Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I want to bring the attention of the House to the campaign for a postbox at Pemulwuy in my electorate. Pemulwuy is a new estate, and it is estimated that by 2008 it will have 5,500 residents. Recently, Mr John Kropman, a resident of Pemulwuy, organised a petition calling for a postbox at Pemulwuy, and he arranged 2,100 signatories very quickly. Pemulwuy has a very good shopping centre, but it has no postbox, and it is a loss to that area. I understand that Australian Post gets many requests for postboxes, but this is one which is very legitimate. There is a very significant population moving into Pemulwuy, and the people of Pemulwuy and the shopping centre at Pemulwuy deserve a postbox. I wrote to Australia Post and to the minister for communications over a month ago, but apart from an acknowledgment I have not received a reply. This is a genuine request. I congratulate Mr Kropman for his efforts and I call on Australia Post to install a postbox at Pemulwuy shopping centre.