Several newsagents with Licenced Post Offices have told me that Australia Post has recently advised them that if they do not remove the Bill Express equipment from their counter immediately they face a dramatic increase fees association with Australia Post terminals.
Fran Bailey, the Federal Minister for Small Business, was on ABC Radio touting her government’s small business credentials. The Minister ought to acquaint herself with for Australia Post operates. They are competing with newsagents for customers through Government owned stores and now, if what I have heard is correct, they are pursuing newsagent LPOs over services they can provide.