Australians will no longer be able to pay tax with credit cards from December. Lowering caps on interchange fees between banks and card issuers could help offset some of the new policy’s pains, Charlton said.
Politics
Labor MP voices concern over ATO credit card ban following surcharge rule
From the report
How outlets headlined it
Each outlet's own headline.
- 7NEWS Labor MP voices concern over ATO credit card ban following surcharge rule
- ABC News Government under pressure to intervene over ATO credit card ban
- The West Australian ATO credit card payment ban sparks Labor split as Clare O’Neil warns of rising costs for Australian businesses
- The Age ATO stands firm on credit card surcharges
- The West Australian Labor has 'real concerns' over ATO credit card ban
- Brisbane Times ‘Double standard’: Business groups urge ATO to reverse its credit card ban
- ABC News (Business) ATO will not budge on credit card ban after meeting with business groups
Headline check
Both things this headline claims are in the report.
Figures, names and quoted words in the headline, looked for in the report itself — not in the summary above. How this is checked
A summary of 7NEWS’s report. The score is for the full 485-word report.
How calmly each outlet wrote it
The West Australian, The Age, WAtoday, The Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times also covered it; we only receive their summaries, so their writing is not scored here.
| Outlet | Niral Score | Adjectives | Sourcing | Sentiment | Mood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7NEWSas they published this story | 92.9 | 2 | 77 | -0.7 | 49.1 |
| ABC News | 89.8 | 7 | 75 | -0.2 | 50 |
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The same event elsewhere
7 outlets from 3 newsrooms reported this story: the one you are reading and the other 6 below. The table above compares the reports we could score.
ABC News
Government under pressure to intervene over ATO credit card ban
Niral 89.8 · mostly calm writing
political 0
The West Australian
ATO credit card payment ban sparks Labor split as Clare O’Neil warns of rising costs for Australian businesses
summary only, not scored
The Age
ATO stands firm on credit card surcharges
summary only, not scored
WAtoday
ATO stands firm on credit card surcharges
summary only, not scored
The Sydney Morning Herald
ATO stands firm on credit card surcharges
summary only, not scored
Brisbane Times
ATO stands firm on credit card surcharges
summary only, not scored