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More states to sign on to AusAlert system ahead of ‘disaster season’, minister says

Kristy McBain, the emergency management minister, is doing the media rounds, to talk ahead of what could be a brutal and damaging summer season in Australia.

That will get much better protection for communities who are experiencing disaster, as I said. Near real-time message not [reliant] on any one telco provider is a real gamechanger for emergency management.

These banks are making billions of dollars in profits every year and small businesses are already paying account-keeping fees and a range of other fees directly to their banks. So that’s what I’d like to see the RBA actually take that next step and say, you know, there is no charging for those point of sale machines.