It's not the cup of tea, it's the ability to trace ALL transactions including something as benign as a cup of tea that they a frothing at the mouth over like rabid dogs.
So if the internet goes down we'll just use what they are so eager to ban (cash) shall we? LOL!
There will be no, "cash is strictly Vorbotten and is banned from use, ............Oh, except when the internet is down".
no, but anyone with 3 or more brain cells can see that's what they want.
A cashless society with govt regulated crypto is the end game for humanity. The insidious tentacles of govt will have a grasp on every aspect of your life.
The Reserve Bank is committed to meeting public demand for banknotes so that cash continues to be available for those who want or need to use it. It places a high priority on the community having good access to cash withdrawal and deposit services. Having a banknote distribution system that is sustainable in an environment of declining transactional cash use is critical to this goal.
I used some of those 3 or more braincells I have left and did a search of the RBA's site for any recent discussion on cash. A paper was released in November last year and contained this statement:
https://banknotes.rba.gov.au/resources/banknote-distribution-consultation/
I couldn't find any mention of phasing out banknotes.![]()
They won't "ban" cash.... They will just stop minting it and the banks will continue to quietly close branches and remove ATMs so that cash will become so inconvenient that stores will increasingly stop accepting it. And of course they could also use the "$100.00 and $50.00 bills are only used by criminals and evaders" narrative which they have already hinted at through the media and announce that those denominations are ending and have to be banked by a certain date after which they will become extinct (ie: bring all of the mattress money that people removed during the GFC into the economy).
The logical way to do it is to announce that in 1 year those denominations will lose 20% of their face value and that percentage devaluation will occur every subsequent year until they reach zero.
Take it all out as cash?
It called De-Banked.
It has happened to me personally in March 2021.
In summary if a bank does not like you, or your industry, or they feel like it, or they don't offer a product you have anymore, it is simply within their terms and conditions to close all your accounts.
All they need to do is give you 30 days notice in writing via registered post. O, buy the way its not 30 days from when you get the letter its from when they post it, so you end up with about two weeks.
Timmy