THE RORT · DOSSIER · AUSTRALIAN BANKING ASSOCIATIONSTATUS · TRACKED
The RBA: named together in 8 articlesThe RBAThe ACCC: named together in 6 articlesThe ACCCJim Chalmers: named together in 5 articlesJim ChalmersWoodside: named together in 4 articlesWoodsideAnthony Albanese: named together in 3 articlesAnthony AlbaneseSantos: named together in 3 articlesSantosACCI: named together in 2 articlesACCIAmerican Express: named together in 2 articlesAmerican ExpressThe ATO: named together in 2 articlesThe ATOChevron: named together in 2 articlesChevronCOSBOA: named together in 2 articlesCOSBOAeftpos: named together in 2 articleseftposINPEX: named together in 2 articlesINPEXMastercard: named together in 2 articlesThe PRRT: named together in 2 articlesVisa: named together in 2 articlesThe Big Four: named together in 1 articleColes: named together in 1 articleCommonwealth Ombudsman: named together in 1 articleInterchange fees: named together in 1 articleOffshore Decommissioning: named together in 1 articleOne Nation: named together in 1 article
DOSSIER / ACTORLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP

Australian Banking Association

Status Tracked

The banks’ industry body. Told the RBA in 2025 that banks strongly support the surcharge ban but asked for no change to interchange settings; on 1 October 2026 its chief executive Simon Birmingham said the change was not a meaningful one, and its surcharging page blames other payments firms if small-business costs do not fall, citing no example.

First tracked
2026
Last on record
2026-10-03
Named in
8 articles
Across
2 cases

Named in 8 articles across 2 cases 28 connections: companies 13, lobbies 2, mechanisms 4, regulators and bodies 3, agencies and departments 2, parties and organisations 1, people 3

Tracked in the model
8 cited
Named across 8 articles and 2 cases.
8
Articles naming it
2
Cases it recurs across
28
Linked in the graph
0
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Inflation Rort66 articles →The Surcharge Rort22 articles →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 8 articles that name Australian Banking Association, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about Australian Banking Association.

Evidence strength · 290 sources across 8 articles
  • Primary 167
  • Official 66
  • Masthead 16
  • Trade 27
  • Aggregator 7
  • Unusable 1
  • 6 not yet graded
Primary
the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official
the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead
a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade
specialist or trade press
Aggregator
republishes others’ work
Unusable
its own sourcing cannot be established
How sources are graded

7 of 8 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 02 / Named together

Australian Banking AssociationThe RBA: named together in 8 articlesThe RBA8The ACCC: named together in 6 articlesThe ACCC6Jim Chalmers: named together in 5 articlesJim Chalmers5Woodside: named together in 4 articlesWoodside4Anthony Albanese: named together in 3 articlesAnthony Albanese3Santos: named together in 3 articlesSantos3ACCI: named together in 2 articlesACCI2American Express: named together in 2 articlesAmerican Express2Chevron: named together in 2 articlesChevron2COSBOA: named together in 2 articlesCOSBOA2eftpos: named together in 2 articleseftpos2INPEX: named together in 2 articlesINPEX2
The 12 names most often in the same articles as Australian Banking Association. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.
Fig. 02Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

02 / Connected in the graph

Companies 13
WoodsideCOMPANY · GAS · 4SantosCOMPANY · GAS · 3ChevronCOMPANY · GAS · 2INPEXCOMPANY · GAS · 2VisaCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2MastercardCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2eftposCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2TransurbanCOMPANY · TOLL ROADS · 1QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1ColesCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 1WoolworthsCOMPANY · SUPERMARKETS · 1pay.com.auCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1
Lobbies 2
ACCILOBBY · BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2COSBOALOBBY · SMALL BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2
Mechanisms 4
The PRRTMECHANISM · TAX · 2Offshore DecommissioningMECHANISM · LIABILITY · 1The Big FourMECHANISM · CONSULTANCY · 1Interchange feesMECHANISM · CARD FEES · 1
Regulators & bodies 3
The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 8The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 6Commonwealth OmbudsmanACTOR · WATCHDOG · 1
Agencies & departments 2
The ATOACTOR · AGENCY · 2Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 1
Parties & organisations 1
One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 1
People 3
Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 5Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 3Pauline HansonPERSON · SENATOR, ONE NATION LEADER · 1

How this page is assembled. The name, status and role are the desk's entity record. The article list, case counts, and connections are read by script from the published articles that name Australian Banking Association. A connection is a name that appears in the same articles; it is not a finding about the relationship. Under How we know, the sources are those articles' references, counted once each and tiered only where the desk declared a tier; a grade beside an article is its weakest headline finding, shown only where every headline finding is graded. The page is rebuilt when an article is published or changed.

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