I just brought a Jack Daniel's stubby it cost me $15.. A packet of 20 cigarettes cheapest ones is $40.. But I can buy a packet of smokes in the Philippines 3 dollars

The excessive beer tax is the most un australian thing an australian government can force upon us.

Yes please bring the price down reward the hard working Aussie’s and revamp the hospitality industry For years now it’s all take take take from consecutive governments who are never held accountable cost of living, power crisis, poor fuel storage , fuel tax’s, boarder sercurity , NDIS blow out ( my son is on it ) the list goes on and on

Don't drink for a while and see the price plummet. People hold the power, they just need to know how to use it.

What about the smoke tax 83% just criminal.

Abolish the tax offsets associated with the PPRT, move to oil revenue sharing agreements, open up more oil and gas fields to production under new agreements and set up infrastructure fund then you can remove income tax and every other tax…and that’s for starters…

It’s great to stop the tax but are you going to bring the price down?

They don’t have any power to do anything for Australians, will never be the party in power because lib and labor have tied the election process up so only they can win. Only promise what the people want to save their salaries and pensions benefits. Prove me wrong

If it was ever to eventuate which I doubt like most of their proposals, people know Government's give with one hand and take back more with the other hand and the losers are the people NEVER the Government!

How about stopping the ridiculous continuous rise of cigarettes.The amount of tax the government gets from this is huge,for paying for the complications some people get from smoking, they say, why do those people have to pay for their medications if they’re paying tax on smoking???

Second highest tax countrin the world. Oh yes the lucky country! Makes you leave the country as it’s cheaper elsewhere to live. We beed to drain the swamp - this time Canberra , State Governments and councils Three tiers of government - and we pay for it and they reap the benefits You are only lucky if you can afford to pay.

It’s going to cost jobs now and if it keeps going up , it’s joke

Smokes beer should be exempt not just the pubs ????? Are you really for the citizens??? Who smokes & has a beer or two at home????????????????

I would like to support One Nation and will if they are on the ballot in my electorate. The things that confuse me though is how does One Nation keep their election promises when they only appear in the Senate and only two of them? Does One Nation have candidates for the lower house? We do need to have a party like One Nation but it appears as though they have hardly enough candidates to manage their election promises.

The pubs will just keep the price the same. Schooner prices should be set. $5 schooners

Malcolm, I hope it also applies to takeaway, no one drinks and drives any more. Most alcohol is sold this way. Please confirm

You smaller parties need to amalgamate to get rid of these two major parties They are destroying our country You can’t do it on your own

You would need to be in government with a majority and that will never happen

Find out how many Beaurecrasy types and public servants on the portfolio that detract from the money that doesn’t filter through to building the hospital wards and ERs and cut the waste, build better hospitals not overstaffed offices in places miles away? Keep beer off the distraction list of the Majors, bring on the DOGE?

Honestly even If we only got rid of the tax on Australian made products that would be a massive win

I brew my own. Work,s out a about a $1.50/litre which is reasonable.

Come down sth and I'll shout you one or six

How will one nation do this?

Not to mention help improve community engagement.

Generally I like One Nation (other than your behaviour on the hate speech bill) but it's a little demoralising to see that the best thing you can come up with is an alcohol price reduction. You've definitely got the correct advertisement to target your audience but sort yourselves out and do something practical! Yes, fix the taxes on alcohol. AND EVERYTHING ELSE! If you've got money to gift to Ukraine then the LEAST you could do is help people at home! Learn how to put Australians first. Otherwise the name of your party is a joke just for a start!

Small businesses doing it tough, am paying cash wherever possible. Governments are throwing taxpayers money at useless projects like $100 million road upgrade to PM'S holiday home and criminal entities like the UN/WHO/Hamas.

I’ve just returned from South America - they are very cash driven which is good to see.

Well done Warwick Hotel, I hope other hotels follow your lead.

I ran a business, bank charges always existed, you build them into your rates, just like public holidays. It’s ridiculous to keep adding ‘surcharges’ to things. You don’t charge a rent surcharge, or an electricity surcharge, or a plate washing fee, set your prices to cover your overheads.

