POAAL meets with Senator Birmingham

POAAL's CEO Ian Kerr today met with Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham. Senator Birmingham sits on the Environment and Communications Committee in the Senate and has shown an interest in postal matters.[caption id="attachment_5807" align="alignnone" width="398"]

POAAL CEO Ian Kerr with Senator Simon Birmingham[/caption]One of the principal matters discussed was the provision of electronic banking services via post offices in rural communities. There are still about 400 LPOs that do not have access to Australia Post's EPOS network. POAAL is keen to see Australia Post's electronic network extended to all LPOs, including those that are currently manual. To this end, POAAL is lobbying federal politicians in the lead-up to the next federal election.POAAL also gave Senator Birmingham a detailed briefing of the impact of e-commerce on LPOs and Mail & Parcel Contractors., as well as outlining some future business opportunities for the LPO network.