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EXCLUSIVE<br> <br> <br> <br> The country's richest banker is spending almost $1million on renovations <br> <br> at his palatial mansion - while pressing ahead with <br> <br> plans to slug everyday Australians $3 to access <br> <br> their own cash. <br> <br> <br> <br> Commonwealth Bank boss Matt Comyn came under fire for being completely out of touch after Daily Mail Australia revealed how his bank was imposing a 'grubby cash grab' on customers in the lead up to Christmas. <br> <br> <br> <br> The bank this week buckled after widespread outrage and announced they will now delay the introduction of the controversial $3 withdrawal fee.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b>But it has so far resisted calls to scrap the charge <br> <br> entirely.</b><br> <br> <br> <br> It comes amid ongoing criticism about Australia's financial executives paying themselves huge salaries while the rest of the <br> <br> country struggles with the cost-of-living crisis. <br> <br> <br> <br> Mr Comyn, whose bank is the main financial institution for more than a <br> <br> third of the country, remains the highest-paid executive across Australia's <br> <br> 'big four' banks, earning about $9million last financial <br> <br> year, after taking in more than $10.4million the year <br> <br> before.<br> <br> <br> <br> But while his customers battle to make ends meet, Mr Comyn has been spending up big on the long-running overhaul of his multi-million dollar sandstone mansion in Sydney's <br> <br> affluent inner-east. <br> <br> <br> <br> The bank boss initially estimated the extensive renovation works on his $9.5million pile - in a tree-lined <br> <br> enclave in Sydney's east - would set him back about $920,153, according to the development application he lodged with his local council. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> CommBank boss Matt Comyn's is pouring almost $1million into giving his <br> <br> historic home in Sydney's east a major facelift.<br> <br> The grounds surrounding the prized pile continue to undergo extensive <br> <br> landscaping <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Mr Comyn has come under fire for being out of touch with <br> <br> consumers, and raking in about $20million while the rest of the country struggles through a cost-of-living crisis<br> <br> <br> <br> But with the overhaul continuing to drag on for almost two years, there is speculation that amount could well <br> <br> have blown out into more than seven figures. <br> <br> <br> <br> Mr Comyn and his wife Lucy-Ellen have been toiling away on an upgrade <br> <br> across all three levels of the mansion since November 2022 and have been adding <br> <br> ensuites to the prestigious home's four existing bedrooms, a ground floor <br> <br> rumpus and extensive landscaping. <br> <br> <br> <br> Workers were still busily mixing concrete at the ritzy address on Thursday morning as <br> <br> the mansion remained encircled with cladding.  <br> <br> <br> <br> The couple snapped up the mansion for $3.3million when Mr Comyn was still <br> <br> the bank's group executive for retail banking services before both its value and his paycheque skyrocketed. <br> <br> <br> <br> The value of his home has already trebled and is expected to <br> <br> pass the $10million-mark once all his ongoing works are <br> <br> finally completed. <br> <br> <br> <br> The Commonwealth Bank initially planned to move <br> <br> customers from their Complete Access Account to a Smart Access <br> <br> Account which included a $3 fee when withdrawing cash from a <br> <br> branch, post office or their phone from January 6. <br> <br> <br> <br> After intense blowback, the bank said the change would <br> <br> be delayed by six months for customers who are 'worse off with the <br> <br> new fee'. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <strong>Mr Comyn's mansion already boasted an impressive backyard before his lengthy renovations</strong><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b>The renovation works have been dragging on for two years and are still <br> <br> underway </b><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <strong>Two years into the facelift, there is still a lot of work to be done on the <br> <br> mansion's overhaul</strong><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Workmen haul in fresh sandstone blocks to compliment the <br> <br> historic sandstone already on-site</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Read More<br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Ally Langdon says what every Aussie is thinking about Commonwealth Bank's fee backflip</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The Albanese government slammed the move, with housing <br> <br> minister Clare O'Neil saying: 'It doesn't seem fair or appropriate and this is a huge bank making huge <br> <br> profits. Come on, guys.'<br> <br> <br> <br> 'It's Christmas. We don't need this right now,<br> <br> ' she said. 