In the Regulation released by the Morrison Government, it states that delivery timeframes in regional cities for AUSPOST could more than double from 3 business days to 7 days.
“People in towns across our region – from Daylesford to Clunes, Ballan, Bacchus Marsh and everywhere in between – already know the frustrations of waiting endlessly for letter to arrive”, Ms King said
“The Morrison Government’s changes will only make this worse”.
The Government claims these regulations are a temporary response to COVID-19, but are at the same time pushing for them to be in place until July 2021. By then these changes would likely be irreversible.
“Posties have provided a vital service throughout this crisis, to ram through these changes under the cover if COVID is disrespectful to them and detrimental to communities across Australia.”
“The lockdown and drive to online shopping has seen a parcel boom. This should be an opportunity to hire more posties and increase deliveries, not push through further cuts.”
