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Fees & Charges and Transaction Limits for Personal Accounts
Effective 7 April 2008

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Personal
Business Accounts
Loans
American Express


Transactions
ATM transactions (includes Overseas ATM and VISA Cash Advances), Bank@Post withdrawals, personal cheques, declined ATM transactions (incorrect PIN, insufficient funds, invalid card).
5 free per month then $2.00 per transaction thereafter
EFTPOS transactions
Direct debits
Free
Free
Direct credits
Free
Periodical payments
Free
BPAY Transactions
Free
Internet & Telephone Banking
Regional Over The Counter Cash Withdrawal(1)
Free
$3.00

(1)Charged if relationship balance is less than $5,000. Relationship balance is calculated at the end of each month by adding deposits plus loans, less any overdrawn or overlimit accounts.Regional Over the Counter Cash Withdrawal applicable for Hedland, Newman, Roxby Downs and Moranbah.

General
Overdrawn account fee
(prevailing overdraft interest rate also applies)

$20.00
BPAY Enquiry
$5.50
BPAY Error correction
$22.00
QuickDebit dishonour
$22.00
Dormant Account Fee (per month)
$2.50
Statement from archives (3)
$5 per statement

(3)Archives - any statement retrieved from previous financial year or earlier. Statements for current financial year can be provided free of charge.

Direct Entry
Dishonour fee - electronic
$21.50
Dishonour fee - manual
$27.00
Dishonour fee - direct debit
$27.00
Trace fee
$22.00
Supplier recall fee
$55.00
Same day EFT
$5.00

Chequing
Member chequing dishonour fee
$43.50
Member cheque enquiry
$49.50
Copy fee - electronic (when available)
$8.25
Copy fee
$49.50
Trace fee
$49.50
Special clearance
$15.00
Deposit to own account dishonoured
$10.00
Bank cheque
$8.00
Stop payment on bank cheque
$20.00

Cards
Redicard fee
Nil
VISA Credit Card fee
Nil
VISA Debit Card fee (per month)(2)
$2.00
ATM/EFTPOS Dispute lodgement
$5.50
Visa voucher retrieval
$16.50
Visa chargeback
$22.00
Replacement card
$5.00
Emergency Overseas card
US$175.00
Emergency Overseas card (declined)
US$50.00
Currency Conversion Fee
2.00%

(2)Charged if relationship balance is less than $5,000. Relationship balance is calculated at the end of each month by adding deposits plus loans, less any overdrawn or overlimit accounts.

Term Deposit Early Redemption
In exceptional circumstances access to term deposits may be approved by management prior to maturity. A sliding scale penalty applies to the interest earned. Note that the principal will not be reduced.

Held for term (inclusive)
0 – 10%
11 – 20%
21 – 40%
41 – 60%
61 – 80%
81 – 99%

Reduction in rate
S1 Savings Rate
80%
60%
40%
20%
10%



Fees & Charges and Transaction Limits for Business Accounts
Current as at 7 April 2008

Business Accounts
Subject to the same fees as Personal Accounts. With the addition of the following fees:
Business name search
$40.00
Monthly account keeping fee
$5.00


Loan Fees and Charges
Current as at 5 May 2004

Application fee
Nil
Monthly fee
Fixed Rate lock option

Nil
$300 per 90 days

Metropolitan mortgages with a sworn valuation
$600.00
Regional mortgages with a sworn valuation
$700.00
Mortgages where no sworn valuation is required
$380.00
Stamp Duty
At Cost
Lender's Mortgage Insurance
At Cost
Discharge administration fee
At Cost


American Express
Effective 2 January 2007


American Express
Overseas bank draft
$8.00
Overseas telegraphic transfer (in foreign currency)
$16.50
Overseas telegraphic transfer (in AUD$)
$27.50
Travellers’ Cheques ($AUD)*
0.55% of the value or min $6.60
Travellers' Cheques (foreign currency)*
no fee
AUD$ Overseas bank draft
$11.00
Stop Payment on a Bank Draft
$25.00
Foreign Currency Deposits (cheque)
no fee
Foreign Currency Deposits (cash)
no fee
Foreign Currency (cash)
no fee
Dishonour of foreign currency cheques^
AUD$30.00
Discrepancy in a buyback transaction"
AUD$30.00

*There is a minimum order of AUD $250 or equivalent for cash and travellers cheques. Any orders which are under the minimum value, will incur an additional AUD $25 service fee.
^Includes all cheques returned unpaid by the overseas bank issuer.
" Includes all foreign cheques/travellers cheques received by American Express that are submitted as incorrect currency or incorrect value, stale dated, post dated and non endorsed.

Transaction Limits
Cash Withdrawals & Daily EFT Access
A maximum daily cash withdrawal limit (including EFTPOS) of $1,200 applies for both VISA & Redicard.

Internet & Telephone Banking
The limit for external payments or transfers for telephone banking is $10,000 per day and $5,000 per day for Internet banking. However, when paying a bill using BPAY the limit is set at $100,000, although individual billers may set their own limits below this. We reserve the right to limit BPAY transfers below this amount at any time. You must apply to us in writing to establish or change your transaction limit. We may at our discretion vary this limit in accordance with your written instructions. We will inform you if the limit is changed.

Changes
We reserve the right to change any of the fees and charges detailed in this brochure, introduce fees, remove fees, waive fees, vary transaction limits and to change our current policy on Government Taxes and Duties. If we change fees and charges members will be notified in accordance with the relevant terms and conditions.

Loans Fees & Charges
Certain other fees and charges may apply. These fees and charges will be detailed in the relevant contract, terms and conditions and/or brochure.

Fees for obtaining copies or traces of transactions will not be incurred if it provides evidence of a credit union error.

If you have any questions in relation to this schedule, please call us on 1300 654 321.

 
 
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