Australia Post has been challenged by technology. Yes, however as obviously in the same way as the ABC and SBS have by the previous LNP government. Privatization for Rupert Murdoch’s quid pro quo mutual interest has been a clear intent. The ABC is the most essential National Service more so than the Australia Post. It protects our Democracy.

Morrison certainly kneecapped and trashed Aus Post when he rid it of Christine Holgate. He set it up to fail. The LNP has simply been following the Republican and Trump model of a privatized and politically biased Public service by staffing it with a politically biased hierarchy and privatizing as much of it as rapidly as possible. A privatized public service is by definition more ideologically sympathetic to the LNP and more easily manipulated than an independent one as we saw in the case of Robocop.

Australia Post’s $200.3 million loss for 2022-23 is only the second in its corporate history. It also confirms that, with Christine Holgate gone, Australia Post is once again being set up to fail to justify removing its community service obligation and possible privatisation.

Source: Australia Post loss another death-knell for essential services – Pearls and Irritations