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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: Labor to axe debit card fees, survey exposes unsafe toys, Trump unleashes on biopic

The government plans to outlaw debit card fees and ask the ACCC to investigate excessive card costs.
The government plans to outlaw debit card fees and ask the ACCC to investigate excessive card costs. Photograph: WanderWomen/Getty Images

Morning everyone. Labor is proposing to outlaw the charges we rack up when paying with debit cards, saying this will give consumers a better deal and help small businesses.

The Queensland premier, Steven Miles, tells us he won’t do deals with minority parties to stay in power; children are at risk from cheap online toys, Choice shows; unions back reform of negative gearing; and Donald Trump has lashed out at the biopic about his life.

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