Welcome to Dubbo and its huge social problems... Streets with no mail

[nero_bolt]

Welcome to Dubbo..... 

Full video and story here and its well worth watching.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/latest/article/-/18206017/streets-with-no-mail/

We've all heard of neighborhoods where it's not safe for a female to walk alone at night, but what about one where it's unsafe, 24-hours a day?

For more than 200 hundred years Australia's posties have delivered on a promise - to get the mail through, rain, hail or shine - but a post office in Dubbo can no longer deliver on that promise.

The job has become so dangerous that they've been through four posties in just twelve months.

Now the New South Wales suburb of West Dubbo is home to the streets with no mail. Eight blocks and more than 200 homes have been given a mail ban, meaning each and every resident now has to collect their mail from the post office.

Patrick Williams from Australia Post says the latest attack on a female worker was the final straw that led to the decision to stop mail deliveries.

According to Mr Williams the postal workers were "getting rocks thrown at them, people (were) accosting them, threatening them, abusing them, touching property - we just will not tolerate it.

"Our postie was out there, they were accosted by some individuals who touched the motorcycle, turned it off. We also had an article that went missing, there was also some threats made to our postie, and we just will not tolerate that."

[i-need-a-martini]

You sure do read and watch quality reporting nero lol.

[i-need-a-martini]

I forgot to add one word at the end - NOT!

[polksaladallie]

And you're posting this here because.............

[lurker17260]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

And you're posting this here because.............

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........ well obviously polks, it must be Kevin/Julia's fault

(edited 'cause I used the wrong smilie)

[azureline**]

oh, I see, I was wondering..... does nero live there maybe??

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I'll take you seriously now you are off politics, nero. 

Good on that Post Office! Why should their workers be put at risk.

[*elizabeths-mum*]

Polocross, my brother and his family live in Dubbo with no problem (they DO have a PO box though, I hadn't put any sinister attachment to that until now)

We had our tree change 12 years ago and moved to what is considered a scummy crime ridden suburb in a regional city (without realising it). Now along with our neighbours we secretly grin as we have so many benefits of the reputation and haven't observed the things we are told happen all the time here, while the 'better' areas have their bars and security systems and still get robbed.

[cherry*135]

 A minortiy of Australia Post staff aren't all that squeaky clean themselves.

From the link in the OP

Mail theft
April 29, 2013, 6:18 pm James Thomas Today Tonight

An Australia Post employee has been caught on camera stealing mail, allegedly for a crime syndicate that can potentially reap millions of dollars.

The no mail edict for those people in Dubbo isn't forever. The service may be resumed in the future. Depends how bad the residents want the service resumed and whether those that are causing the trouble can adjust their behaviours.

That isn't the first area that has happened in and won't be the last either.

[the_hawk*]

guess what nero, thats what happens when people have too much time and no work, thats why GMH needs to be kept going and its really a cheap investment