Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I want to again bring the attention of the House to the campaign for a postbox at Pemulwuy in my electorate and update the House on the situation since I last spoke on this subject. After my last speech on the need for a postbox at Pemulwuy, I received a reply from Australia Post, from Mr Michael Trenaman, for which I thank him. He told me he was happy to consider the transfer of another postbox but that he would not support an additional postbox in Pemulwuy. He suggested that Australia Post would consider the removal of the postbox on the corner of Wattle Street and Maple Street, Greystanes.

While I sympathise with Australia Post that they get many applications for postboxes, I believe an increase, of 5,000 new people, in the population of this suburb justifies a new postbox. The minister has told me in correspondence that Australia Post complies with commercial principles. I agree, and commercial principles would suggest that 5,000 new people would need a new postbox and not the transfer of a postbox, which has served the local area well, from somewhere else. I do not support the removal of the postbox from Wattle Street and Maple Street to Pemulwuy; I do support a new postbox for Pemulwuy. I call on Australia Post to reconsider this move and to install a new postbox at Pemulwuy and not to remove one from elsewhere in the suburb.