POAAL meets with Minister for Communications

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[/caption]This afternoon POAAL representatives met with Senator Stephen Conroy, the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.We took the opportunity to talk to the Minister about some of the issues specific to Mail & Parcel Contractors and Messenger Post Contractors. Contractors face a number of challenges at the moment, including volatile fuel prices and rising operating costs.The Minister took note in particular of some of our concerns relating to Messenger Post Contractors. We look forward to discussing these issues further with the Minister's office.POAAL meets regularly with the Minister face-to-face – it gives us a great opportunity to press the case for our members’ interests at the highest level. We also stay in frequent contact with his advisors.