PE> Yep, just rang her up.  The Brisbane City Council, which  governs people
PE> who live within 12km of the GPO (roughly) used to charge rates
PE> quarterly, and allow direct debit. My council only charges once/year and
PE> doesn't have direct debit facilities.  BFN.  Paul.

DW> My (suppossedly) high tech council doesn't allow direct debit yet either. 
DW> It would be handy but the debit taxes and so on mount up.  I'm adopting an 
DW> older method called cash.   ;-)

Use a savings account to avoid the debit taxes.  What I do
in fact is on the very rare occasions I need a cheque, I 
actually pay for a BANK CHEQUE!  Citibank charges $3 for
that, and they'll post it to whereever I want too!  Since
most of my withdrawals are through ATMs, I am better off
doing this.  BFN.  Paul.
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