This is a peak inside the Australia Post shop opposite my newsagency. This shop is owned by the Federal Government. They compete more aggressively than others with us for stationery, greeting card, phone recharge, money transfer and calendar business. These government owned shops are taking business from independent small business newsagents through the monopoly they have on postal products and the fact that you have to walk through the store to get to the counter. The Federal Government is happy to sell off Telstra and remove their conflict but they refuse to even consider selling the Australia Post retail network. I wonder how much economic damage will have to be experiences by small businesses before the Government realises the damage their policy is doing.