Australia Post’s Mothers Day brochure demonstrates how far the government owned retail outlets have strayed from the services they are required to offer under the Act.
There are gift cards, books and all manner of Mother’s Day items but no stamps or postal services.
The Act permits Australia Post to get into other areas if they incidental. This Mother’s day flyer is hardly incidental. They are using the postal service brand to take business from private businesses like newsagencies.
I hope that Stephen Conroy, the new Minister responsible, takes a careful look at Australia Post and best practice in the area of a national postal service.
Mark, with the government owned Post Office across from you selling all the goodies that you should and the publishers doing deals with K mart and Big W your business must be under threat here’s a thought why don’t you sell.
Oh that’s right you are.
I can only assume that “the Act” that you refer to is the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, linky’d here: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/management.nsf/lookupindexpagesbyid/IP200401336?OpenDocument
At 112 pages, I probably missed it, especially as most of it regards the corporate structure of AusPost, but I can’t find reference to restrictions of service to carriage-related incidental items only.
If this is not the Act you’re referring to, could you direct me to the correct one, else, could you direct me to the section of the 1989 Act? I’m most curious :]
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Awai