Most people don't need to travel 115km to their nearest bank branch, so why should we. To put this is in Sydney terms; the equivalent would be to live in Bondi Junction, and travel to Katoomba, in the Blue Mountains, for your local banking needs, a stretch by anyone's standard. So please sign the petition and support us in convincing the National Australia Bank (NAB) to keep their Walgett branch open, and allow the Walgett community to have access to local banking services.

The situation is not helped by learning of the NAB's own Melissa Reynolds, quoted in a recent article in The Age (Banks declare they are here to stay with new-look branches), on the NAB's commitment to keeping branches open, saying "We all have to listen and while the customer prefers human contact, bank branches will remain on the scene." 

Sadly, this seems to be a reference to the services only people in the city deserve, and not a commitment to Australian agribusiness nor the people of Walgett. So if, according to Ms Reynolds "Bank branches are here to stay," why then can't Walgett keep theirs? 

To help us keep our local NAB branch open;

1) Sign the petition, and 

2) Spread the word by sharing this link bit.ly/saveourbank 

Yours sincerely,

The people of Walgett.