Hi Cash Lovers,
A $5,000 fine for shops that refuse cash!!
Today the "Keeping Cash Transactions in Australia Bill 2024" was introduced to the House of Representatives by Andrew Gee and Bob Katter.
The bill's explanatory notes say:
"Widespread refusal by businesses to transact in cash would have significant impacts on many people in our communities, including seniors, who rely on cash to make payments.
The Keeping Cash Transactions in Australia Bill 2024 (the Bill) aims to safeguard the ability of all people in Australia to have cash accepted as a means of payment.
The Bill mandates that businesses providing goods and services in face-to-face settings, within a premises, structure or vehicle at which a person carries on a business, must offer to accept, and must accept, payment in cash if the transaction does not exceed $10,000.
The Bill provides for maximum civil penalties of $5,000 for a person and $25,000 for a body corporate if its requirements are contravened.
Everyone in Australia should have the ability to pay for transactions in cash if they so choose. This Bill is crucial in protecting the availability and acceptance of cash payments across the nation."
Thank you Andrew and Bob, this is exactly what our petition has been asking for.
Everyone - please sign and share our petition to support the Gee/Katter bill to protect our right to choose to pay with cash.
www.change.org/SayNOtoCashlessAustralia
This campaign is now huge and making a big difference. Here is Natalie Barr on Sunrise talking about cash.
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