New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell says the state will soon have a system in place to ensure those who owe more than $200 will be notified by post.
Mr O’Flaughreys government announced last week it will launch a payment system that will be used to notify cardholders about unpaid bills and allow them to make payments directly to the credit union.
The system will be overseen by the Commonwealth Bank, which will oversee the payments through its own website.
“We want to ensure we’re providing our customers with a service that’s secure and reliable,” Mr O ‘Farrell said.
“It’s going to be our responsibility to ensure that it is not an issue.”
Mr O-Farrell also said he would consider making changes to the Commonwealth’s current payment system.
“I will be looking at some ways to look at what we need to change about the payment system,” he said.
“The Commonwealth is not going to have a perfect system, but they’ve been very good at managing their debt.
We’ll be looking into whether we can improve it.”
It’s not something we’ve had to do on a per-item basis.
We’ve been able to do it on a one-off basis.
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The fact that this bill has been paid in a timely manner is a positive,” he told the ABC.
Topics:consumer-finance,consumer-protection,consumerism-and-imperfection,credit-unions,government-and/or-politics,state-parliament,parliament-house-2300,nsw,vic,perth-6000,brisbane-4000,qld,australiaFirst posted April 02, 2020 09:16:20Contact Melissa McIlwainMore stories from Western Australia
