Kevin Rudd annointed Ahmed Fahour CEO with a $7 billion salary in 2009, who ran our Post Office into the ground He is Australia’s highest-paid public servant. To diminish his tax he donates $2 Million to a Muslim Museum as charity which is run by his family

Yes Libs are at fault for NOT sacking him but by 2013 most of the profitable PO was sold off ... the PO shops were sold to Bob Car's wife. Another corrupt deal from the Labor Party

Abby

So what about this blokes donations!!!!   Abbott and a lot of CHRISTIANS donate MILLIONS to their CHURCHES.... but you have NO PROBLEMS with that! I don't know if you realise this but your statement MAY, just may, be a tad bigoted??

?????ALL post offices are OWNED by PRIVATE ENTERPRISES under the UMBRELLA of Australia Post.... bit like a frachise but with heavy LICENCING requirements - they were corporatised by Bob Hawke.  So why would Bob Carr's wife owning one be a problem?  Just because both of us don't like Bob Carr that much, doesn't mean you can create corruption fantasies to suit your purpose.

My in-laws owned a Post Office... no big deal, just a small business really, unless it is one of the rather big ones, but still no big deal.

Now Re Ahmed Fahour..... appointed in 2010, to look to the future BECAUSE Abby, that is what Labor does.  It was recognised that the post office postal services would decline drastically AND all of the post offices needed to DIGITALISE and get 'E'ready.

This is exactly what happened, the Post Office went from Profits to a 2015 Loss (UNDER LIBERAL), the idiot appointed wasn't FAST enough OR appropriately SUPERVISED by the Liberal govt.  

Rather than the Lib Govt being professional and going over the immediate and future requirements of Aust. Post AND what was being done and what was going to be done.... TURNBULL just HANDED ALL POWER OVER TO THIS CEO Ahmed Fahour.

THAT Abby is what the Liberal Party/Govt DO..... nothing!  The very concept of DUE DILIGENCE is quite foreign to these morons.

Why should the taxpayer have to pay $2Million as a bonus for work well done ?? so that Fohour can donate it to Islamic Museum owned by his own brother as tax relieve
Fahour was appointed in 2009
Libs came into power 2013 by which time Fahour sold off different aspects of the PO
"Australia Post" is the trading name, Australian Postal Corporation (formerly the Australian Postal Commission) is the Australian Government-owned entity responsible for the services. The Commonwealth Government of Australia is the sole shareholder.

The splintering of Australia Post began when  Telecommunications was officially separated from postal functions on 1 July 1975 in the Whitlam era.
Yes some of the Post Offices do operate on a franchise lease .... I was refering to Australia Post Shop associated with some Post Offices where you can buy postage stamps, parcel & mail supplies, gifts, collectable coins & more. with Free delivery.... these are operated by government staff.
Increasing postage on letters will only result in less letters being posted
Sack Ahmed Fahour with  his executive army of overpaid mis-managers.... sadly he has a long term Labor contract which would cost zillions to break.... 
No-one deserves such an obscenely high salary, and especially when he is delivering a financial loss and totally screwing AP with nonsense solutions for the letter aspect of the business.
Fahour sold off most of the parcel services as he did not forsee the parcel post windfall the internet user has provided....yet he continues to give his brother money for the museum as Charity ... Australia Post offers a 3rd world service in a modern world...... offer poor customer service at very high rates.

 I have no objection to different cultures having museums, we have Chinese, Italian and Jewish museums in Australia, don't know of any others. These museums were built on donations from members of these communities and finally given funds to continue by the Government. They do not use their museums as a Centrelink office for their relatives.  

Let's face it, Australia’s richest postman Fahour was able to reduce his taxable income by donating $2 million straight out of Australia Post’s bank account to his dodgy family Museum, this left him with an $800,000 bonus, to help him celebrate Christmas, which I might add as a Muslim, he doesn't celebrate anyway.

If this isn't a good example of neopotism, what is? The founder and director of the museum is former Macquarie Bank executive Moustafa Fahour - Ahmed Fahour’s brother. Moustafa’s wife, Maysaa, is the chair­woman and director. The Fahours’ sister, MasterChef participant Samira El Khafir, is head chef and man­ages the cafe on site. A Fahour organisation it would seem.

These are the reasons why Australia Post is going to the dogs. Poor management by Fahour who has too many other things on his mind.

Another thing that occurs to me is, why is  Aboriginal history buried within other museums???? Why isn't money donated to provide a museum solely for Aboriginal history??