'This is not something the bank should be doing and we're asking them to reconsider.'<br> <br> <br> <br> Assistant treasurer and financial services minister Stephen Jones <br> <br> also hammered Mr Comyn's bank over the fee, branding it <br> <br> a 'slap in the face' for loyal customers and the 'worst Christmas present imaginable'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Commonwealth Bank has to rethink this terrible decision,' he <br> <br> said. 'This seems to be to a tax on Australians who demand the right to use <br> <br> their cash. <br> <br> <br> <br> 'And the government won't stand for it. We're working for Australians to ensure they can continue to use cash if they so choose.'<br> <br> <br> <br> North Queensland federal MP Bob Katter described the new charge as <br> <br> 'an act defiance and contempt for the people of Australia'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> He said the bank was 'counter-attacking' against the recent announcement that businesses selling essential goods and services <br> <br> such as groceries, medicines and fuel will be forced to accept cash from <br> <br> their customers unless granted a special exemption the start of 2026.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Sydney radio station 2GB drive host Chris O'Keefe was even more scathing, labelling the cash grab as 'beyond obscene'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b>Housing minister Clare O'Neil has blasted the CommBank over its <br> <br> $3 withdrawal fee</b><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <strong>The renovation was expected to cost about $940,000 to complete but that was <br> <br> two years ago</strong><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <u><b>It is unclear when the lengthy overhaul will finally <br> <br> be completed</b></u><br> <br> <br> <br> 'Charging a fee to access our own money is nothing more than a grubby little <br> <br> money grab,' he said. 'How much blood do they want from us?'<br> <br> <br> <br> He could scarcely contain his disbelief at the bank's <br> <br> claim the move 'is all part of our effort to give Australians the best banking <br> <br> experience'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <u><strong>'They have got to be joking,' O'Keefe said.<br> <br> 'Are these people for real?'</strong></u><br> <br> <br> <br> O'Keefe said customers assessing cash costs <br> <br> the financial giant about $400 million a year but noted the bank made a whopping profit of almost $10billion last financial year after tax.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <b><u>'This is all about boosting the bottom line,' O'Keefe said.</u></b><br> <br> <br> <br> A Commonwealth Bank spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia that it 'continues to offer customers free cash withdrawals from our national ATM network'.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> They added that it would continue 'to offer waivers on assisted withdrawal fees for customers who meet certain criteria <br> <br> including certain types of pension recipients, those who deposit <br> <br> $2,000 a month, and those aged under-18.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <u><b>2GB's Chris O'Keefe, seen with wife Yvonne Sampson, <br> <br> has been one of the fee's leading critics</b></u><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'Our Streamline Basic account has no monthly account fees <br> <br> or assisted withdrawal fees and is available to customers who hold an eligible concession card.'<br> <br> <br> <br> CommBank group executive of retail banking <br> <br> services Angus Sullivan said in a statement on Wednesday the change had been 'poorly communicated' with the <br> <br> bank's customers.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'The changes taking place are such that approximately 90 percent of <br> <br> customers we intend to move, and who we expect will <br> <br> be better off or the same, will be moved to the lower monthly fee account,' <br> <br> he said.<br> <br> <br> <br> <u><b>'If those customers don't want to move, they can contact <br> <br> us to discuss their options. </b></u><br> <br> <br> <br> 'For the remaining customers we are changing our approach and we are <br> <br> pausing the migration. Instead, we will contact these customers over the next six months to communicate about suitable product options.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> 'The changes outlined above do not affect approximately nine-million CommBank customers who are not on the Complete Access <br> <br> product.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Commonwealth Bank maintains the largest branch network.<br> <br> Each of our branches has fee free ATMs and we have a <br> <br> moratorium on regional branch closures until at least the end of 2026.'<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Commonwealth BankSydney<br> <br> <br> <br> Stop by my site <a href="http://www.zilahy.info/wiki/index.php?title=7_">ขาย wine</a>
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