The scandal that has rocked United Kingdom politics following ITV broadcasting the four-part drama Mr Bates vs. the Post Office on 1-4 January should concern Australian parliamentarians, as it has a parallel in Australia Post’s treatment of small business post office licensees.
Because ALP and Liberals in 2020 contrived a scandal over then-CEO Christine Holgate spending $20,000 on four Cartier watches two years earlier (rewarding executives who
The Australian Citizens Party said today that the Albanese government is to blame for Australia Post closing Glenroy Post Office and dozens of others, because it is ignoring the solution that would fund all postal services.
Australia Post’s decision to close Glenroy Post Office has sparked outrage in Melbourne’s northern suburbs, with local political leaders posting angry objections on Facebook.
The big banks are ripping off post offices! Time for a government post office bank!
The taxpayers who own Australia Post, and the licensees who own community post offices, are subsidising the face-to-face services of Australia’s super-profitable, publicly supported major banks.
If Australians don’t force their political leaders to intervene, we could witness the collapse of essential postal and banking services across the country, the Australian Citizens Party (ACP) is warning.
The party is urging the new Australia Post review to consider a national post office bank as the “win-win” solution to saving postal and banking services for all communities.
Following the news of Australia Post forecasting a full-year loss, it’s time to implement the win-win solution that will secure postal and banking services for all Australians.
Australia Post’s commercial pressures are being blamed on the drop in letters, but there is another pressure that must be investigated—the cost of providing banking services.
