Calls For Auspost Boss To Get Sack

[icyfroth]

As Australia Post faces its first full-year loss in 30 years, there are calls for its chief executive Ahmed Fahour to stand down.

This comes as the Abbott government is expected to announce a reform package – within weeks – designed to help arrest the falling financial performance of Australia Post, which on Monday announced a 56 per cent drop in half-yearly profit.

The nation’s postal service recorded a first-half profit of just $98 million, with the dive driven by mounting losses of $151 million in its letters business.

“We’re at a crisis point,” Mr Fahour told Fairfax Radio.

With the proposed reforms, Australians could face exorbitant postal costs and slower mail.

Mr Fahour, whose annual salary is $4.8 million, says this would counter the financial issues.

The US Postmaster General’s wage is a mere $511,000.

Printing Industries Association of Australia chief executive Bill Healey, who is part of the industry union, doubts Mr Fahour’s ability as Australia Post’s top dog.

“I think you have to question whether a banker who has been second in charge at major bank, is the best person for the job at a customer and logistics service,” Mr Healey told The New Daily.

“It’s not up to us as a group to question when the government appoints these positions – but it may be time for someone with a different approach and a different background to try and take charge.”

Meanwhile, Australian senators this week criticised Mr Fahour’s company’s handling of stakeholder consultation as it undergoes major restructuring in the Senate estimates.

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If postage keeps going up, like $1 for a postage stamp, how will it affect parcel post and those with online business?

[cherry*135]

Don't need to address that to me, I hardly ever mention her. Unless it is about her dreadful relationship with most of her own children. Nothing to do with Australia Post either.

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@vicr3000 wrote:

So why the criticism of Gina Rinehart ??????

In exactly the same position as this guy, well off, gives money to charity ...............

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[cherry*135]

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@serendipityricho wrote:

Am-from your last post-now i remember why i just read the political

threads and not post much..............................................Richo.

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So you decided to make a snide remark now, just because I disagreed with your comments?

Would you really appreciate anyone telling you what you should do with your own money?

Apart from that the AP CEO has donated to a variety of groups, not just the Museum.. did you read that bit?

[donnashuggy]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@donnashuggy wrote:

All I want is tracking on my parcels but even that is too much to ask

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When a  tracked parcel goes awol and never delivered to recipient,  because parcel wasn't scanned at a point on its journey, AP says  -  too bad, nothing we can do. Sender pays extra for tracking they should get tracking!

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Anything you put in a letter box never gets scanned from the sender as far as I know, my stuff gets picked up and express parcels are never scanned at the depot but that isn't what I mean, I mean the untracked labels that do get scanned lol. More info here http://www.ebay.com.au/gds/Australia-Post-Doesnt-Track-/10000000178990043/g.html

The last few years I have spent in excess of $100,000 per year on shipping and this is how they treat me.

[vicr3000]

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@am*3 wrote:

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@serendipityricho wrote:

Am-from your last post-now i remember why i just read the political

threads and not post much..............................................Richo.

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So you decided to make a snide remark now, just because I disagreed with your comments?

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Richo must have taken a lesson from POLKS 

[donnashuggy]

In short, retail customers get tracking automatically, you cannot get a parcel service over the counter without tracking yet Australia Post reward business customers with these pathetic labels trying to coerce them into eParcel which is too expensive for low priced items.

[watta*drama*queen]

His was not snide though !

He was just expressing his opinion .

An opinion shared by many I suspect

[cherry*135]

donna - I don't put my parcels with tracking in the street posting boxes. I take them into the PO, lodge them, they are scanned and Ireceive a receipt.

I haven't had any go missing myself, but other sellers have.. missing scans on the way... AP has no idea where the parcel is.

(Also not a high volume seller like yourself)

I will read the rest of your post now.

[cherry*135]

That is crazy donna. There was a woman on one of those ACA/Today tonight progammes a while ago that had heaps of her parcels go missing (she was a high volume seller).  The items were high priced leotards or tulle skirts, from memory. Sent in satchels. 

That probably explains why no one could tell her where they went to (no tracking), AP didn't seem to care very much.

[donnashuggy]

I have quite a few friends that are posties, they are told to scan them too, it is the most ridiculous system on earth, I feel sorry for the posties. They are monitoring my parcels but not my deliveries.

[vicr3000]

I did leave the name out.

You attrubuted it to someone else, using the name they use on the forum.

I do love it when you get all hot and bothered, it makes my day