Taskforce to examine impacts of regional bank branch closures

Image source: The Weekly Times A Regional Banking Taskforce has been established by the Liberal and Nationals Government to assess the impact of bank branch closures on regional communities. The Taskforce will bring together banks and other key stakeholders to assess how bank branch closures have impacted local businesses, industries and communities and work collaboratively…

Australia Post Senate Inquiry: Senator McKenzie questions Australia Post chair

Senator McKenzie questions Australia Post’s chair Lucio Di Bartolomeo regarding Australia Post’s history of purchasing lavish gifts (ie cars and tickets to the Olympics) compared to the watches purchased by former CEO Christine Holgate to reward senior executives for securing a Bank@Post deal that ensured the financial sustainability of more than 2500 licensed post offices…

Australia Post Senate Inquiry: Senator McKenzie questions former CEO Christine Holgate

Senator McKenzie questions former CEO Christine regarding the gifting of Cartier watches, confirming she acted within authority. As well as Australia Post services in the regions including the Bank@Post deal which secured the financial sustainability of more than 2500 rural and regional licensed post offices and providing essential services to communities. Watch here.

ABC Radio National with Fran Kelly: Australia Post Cartier watch scandal set to flare at Senate Inquiry

Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate will be the star witness at a Senate Inquiry into the purchase of luxury Cartier watches for executives who landed a lucrative deal for regional post offices. Senator McKenzie speaks to Radio National’s Fran Kelly about the inquiry including the watches gifted to senior executives that “pale into insignificance”…

Sky News AM Agenda: Agriculture labour shortage, benefits of coal mining and why Australia Post must prioritise the regions

Joining Sky News’ Laura Jayes on AM Agenda to discuss the plight of our agricultural industries from fruit growers to abattoirs from the shortage of labour. While the NSW government today threw a lifeline in offering to foot half the quarantine cost for overseas farm workers, the Victorian Labor government’s dragged the chain to the…

ABC News 24 – Afternoon Briefing: Nationals Women’s Safety Summit and Australia Post CEO’s legacy in the regions

Joining Matt Wordsworth on ABC News Afternoon Briefing, welcoming the National Women’s Safety Summit to be held in late July to tackle domestic violence and providing economic empowerment and safety of women and children. Also discussing how, despite the Cartier controversy, former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate championed rural and regional licensed post offices, delivering…