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Several trapped in serious crash near Gingin

THE  rescue helicopter has been sent to a serious crash between a car and truck north of Perth…

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EFTPOS, credit card surcharges: Excessive fees to be banned across all businesses

September 1, all Australian businesses will be banned from slugging customers with excessive surcharges for using EFTPOS and credit cards to pay for purchases.

Key points:

• Ban on excessive credit card surcharges extends to all Australian businesses September 1
• Customers should expect credit card surcharges to be no more than 1-3pc, depending on the type of card
• Consumers who think they have been overcharged should talk to the business first and can also take their complaint to the ACCC

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the ban, which has been in effect for large businesses since last September, will extend to all businesses that are either based in Australia or use an Australian bank.

The ban means businesses will only be able to charge customers what it actually costs them to process payments for EFTPOS, MasterCard, Visa and American Express cards, including bank fees and terminal costs.

“For example, if a business’s cost of acceptance for Visa credit is 1.5 per cent, consumers can only be charged a surcharge of 1.5 per cent on payments made using a Visa credit card,” ACCC deputy chairman Michael Schaper said.

“Our message to business is that you are not allowed to add on any of your own internal costs when calculating what surcharge you will charge customers.

Source: EFTPOS, credit card surcharges: Excessive fees to be banned across all businesses – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

‘Right Said Fred’ trending on Twitter and it’s all thanks to Taylor Swift: Lyric Video;

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Taylor Swift has released the first single off her new album Reputation.

The singer also tweeted a link to the video for Look What You Made Me Do.

It comes after a week long social media blackout where she removed all her previous activity.

#TaylorSwiftIsBack has been trending all morning since the release.

Man who destroyed Jeep Cherokee helps dissatisfied new-car owners to tune of $2m

A Sunshine Coast man who blew up his Jeep Cherokee three years ago continues his push for lemon laws.

In 2014, Ashton Wood and members of his family dismantled their vehicle after it suffered 22 faults in four years.

They decided to wreck the car supplied by Fiat Chrysler to highlight the need for laws forcing car companies to refund or replace problem vehicles.

Now Mr Ashton has helped new-car owners to get replacements or repairs worth millions.

Ironically, Mr Ashton said he was still waiting to resolve his own matter, but in the meantime he had become a champion for hundreds of unhappy customers.

“There’s been over 100 cases I’ve handed to them [Fiat Chrysler Australia]. I’m tracking results and they’ve handed out over $1.1 million in refunds or replacements to people,” he said.

“I’m also being approached by people with other cars, so if I see patterns forming then I’ll approach that car manufacturer and just have a chat to them about what happened with Jeep and why they probably wouldn’t want to go there.”

Source: Man who destroyed Jeep Cherokee helps dissatisfied new-car owners to tune of $2m – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

From Russia With Blood: 14 Hits On British Soil That The Police + Government Ignored

Lavish London mansions. A hand-painted Rolls-Royce. And eight dead friends. For the British fixer Scot Young, working for Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic meant stunning perks – but also constant danger. His gruesome death is one of 14 that US spy agencies have linked to Russia – but the UK police shut down every last case. A bombshell cache of documents today reveals the full story of a ring of death on British soil that the government has ignored.

This is Part Two of a BuzzFeed News investigation.

Part One: Poison In The System
Part Three: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Part Four: The Secrets Of The Spy In The Bag

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VicRoads Chaos after truck spill closes ring road blocked long into the evening peak

Motorists are being warned to brace for a horror evening commute after a semi-trailer loaded with boxes of soap rolled on the Western Ring Road.

Traffic controllers are warning the road is likely to be blocked long into the evening peak.

The ramp from the Tullamarine Freeway onto the Western Ring Road Greensborough-bound has also been shut.

The closure of the key arterial route has gridlocked large parts of Melbourne’s western road network.

Traffic controllers are warning the Western Ring Road is likely to be blocked long into the evening https://t.co/1cQK6dPJoi

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