@dragestil @Gracchus I came across this information by chance - but what "Ray White Oakliegh Realestate" did to you was in fact illegal.

Pretty much, Landlords must make available at least one payment method that doesn't require paying fees to a 3rd party;
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4. The landlord agrees
4.1 to provide the tenant with at least one means to pay rent for which the tenant does not incur a cost (other than bank fees or other account fees usually payable for the tenants transactions) and that is reasonably available to the tenant, and
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I understand that I must be offered at least one way to pay the rent that does not involve paying a fee to a third party.
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To me, a payment method that requires being owned by either one of two brands of tracking devices full to the brim of proprietary malware (so "safetynet" isn't triggered) is in no way reasonable.


I would suggest checking the proprietary agreement you signed at the start of the lease (that you didn't read) for such clause (have fun reading it all as the text isn't searchable for a reason).

After that, you should demand to be offered a reasonable payment method that doesn't require running malware or have 3rd party fees - if they still don't, you can report such illegal behavior whatever the rent body is.