News Worthy
Hosted by Ben O'Shea · The Nightly
5.0from 2 ratings
- 1,347
- Episodes
- 663
- Transcribed
- 2
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 576K
- YouTube views
About News Worthy
No matter where you are in Australia, News Worthy has got you covered. Join host Ben O’Shea as he gets fired up about the news of the day followed by a national roundup of the top story from each state. Hear from leading experts and hard-hitting journalists who weigh in on the lead story before we finish with a light hearted, quirky story that leaves you with a laugh and feeling good about yourself and the world. Subscribe now to News Worthy, the only daily news podcast you need to stay up to date with what’s happening around Australia.
- Publisher
- The Nightly
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Jan 2025
- Latest episode
- 23 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
663 of 1,347 episodes have a transcript.
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Westpac BLAMES Albo for hiking credit card interest rates
Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The reason, Westpac says, it's not their fault, it's Albo's fault and the changes he made to credit cards, specifically to do with so-called interchange fees. Now, they're different to the credit card surcharges that everyone's been talking about. The surcharges are just what the customer pays a vendor for the right to use a credit card at the store. Interchange fees are the fees that are paid by the supplier of the FPOS machine to the bank. The bank takes a clip of the ticket there. The Reserve Bank has reduced the ceiling on those interchange fees, which means less revenue for the bank, and they're making up for it by charging us more. […]
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- YouTube views
- 576,359
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100
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- Quality
- 71
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
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Who hosts News Worthy?
Ben O'Shea host the show. Published by The Nightly.
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