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Mass exodus of regional bank branches across Australia leaves residents seeking solutions

Regional communities home to some of Australia's most vital hubs of industry are being crippled by bank branch closures. A range of remedies have been proposed — but how viable are they?

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Dog owners urged to be more vigilant as attacks on posties spike across Australia

Australia Post is urging dog owners to keep an eye on their dogs when posties are out delivering mail, following a spike in attacks in the last few months.

ABC News

Pandemic dogs blamed for rise in postal worker attacks

Dogs might have made great lockdown buddies, but they're proving to be a menace to Australia Post workers on their home delivery routes.

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Calls for Australia Post to improve its 'essential service' after five-month wait for mail in outback

Mail posted in November finally arrives in a rural Queensland town that was isolated by flooding, with local leaders calling for urgent road upgrades and Australia Post to improve its services.

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Getting your Australian passport: What you need to know

After the COVID travel ban, it's likely time to check your passport. Here's what you need to know if you need to get a new one.

The New Daily

Australia Post boss warns change is needed to survive

The boss of Australia Post says laws governing the floundering service must change or it will remain financially unviable putting services at risk.

The New Daily

In Dame Edna Everage, Barry Humphries created a character whose fame would outstrip his own

Barry Humphries was on the path to becoming a lawyer when he instead decided to pursue the theatre. But it was his greatest creation, a Moonee Ponds housewife with wisteria-pink hair, who soaked up the limelight while featuring her beloved signature gladioli.

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ABC to review use of TikTok after app banned from Australian government devices

Ban only applies to non-corporate government entities but may have flow-on effects to other agencies and businesses

The Guardian - AU

What does TikTok’s ban from Australian government devices mean for its future?

Chinese-owned app deemed to pose ‘significant security and privacy risks’ but an outright ban likely depends on what happens in the US

The Guardian - AU

Volunteers to reopen Dalgety Post Office after more than a year of no Australia Post mail delivery

Fed up with having to travel 40 minutes to pick up their mail, residents of Dalgety in New South Wales have decided to reopen their post office with volunteers.

ABC News

Top shopping centres revealed: Australians flock back to shops after lockdowns end

Australians flocked back to shopping centres after COVID lockdowns, with the nations major centres booking a record $54 billion in sales.

The New Daily

How do you access mail and other services without an address? It's a catch-22 for Queensland's homeless

We may be an increasingly paperless society, but an address — and proof of it — still underpins everything from obtaining identification to school enrolment.

ABC News

Scammers can slip fake texts into legitimate SMS threads. Will a government crackdown stop them?

Are you tired of receiving SMS scams pretending to be from Australia Post, the tax office, MyGov and banks? You’re not alone. Each year, thousands of Australians fall victim to SMS scams. And losses have surged in recent years.

The Conversation

Post apocalypse: the end of daily letter deliveries is in sight

Australia Post is seeing red. A lot of it.

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Australia Post recommences mail delivery to Alice Springs homes after meetings with NT Police

Mail and parcel deliveries resume today to hundreds of Alice Springs homes, almost a fortnight after Australia Post suspended its service following allegedly violent attacks against a veteran postie.

AAP

Minister steps on the gas to defend emissions policy

Emissions will continue to rise without the federal government's safeguard mechanism plan, Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen says.

ABC News

Call centre in Cherbourg, a top-performing Asia-Pacific facility, grows from 10 staff to 30 in one year

The centre opened in the Queensland community of Cherbourg a year ago with 10 staff. It now employs 30 and is one of the top-performing call centres in the Asia-Pacific for one company.

ABC News

Australia Post suspends mail delivery to hundreds of Alice Springs homes after alleged attacks

A series of alleged attacks against a veteran Alice Springs postie has prompted a letter telling some residents their mail will stay at the post office for collection.

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The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Torture claim in ACT prison, Australia Post backs big executive bonuses, Chris Rock talks slap

An Indigenous woman alleges she was pinned down by prison officers who ignored warnings she couldn’t breathe

The Guardian - AU

Australia Post paid millions in bonuses to senior staff after board deemed them ‘appropriate’

Organisation considered dropping payments after criticism by government ministers but board decided they were necessary to ‘incentivise’ senior staff

The Guardian - AU

Letter writing is declining in Australia, but our most prolific scribes say its fate isn’t sealed

From Morris Gleitzman to a Sydney teenager, a small but dedicated group of Australians still find joy in snail mail

The New Daily

Madonna King: Time to send a snail mail protest against Australia Post’s threat to letters

We are not sending or receiving enough of them – and that’s behind a decision by the federal government to review the role of Australia Post.

Newcastle Herald

Postal shake-up looms

STAMP OF CHANGE: Letter drop could be part and parcel of nation's postal shake-up

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Coalition minister admits making false statements about robodebt; Romanian PM’s AI adviser; and the best dishwashing liquid

Stuart Robert has told the royal commission he had ‘no choice’ but to give false statements to ABC

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Aus Post Is Considering Price Hikes Less Deliveries So Where Does That Leave Cards From Nan?

Apparently "all options are on the table" to save the mail system.

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