Bill Wiglesworth, Castlemaine
Are Castlemaine residents struggling to find or remember their postcode? They can fret no longer because Australia Post has rented a large billboard on Johnstone Street to proclaim Castlemaine’s 3450 postcode.
Our corporatised Australia Post paid its CEO $3.3 million dollars last year, the highest salary for a public servant. Our postage rates have skyrocketed in recent years, yet its financial loss for 2024 was $88 million dollars. Even so, it chooses to spend big bucks to tell us what we already know.
I wonder if this remarkable financial decision will help Australia Post’s CEO earn another performance bonus this year. The mind boggles…