But don't let that deter anyone from speaking out against the outrages
occuring in Australia, the U.S. or anywhere else.
Of course not.
To rationalize that a
great outrage here is acceptable because there are far greater outrages
elsewhere is to fall into the two-wrongs-make-a-right trap.
I had a little trouble finding the legal tender laws when I wrote
the last email on this topic (I was sure I had seen them in the
Reserve Bank of Australia Act but could not find them there, i found
some in another statute). I should do some research on this topic.
The relevant act is I think
Ben Legume wrote:
Australia has one of the world's best banking systems:
1. Internet banking is cheap, widely used and useful (Westpac
charges me
25c per BPAY or direct transfer, transfers between Westpac customers
clear instantly and to other banks within a banking day, can download
At 1:21 AM +1000 4/15/01, David Hillary wrote:
If bank fees are high, as you seem to be saying, bank branches should be
profitable if they have custom.
Bank fees of all description ARE incredibly high in Australia...the
whole eftpos scam is so profitable it is nuts.
If the USA (say) had the
