[hiyer]

I visited Australia recently and was surprised to see that many stores (even at the airport) add a surcharge if you pay with a card. I haven't seen that in any other country.

[__d]

The law preventing that was repealed a couple of years ago. Many businesses have since imposed a fee, reflecting their costs from the payment networks/banks.

The original argument, that it saved them the costs of handling cash, seems to have faded.