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PM says he intervened on ATO credit card ban

Yesterday the prime minister said the ATO’s credit card ban was delayed just 24 hours after Andrew McKellar, head of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) texted him asking him to interview.

My door is always open. Andrew [McKellar] did text me last Thursday morning and by Friday morning we had an announcement.

They don’t expect things to get a lot better in the next 12 weeks but they do expect things to get a bit better over the next 12 months.

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