DOSSIER / ACTORLOBBY · BUSINESS PEAK BODY
ACCI
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Status Tracked
The national business chamber. Its chief executive Andrew McKellar called the ATO’s credit card exit utter hypocrisy and a staggering double standard on 1 October 2026, and said, without giving a source, that 40 per cent of credit card payments come from small business.
- First tracked
- 2026
- Last on record
- 2026-10-03
- Named in
- 4 articles
- Across
- 2 cases
Named in 4 articles across 2 cases 25 connections: companies 8, lobbies 3, mechanisms 2, regulators and bodies 3, agencies and departments 2, parties and organisations 1, people 6
Key figure on file
At least A$788 million
the ACCI's estimate of the annual cost to the Australian economy, in lost tourism, of blocking Qatar's additional flights ACCI, via Al Jazeera [3]
Fig. 01 / Where this name appears
The Airline RortAt least A$788 millionthe ACCI's estimate of the annual cost to the Australian economy, in lost tourism, of blocking Qatar's additional flights2 articles →The Surcharge Rort22 articles →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled
Fig. 02 / On the record
- At least A$788 millionthe ACCI's estimate of the annual cost to the Australian economy, in lost tourism, of blocking Qatar's additional flightsSource: ACCI, via Al Jazeera [3]The Qatar block →
- At least A$788M a yearThe ACCI's estimate of the cost to the Australian economy, in lost tourism, of blocking Qatar's additional flights. The Qatar-Virgin alliance, authorised March 2025, is already producing lower international fares. Fifth freedom rights would have produced the same outcome from July 2023. The difference is 20 months of foregone competition.Source: ACCC / Al Jazeera [1,3,12]What would fix it →
Fig. 02Source: figures on file for this name, each tied to the article it came fromAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled
Fig. 03 / Named together
Fig. 03Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled
02 / Connected in the graph
Companies 8
QantasCOMPANY · AVIATION · 2VisaCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2MastercardCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2eftposCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2American ExpressCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 2Virgin AustraliaCOMPANY · AVIATION · 1Sydney AirportCOMPANY · INFRASTRUCTURE · 1pay.com.auCOMPANY · PAYMENTS · 1Lobbies 3
COSBOALOBBY · SMALL BUSINESS PEAK BODY · 2The Chairman's LoungeMECHANISM · LOBBYING · 1Australian Banking AssociationLOBBY · BANKING INDUSTRY GROUP · 1Mechanisms 2
Duopoly & ConcentrationMECHANISM · 1Interchange feesMECHANISM · CARD FEES · 1Regulators & bodies 3
The ACCCFEDERAL REGULATOR · 4The RBAFEDERAL REGULATOR · 2Commonwealth OmbudsmanACTOR · WATCHDOG · 1Agencies & departments 2
The ATOACTOR · AGENCY · 2Services AustraliaACTOR · AGENCY · 1Parties & organisations 1
One NationPOLITICAL PARTY · 1People 6
Anthony AlbanesePERSON · POLITICIAN · 3Jim ChalmersPERSON · TREASURER · 2Alan JoycePERSON · EXECUTIVE · 1Bridget McKenziePERSON · SHADOW INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER, RESIGNED AS SPORTS MINISTER IN 2020 · 1Barnaby JoycePERSON · ONE NATION MP FOR NEW ENGLAND · 1Pauline HansonPERSON · SENATOR, ONE NATION LEADER · 1