The government owned post office opposite my newsagency is leveraging their government guaranteed monopoly traffic to take more of my stationery sales.
The brochure released this week offers storage boxes, notebooks, lever arch files, calculators, Dymo label machines, fax rolls and other items newsagents have been known for. Now with the Government owned Australia Post pushing more into this space it’s getting tougher.
The actions of Australia Post say a lot for the small business credentials of the Federal Government. This ought to be an election year issue.
Australia Post, because of its brand and the low cost of landing customers in its corporate stores, has an unfair advantage with a business like mine. All I seek is a level playing field, fair competition.
It is time the Government held Australia Post to account and challenged their loose interpretation of the Act under which they operate.