Hi Trev
Happy New year.
I definitely agree that Aust Post charges are starting to become excessive however from my understanding there is no section in the LGA 1993 that would allow this charge to be passed on.
If you were to do it wouldn’t you have to pass on the transaction charge for each payment method you offered to make this equitable? I’ll bet over the Counter at Council would be pretty close to $3.00 per transaction. Even then you are hurting your most vulnerable ratepayers being pensioners who would be the biggest users of Aust Post.
Also if you were going to start passing on this charge why wouldn’t you do it for the production of the notice and then for the postage that Council gets charged for issuing the notice etc, etc.
Its just the cost that Council’s have to bear for doing business.
The alternative dump Aust Post.
