Will you take a cheque?

Harmohan ingh Walia hands a cheque to student in Blacktown

Gift in the form of a cheque. Source: Supplied

Under the Cheques Transition Plan, cheques will stop being issued altogether by June 30, 2028 - and stop being accepted on September 30 2029.


The federal government has made it mandatory for certain retailers and service-providers to accept cash.

Digital banking has seen most of the payments done using debit and credit cards or mobile phones.

But there are still members of the community, especially the elderly, who prefer to pay for goods and services with cash.

If you're concerned about that check bouncing like a basketball, from September 2029, you will no longer need to accept them as banks will be ordered to stop issuing cheque books.

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