensland last week, more than half of the Senators present advocated for a public bank solution.
The campaign against bank branch closures, which achieved the establishment of the current Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia, has had a major victory.
More than 110,000 Australians have signed a Change.org petition for an “Australian cash and banking guarantee”.
The petition was launched by Jason Bryce, who leads the “Cash Welcome” campaign which encourages all businesses to allow the option of payment in cash.
There are 64 more towns across Australia which should be concerned about losing their NAB bank branches soon.
That’s because, like the pre-tremors of an earthquake, those branches are experiencing the first sign of impending closure—reduced business hours.
This is the scam NAB and other banks are running to justify closing branches: they reduce business hours, then claim there is less business, and then close the branch.
Due to high demand, the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport (RARAT) Committee has extended the deadline for submissions to its inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia by a month, to 28 April.
