The latest Australia Post catalogue is promoting the OfficeMax brand prominently next to the Australia Post brand.
Taxpayer dollars have paid to get the recognition achieved for Australia Post. We have protected Australia Post with a monopoly over postal services and many products. Under this monopoly they have become lazy … this is what comes with protection.
Successive governments have protected Australia Post and facilitated the expansion of the commercial services it operates outside of core postal services.
All of this taxpayer funded support is being used to boost the profile of OfficeMax and to help the government owned Australia Post retail outlets, 850 or so of them, to take business from small business newsagents.
Newsagents continue to be shafted by government owned Australia Post retail outlets. Thanks politicians from all sides for your support. Not.
where do they buy all there stationary from ?
OfficeMax.
Mark, it’s not tax payers dollars as you always say AP is self sufficient that’s why they are a corporation and have one shear holder which is the Government all profits go back to them and off course to the people of Australia.
Clem, I disgaree. Sure, Aussie Post may be making profits today. Taxpayers own the organisation and funded its development. We also protect it with a monopoly. The protection of monopoly and setup costs represent a significant investment.
Clem.
AP is only self sufficient because they are a monopoly. Almost any business would thrive with profit if it had a legislated monopoly over a major product.
The government should only own infrastructure and essential services – not commercial business that seeks to compete with private enterprise.
Clem
AP government owned shop business’s are hindering growth in small business and they also abuse its availiability to the paying customers.
Please provide proof of profits related to these Shops that they call Post Offices, I can guarantee that they are not making a profit.
Just the shops Clem..