Broken Hill Bank Busy Bee Account
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Busy Bee Account is a savings account from Broken Hill Bank. At $50,000 it pays 1.30% p.a. with no bonus conditions.
Rate tiers
Every balance band in the bank's feed: base is the rate the bank pays.
| Balance | Base |
|---|---|
| $0 – $9,999.99stepped: paid on the part of the balance in this band | 3.00% |
| $10,000 – $19,999.99stepped: paid on the part of the balance in this band | 1.25% |
| $20,000+stepped: paid on the part of the balance in this band | 0.75% |
The rates are stepped: each band's rate is paid on the part of the balance that falls in it, so a balance across several bands earns a blend of them.
Conditions
- not updated by the bank since 2026-06-11, before the Reserve Bank's cash rate rise of 4 November 2026; check its page, as the rate may have changed
- for children aged 0 to 11; at 12 the account moves to a super youth saver
- deposit only, no withdrawals until the child is 12
- only a parent or legal guardian can open it for the child
Features
- transactions
- unlimited
Other features, in the bank's words:
- No Monthly Account Keeping Fees
Fees, limits and who can open it
- monthly fee
- no monthly fee stated
- interest paid
- monthly
- interest calculated
- daily
- age
- up to age 12
- open to
- personal customers
- age limited
- open only to people of certain ages (kids, youth or seniors accounts)
Who can open it, in the bank's own words:
- age 12 and under
- residency: Residents Of Australia Are Eligible: Australian Citizens Or Permanent Residents
About this account
Our new Busy Bee account is a great first bank account for children aged 0-11. This deposit only account teaches little ones the value of money and the importance of saving in a fun and interactive way.
Data
- Broken Hill Bank's own page for this account.
- The bank's documents its product record links to: terms and conditions, fees.
- Our verbatim snapshot of the bank's product record (source), as fetched on 22 October 2026.
- We read the bank's own page and terms against this page on 1 November 2026: youth-and-kids, rates-and-fees, Interest-Rate-Brochure-21st-October-2026.pdf, Summary-of-Accounts.pdf, Fees-Charges-Schedule.pdf, Account-and-Access-Facility-Conditions-of-Use-July-2025.pdf; conditions they state and its feed does not are listed above.
/au/finance/savings-accounts/v1/brands/broken-hill-bank.json: this bank's accounts and every balance band as JSON; Broken Hill Bank's page lists them.- The bank last updated this record on 11 June 2026. Rates are per annum as the bank states them; "stale" means the bank has not updated the record for over 60 days or since the latest cash rate change.
Other accounts at Broken Hill Bank
- eCall Savings Accountstale savings account, 1.88% base at $50,000
- OTC Savings Accountstale savings account, 1.13% base at $50,000
- Santa Saver Accountstale savings account, 1.75% base at $50,000
- Super Youth Saverstale savings account, 1.30% base at $50,000
- Transaction Account transaction account
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