AUSTRALIA POST PRICE INCREASES 2015 AND 2016

THE PUBLISHERS AND MAILING COMPANIES IN AUSTRALIA ARE INCENSED BY PRICING INCREASES THAT WILL HAVE DETRIMENTAL AFFECTS ON THEIR BUSINESSES INCLUDING THE LOSS OF JOBS.

AUSTRALIA POST IS GOING TO INCREASE THE PRICES OF ALL SERVICES EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 2015 AND THEN PROPOSED AGAIN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2016 THIS WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF VOLUME AND THE LOSS OF JOBS.

AUSTRALIA POST WANTS TO IGNORE ITS COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT DELIVER MAIL . AUSTRALIA POST WANTS ONLY TO DELIVER TECHNOLOGY BASED SERVICES AND GAIN INCOME FROM "CLICKS".

ALL OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY WILL BE AFFECTED. REGIONAL AREAS WILL BE THE FIRST TO SUFFER BECAUSE BULK MAILERS WILL CULL THEIR MAILING LISTS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH PRICE. REGIONAL ROUTES WILL BECOME TOO COSTLY AND AUSTRALIA POST WILL NO LONGER DISTRIBUTE MAIL TO THE REGIONAL AREAS.

THESE PRICE INCREASES NEED TO BE STOPPED, PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS AND THE COMMUNITY OBLIGATION TO DELIVER MAIL WITHIN AUSTRALIA WILL BE CONVENIENTLY REMOVED.

IN JUST THE MAILING INDUSTRY THESE PLANNED AUSTRALIA POST INCREASES WILL MEAN THAT OVER 1000 PEOPLE THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA WILL LOSE THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME.

PEOPLE WILL BE OUT OF WORK.

MINISTER TURNBULL YOU MUST INTERVENE, YOU MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY AND PUT A STOP TO THESE PROPOSED INCREASES.