Lets just go to full cash society where no tax is collected and we live like a third world country with no health system, goverment services or pensions. Wouldn't that be great. Edit.....love it when the boomers get personal and start name calling. Whinge about the goverment but use their services everyday. Pick up their pensions which has now cost taxpayers ten times the tax they paid through their working life. Want to talk about entitlement, go look in a mirror.

cash is expensive Direct: This included the cost of having the money collected or provided by cash-in-transit businesses like Armaguard. Indirect: This is related to instruments needed for physical money like a cash register, as well as issues relating to the transaction (for example, employee theft, cash handling errors, fraud, or other keying errors during the check-out process). Back-office: These stem from the work required to reconcile payments (such as invoice reconciliation, cash register preparation, and depositing money into the bank). all these added costs are passed onto the consumer

How about we get the real story of these charges and why businesses are passing them on. Yes the banks are greedy and they have all sorts of charges even if a business uses cash. However any good business has an understanding of its input cost things like rent/lease, utilities, payroll etc etc and believe it or not they also have a very good idea of their average bank charges. So when they set a price all of these costs are considered and a sale price of whatever they sell is established to bring in more revenue than the cost they incur. So why are bank surcharges any different to any other business cost? If I look at my books and see I am running an average $50,000 per month through electronic banking I know there will be merchant charges of less say an average 2% or $1,000 per month. Like any other business cost why is this not built into the prices I charge? When I buy an item and the menu price says $20 I don't want to pay $20.40 when I use a card. I don't care if the menu price says $20.40 and I pay $20.40, that was the cost I agreed to before I made my decision. Before people yell cash is king, it's not and most people know it, a majority of all transactions are now electronic. Cash allows a business to hide money pure and simple.

The issue though is that the added cost through using cash does not equate to the cost of card payments. Also additional cash also equates to greater risk of theft, etc.

Banks at work gouging people again

Grrrrr sick of greedy banks and hardly any atms

My local butcher has a sign in his shop saying CASH IS KING and I always pay cash whenever I can at places where I shop. I despise when you go through a drive through and they shove the tap and go machine in your face and when you tell them you are paying cash, they give you a strange look. Same as I some shops.

We were at Central Station in Sydney recently and went into a cafe for coffee, they wouldn't accept cash and then charged me 1.42% for using eftpos, can't win. Cash is still Australian currency and should be accepted everywhere.

I think it is more to do with who owns the venue than the credit card companies increasing fees.

Cash is so much better for businesses that don't want to pay GST, alcohol or incomes taxes for sure.

Many places are doing this now. As a business it’s really part of a fee you have when owning a business. Banks are now charging too much, so i guess cash is king again.

It is the job of the government to intervene in cases like this,if anyone chooses not to accept cash,then they must be told that they cannot charge fees,as it was THEIR CHOICE. Same with Banks,if they keep removing ATM'S and keep closing Branches,then all cards must be fee free,and mandated by the government. (One can only hope 🙏🙏🙏)

I dont charge a ser charge on cards and it cost me just under $1000.00 a month in fees prics i do all the work and have to pay for the EPTPOS machine fees to

Many of my customers who are hotels, restaurants and in retail have now decided to implement a EFTPOS surcharge due to their impost. They usually do an average across all the different card types whilst still staying within the ACCC rulings. Some of them are also implementing a public surcharge. As long as it is noted at the payment terminal, customers have the choice.

I have friends who own a cafe and pay $40,000+ in bank fees for people to use their cards. They can no longer afford to do this and are forced to pass on fees. CASH IS KING.

The most stupid post ever. Why don't they charge cash users extra for the counting of tills, the cost of a safe, the transporting of cash to the bank, the extra security that is paid for keeping cash on the property. None of the major retailers etc charge extra for using card, because it's an insignificant cost when compared to the handling of cash. Anyone who thinks a retailer charging a "card cost" is based on extra costs is just stupid, and may as well just be telling the retailer to rip them off. It's stupidity at its best.

Good on you Warwick Hotel 👍👏

Then use cash.. its the banks charging it not the hotel!

Use your cash to keep it in circulation the UK is moving rapidly towards a cash less society supermarket restaraunts are card only small towns have no banks so you have to do your banking on line the UK government can now track all your transactions people in the UK are getting jail sentences for criticizing the labour government illegal aliens are making the cities no go areas and the elite billionaires who control media to influence the public are going to control all our finances

Senator Robert’s. You need to get out and about, you will find most small businesses are adding fees on all card transaction not just credit cards.

All business should be doing this & people to dodge card charges.