{"id":794659,"date":"2021-09-20T12:43:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=794659"},"modified":"2021-09-20T12:43:31","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:43:31","slug":"fact-check-did-new-south-wales-announce-plans-for-establishing-a-cashless-society-in-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-new-south-wales-announce-plans-for-establishing-a-cashless-society-in-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did New South Wales Announce Plans For \u2018Establishing A Cashless Society In 2022\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-new-south-wales-announce-plans-for-establishing-a-cashless-society-in-2022%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=794659&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alysha.woods2\/posts\/6425719464134945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a press release from New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing a transition to a \u201ccashless society\u201d in the Australian state next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no record of New South Wales\u2019 premier putting out the press release. It appears to have been fabricated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The document, dated Aug. 30, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/alysha.woods2\/posts\/6425719464134945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">attempts to suggest<\/a> Berejiklian has announced a transition to a \u201ccashless society\u201d for her state due cash transactions being linked to \u201cincreased community transmissions of COVID-19.\u201d It cites New South Wales Treasurer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dom_Perrottet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthorhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Dom_Perrottet?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dominic Perrottet<\/a> as having advocated for the move, referencing the implementation of \u201cdigital currencies\u201d in China.<\/p>\n<p>According to the purported document, the \u201cAlpha phase\u201d of the cashless monetary system in New South Wales is supposed to start mid-2022. By then, people living in New South Wales \u201cwill be expected to have transferred their money into a virtual wallet to purchase goods and services,\u201d the supposed press release alleges.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the image does not show a genuine press release put out by Berejiklian or her office. It <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/media-releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cannot be found anywhere<\/a> on the New South Wales government\u2019s website, which publishes the premier\u2019s press releases. The document also hasn\u2019t been posted on any of Berejiklian\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=cashless%20(from%3AGladysB)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100044244753205\/search\/?q=cashless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australian media outlets such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/search?text=New+South+Wales+cashless+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/search?text=New+South+Wales+cashless+2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian Financial Review<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/search-beta.abc.net.au\/index.html?siteTitle=news#\/?query=New%20South%20Wales%20cashless%202022&amp;configure%5BgetRankingInfo%5D=true&amp;configure%5BclickAnalytics%5D=true&amp;configure%5BuserToken%5D=anonymous-571feeaf-26c0-4d04-ace0-5506b8b202f6&amp;configure%5BhitsPerPage%5D=10&amp;page=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a> haven\u2019t reported on New South Wales transitioning to a \u201ccashless society\u201d next year. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/08\/fact-check-walmart-sold-chinese-investors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Was Walmart Sold To A Group Of Chinese Investors?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although Perrottet did, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.service.nsw.gov.au\/news\/nsw-first-government-tap-android-pay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>, speak favorably in 2016 about the introduction of an Android smartphone-based contactless payment option at government-run Service New South Wales centers, there is no evidence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/search?text=Perrottet+cashless+China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afr.com\/search?text=Perrottet+cashless+China\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/search-beta.abc.net.au\/index.html?siteTitle=news#\/?query=Perrottet%20cashless%20China&amp;page=1&amp;configure%5BgetRankingInfo%5D=true&amp;configure%5BclickAnalytics%5D=true&amp;configure%5BuserToken%5D=anonymous-660a6df1-074c-4da3-ac72-de4be9bd5917&amp;configure%5BhitsPerPage%5D=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a> that he has called for the state to transition to a \u201ccashless society\u201d while invoking Chinese cashless systems. His <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=China%20cashless%20(from%3A%40Dom_Perrottet)&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100057801951087\/search\/?q=China%20cashless\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.treasury.nsw.gov.au\/media-releases?field_date_year_value=&amp;minister=All&amp;sort_by=field_date_value&amp;sort_order=DESC&amp;combine=cashless+china+\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> do not appear to contain any statements to that effect either.<\/p>\n<p>While there is believed to be a small risk of contracting COVID-19 through touching contaminated surfaces or objects, COVID-19 primarily spreads through droplets containing SARS-CoV-2 landing in someone\u2019s eyes, nose or mouth or being inhaled after an infected person exhales, coughs or sneezes, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/diseases-and-conditions\/preventing-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harvard Medical School<\/a>. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control states <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecdc.europa.eu\/en\/covid-19\/questions-answers\/questions-answers-various\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on its website<\/a> that studies report viable SARS-CoV-2 virus \u201ccannot be detected within minutes to hours\u201d on porous surfaces such as cash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a press release from New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian announcing a transition to a \u201ccashless society\u201d in the Australian state next year.Verdict: &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}