Card payment sucharges banned in Australia from 2026

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Australia has high inflation because most people don't shop around, they just blindly pay whatever's asked

Which allows greed/exploitation to be masked under the technical term "Inflation"

 

[drron]

A recent survey showed that Sydney has the second highest cost of living in the world. Only beaten by Hong Kong. No wonder discretionary spending has fallen and has had a negative effect on the hospitality sector.
I don’t blame them for using this as an excuse to raise prices.

 

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I don’t blame them for using this as an excuse to raise prices.

Yet there's never excuses for dropping prices.