PM and Treasurer deny rift over ATO credit-card pause

Albanese and Chalmers deny a rift over the ATO's ban on paying tax debts by credit card. Albanese told question time on 14 October 2026 they'd discussed it last week, and the expenditure review committee — cabinet's spending group — unanimously backed a limited pause. Chalmers says he was across it. Unanimous is doing a lot of work.