The Morrison Government is slashing postal services across suburbs in Macarthur, while senior Australia Post executives continue to eye off huge bonuses.

The impact of these cuts will be to:

• reduce mail delivery frequency daily to two or three days a week;
• increase intrastate letter delivery timeframes to a minimum of seven full days, up from a previous minimum of three business days; and
• potentially also delay delivery of small to medium sized parcels and packets, as these products were carried by the postal workers whose delivery frequency is now being cut in half.

“The Morrison Government should not be using COVID-19 as a sneaky backdoor to slash services and attack the jobs of postal workers,” said Dr Mike Freelander MP.

“That is why Labor opposed these changes in Parliament, despite the Liberals and Nationals voting to lock the cuts in.”

The Member for Macarthur was scathing of reports that senior executives at Australia Post would earn significant bonuses, in spite of the recession and significant cuts to services.

“It is also reprehensible that senior Australia Post executives have been trying to hand themselves millions in bonuses in the middle of a recession and nationwide service cuts,” said the Member for Macarthur.

“This is clearly unacceptable, especially from a public company, and would not pass a pub test in Campbelltown, Gregory Hills, Ingleburn or anywhere else in the country.”

“State and Federal Liberal Governments have forgotten the concept that they exist to serve the public, not to provide high incomes for senior executives. Neither are they there just to serve the interest of big business,” said the Member for Macarthur.

“We have seen a range of State and Federal Government enterprises be unresponsive to peoples’ needs, quite brutal to their workforce, and reduce services - which severely affect peoples’ quality of life.”

“Government services are there to serve the people, and Labor will always support this.”

Labor will continue to fight for essential services and jobs, and we will hold Scott Morrison and his Government accountable for their ongoing attacks on the postal service.

Impacted suburbs in Macarthur

LEPPINGTON

GREGORY HILLS

GLEDSWOOD HILLS

CATHERINE FIELD

ROSSMORE

EAGLE VALE

ESCHOL PARK

KEARNS

BLAIRMOUNT

CLAYMORE

CAMPBELLTOWN

CAMPBELLTOWN NORTH

AIRDS

BLAIR ATHOL

GILEAD

KENTLYN

ST HELENS PARK

WOODBINE

AMBARVALE

BRADBURY

GLEN ALPINE

LEUMEAH

ROSEMEADOW

WEDDERBURN

ENGLORIE PARK

RUSE

INGLEBURN

DENHAM COURT

BOW BOWING

MINTO

MINTO HEIGHTS

RABY

ST ANDREWS

VARROVILLE

CURRANS HILL

HARRINGTON PARK

SMEATON GRANGE

ORAN PARK

Source: Australia Post