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Hivesville residents Heather Cronin and Tania York have launched a petition to get mail home-delivered in Hivesville, a free service that most town residents in nearby Proston already enjoy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 25, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hivesville residents will present a petition to the Federal Government to request Australia Post provide a home-delivery mail service to the town.<\/p>\n

The petition was launched on July 16 by Tania York and Heather Cronin, with the assistance of Federal Member for Flynn Colin Boyce.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Tania told southburnett.com.au the campaign had already gathered a full page of signatories in little more than a week, and she was hopeful the rest of the town would join in over the coming month.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At present, Hivesville residents need to rent a post box at Hivesville Food and Fuel to receive their mail, at a cost of between $65 and $110 a year.<\/p>\n

But ironically, residents living 11km away in nearby Proston already enjoy a free home delivery postal service in their town area.<\/p>\n

Residents living outside Hivesville’s town area receive a thrice-weekly service because they are on a rural mail delivery run.<\/p>\n

According to the latest Census data, Hivesville’s population (173 people) is very close to half of Proston’s (410 people) but the median income of Hivesville residents ($659) is more than $100 a week less than Proston’s ($764).<\/p>\n

One reason for this is that Hivesville has an older population (median age 57) than Proston (median age 54).<\/p>\n

Tania said a key reason she and Heather had launched the petition was because they thought it was unfair Hivesville residents had to pay for a service that neighbouring areas received for free.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A second reason was they thought it was even more unfair that elderly residents were being forced to travel to the town’s service station to retrieve their mail – a difficult and tiring task that had already proven too much for some elderly people she knew.<\/p>\n

Cr Kathy Duff, who asked Mr Boyce to present the completed petition on residents’ behalf, said she supported Tania and Heather’s campaign and thought their request was “more than fair”.<\/p>\n

Tania and Heather plan to present their petition to Mr Boyce towards the end of August so he can give it Federal Communications Minister Michelle Rowland.<\/p>\n

Hivesville residents who would like to know where they can sign the petition should phone Tania on 0429-997-701 or look for a petition stand at the monthly Hivesville Markets.<\/p>\n

[Photos: Kathy Duff]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Federal Member for Flynn Colin Boyce provided advice on the correct petition format to use, and will deliver the finished document to the Communications Minister Michelle Rowland later this year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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