Was it working?
How mortgage offset accounts are established, linked to loans, managed and monitored.
You shouldn’t pay the price for your bank’s mistakes.
The Senate is examining mortgage offset accounts. If yours wasn’t set up, linked or managed as promised, Senator Andrew Bragg wants to hear what happened.

Why this matters
An offset that doesn’t work can leave you paying more interest than you should. The inquiry will examine where things went wrong and how affected customers are treated.
How mortgage offset accounts are established, linked to loans, managed and monitored.
The costs and benefits of offset accounts, and the impact of failures on interest charges, repayments and home ownership.
How banks identify and remedy failures, and whether affected customers are properly compensated.
“Australians should not be left paying more interest because an offset account was not properly established, linked or managed.”
Senator Andrew Bragg
15 September 2026