Surely the Aboriginal history, an important part of our history deserves as much or even more attention.

Forgot to add - The museum has been granted charity status by the ATO 

Undisclosed amounts from tax-free funds have been paid for Islamic “works of art” who decides what is art? Would really like to know how much the tax payer forked out for a portrait of Waleed Ally!!

CATS?  CATS?  LOL LOL LOL - now that's FUNNY!  ROFL  - you can't be serious???   Hahahahaaaaaaa - sooooooo funny -  Ahhhhhhhh -  best thing I heard in yonks!  LOL

Cats are waiting at the mailbox huh?   Hahahahaaaaaaaaa ......... 

....... waiting for "cat litter" - OR  - "cat letters"?  LOL LOL LOL 

Foxy

There is TRUTH in cat attacks.... I saw a German Shephard have its throat ripped open (didn't kill the dog but came close) by a really big siamese type cat.  I must admit it was bigger than most cats and its teeth were unusually bigger than most.... I was very wary of it myself.

This cat actually patrolled this persons yard.  My beautiful dog followed me in there one day and I was panicked.... but he was lucky, the cat liked him and he was with me, who the cat had become accustomed to.

Banjo

I don't really think that aerial drones will do too much to replace TRUCKS FULL of parcels ...... and...... you should never lose sight of the FACT that people don't go to work to be attacked by dogs OR cats OR get injured in anyway.  You go to work to make a living..... end of story.

Wonder who will be responsible for replacement when all these ferocious animals attack the drones? And who will pay the Vet Bills if the animals are hurt? 

Must say my sisters postie In England was petrified of her 2 dogs not of the Labrador but of the teacup Terrier as he was convinced it would go up inside his trouser leg and cause irrepaireble damage!

If you can't make a sensible reply to my posts Mussitate, please refrain from commenting at all.

NO ONE expects trucks of deliveries to be operated by drones. What a silly, childish and unnecessary thing to say. No thought behind that remark.

As for "people don't go to work to be attacked" NO THEY DON'T. However, they should make ALL attempts to do their jobs and if something is hindering them from doing their job, then they must inform the organisation they work for, so that individual cases can be looked at. NOT use it as an excuse to give shoddy service.

I get excellent service, because I do not depend on a postie to deliver my mail, all my stuff is delivered at the post office. However, in spite of that, I get letters each week dropped into my domestic post box because some LAZY postie couldn't be bothered to read the sender's adddress correctly.

Yes, of course.... let's taint ALL posties with a few episodes that allow some to jump up and point the finger at ALL posties WHO quite frankly put up with a lot of sh*te from animals and people AND work bloody HARD, as most Australians do.

I would like to point a finger too but I am too polite.

Yes many of us would like to point fingers too, but we are too polite to do so or to even mention that we would like to do so.

However, this does not deter some others.

Like you Geoff

I have the good fortune of having a nice postman.

Treat a person as you would expect to be treated and most times you get treated ok. A smile or a wave costs nothing and I find most people are receptive as long as its not intrusive.

Bravo Cranky & geomac

My sentiments as well.

They don't deliver everyday anymore ...... new rules because th Libs gave the overpaid CEO, powers to change postage rates and postal services!!

Fahour was appointed in 2009

Libs came into power 2013, by which time Fahour sold off different aspects of the

PO which were generating money so that the Postal Service was independent of Taxpayer Funds. The CEO has driven the PO into the ground so that he can maintain his exhorbitant salary and his bonuses which he is contracted to.

Ahmed Fhour united business groups, franchisees and unions to bury the hatchet after a new alliance was launched with the specific aim of stopping his proposed changes to the government-owned mail monopoly’s legislated Community Service Obligations (CSO). Hence the mail delivery frequency chopped and a two tier pricing system introduced to replace standard national mail.

Coming close to the end of his contract, Australia Post CEO Ahmed Fahour is now eyeing a role in Medicare. God help us if Labor get in and appoint Fahour to another senior post.

Hmmmmm - thanks for that Mussi - so - do they get  pay-cut for not working the 5 days??  Are they on "Casual" rates do you know?

No Foxy

I listened to Fahour on TV who said that the posties could do chores like take dogs for a walk etc to slow down their mail delivery ... unfortunately Adam, my postie will not have a bar of it .. and Sweeet Thing was so looking forward to it :)

...lol lol - why would anyone trust a stranger with their dog?  Can't even trust Posties to deliver the mail half the time - little own be responsible for someone's pet!   lol   - crazy .......      :-)