Re: this is why Aust post needs to increase

tezza2844 · ‎31-01-2016

@imastawka wrote:
Nope. Sorry. Australia Post is part of the government's public service.

Employees are public servants.

https://www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/post/australia-post

Gas and electricity are private corporations
government-owned busines

Australia Post is a government-owned business, with the Australian Government as the only shareholder through the Minister for Communications and the Minister for Finance. It is governed under the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989. Australia Post has the following general obligations:

To perform its functions as far as possible consistent with sound commercial practice.
Commercial obligations for sound commercial practice when possible.
Community service obligations (CSO).
Governmental obligations such as directions by the Minister, international conventions and government policies.

The Australia Post Board and management are responsible for the day-to-day running of the organisation. Australia Post receives no funding from the government.

(www.communications.gov.au/what-we-do/post/australia-post)

yeoldecoinco · ‎31-01-2016

What a great post, well done.

Do not forget that these people at Australia Post also preside over a system which lets MILLIONS of stamps every year go uncancelled through their system.

I know this as an absolute fact as a stamp dealer.

This has only started happening to this extent in the last seven years or so, every stamp auction in this country, in every auction, sells thousands of dollars worth of stamps that have been soaked, uncancelled off mail.

on eBay, this material (unused or mint no gum) is offered 24 hours a day for re-use on the mail.

Australia Post is corrupt from the top down and incompetent, they cannot even cancel the stamps put on the mail.

No public servant should be paid more than the PM.

If they want higher salries than $507,000 per year, GO WORK FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, and face no security of tenure, like the rest of us out here in the real world..

*tippy*toes* · ‎31-01-2016

The ones I have an issue with are the CEO and Deputy CEO's of charities, like World Vision. $350,000+ a year. I thought charities were meant to help the needy around the world, not line someone's pocket. Don't get me started on sports people. What they earn is obscene.

murdos · ‎01-02-2016

Yeah, i have had quite a lot of envelopes and small parcels arrive with no post mark. And a few that have been marked with a texta...

High tech stuff!! lol

saarzi · ‎01-02-2016

and?

Not sure what the point of this post is. Are you outraged and going into politics to make changes? or is this just a whinge because you dont want to pay $1 a stamp, but youre not actually willing to do anything about it, other than copy and paste old news into an online forum? Or are you wanting someone else to do something for you?

Dont play the impotent disgruntled minion behind a computer screen role.

If anyone has that much of a problem with is *>DO SOMETHING<* about it. Lobby the government (properly). Create more media interest. Something. Otherwise, move on.

Continually going back over something that youre not willing to do anything about is not helping you or anyone else here.

Its also boring as hell. So sick of hearing people whinge about the cost of postage. Make changes to your business to make it work and stop crying about it. Seriously.. I have no more fingers and toes to count the number of these threads on.

x3n0m · ‎01-02-2016

Lobby the government (properly)

That has already been done by the power elite .. Australia is infested with parasites .. we are dying now ..

.. this latest punch in the face by auspost is just part of a death by a million cuts .. we are finished and the grubs who have done it to us are laughing all the way to their Swiss Bank .. We are being nikle and dimed to death .. its over; enjoy your brave new world .. the poster dared to tell a few truths and was shouted down by an organised cabal of narcissistic nepotistic sadistic sychophants who expect there support to be noticed by the head parasite, you are part of the problem .. just shoot the messenger; hope that helps you feel better about the status quo .. hope that isn't too boring for you ..

imastawka · ‎01-02-2016

We are being nikle and dimed to death .

Not our coinage.........(nor the US spelling)

but please, tell us what you really think....don't hold back

x3n0m · ‎01-02-2016

Now that you have corrected my spelling error .. are we feeling better?

imastawka · ‎01-02-2016

You can't even tell I didn't correct it?

I just quoted you that's all

x3n0m · ‎01-02-2016

I just quoted you that's all

Very pedantic of you .. congratulations ..