The Licensed Post Office Group (LPOG) this week launched a petition asking the House of Representatives to lift restrictions that stop local post offices from expanding their services.
The Australian Citizens Party (ACP) is calling for the Albanese government to implement the recommendations of the Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia in full, including the recommendation for an expert panel on establishing a
Westpac has sought to pre-empt the recommendations of the Senate inquiry into bank closures in regional Australia by announcing a moratorium on regional branch closures until 2027.
New Zealand’s competition regulator has called on the government to back the public Kiwibank to force competition onto Australia’s profit-gouging Big Four banks.