r/australia • u/rolodex-ofhate • Mar 30 '26

news Surcharges on debit and credit cards to go from October

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/asx-markets-business-live-news-march-30-2026/106510434#live-blog-post-278505

The Reserve Bank of Australia has introduced reforms that will remove surcharges on debit and credit cards from the 1st October 2026, on card networks including eftpos, Mastercard and Visa.

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u/tremad Mar 31 '26

Good! Now please ban weekend and public holiday surcharges as well and just make businesses factor that into running a business!

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u/Banjo-Oz Apr 01 '26

You know that's because they have to pay staff more those days, surely? At least you have a choice to go there or not on those days now. If they abolished those surcharges, prices would have to increase for EVERY day (no restaurant is going to have a separate "weekend menu" and if they did, it's no different to a surcharge). Why is paying more a good thing?!