Tuesday, 12 August 2025

 Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (12:47): In January this year the post office in Macedon Square in Lower Templestowe abruptly closed. The post office was very, very much an important resource for people who are elderly who live in and around Macedon Square and the Lower Templestowe shops and particularly for those who are disabled. The only other option for people in my electorate in either Lower Templestowe or Doncaster is to go into Shoppingtown. Despite repeated requests to the Albanese government to provide something else to replace the closed post office, nothing has occurred. I have been to women’s friendship groups and have been to a number of senior citizens meetings, where this has been their top concern – the closure of the post office in Macedon Square and the refusal of the federal government to even acknowledge that this is a problem, let alone provide a replacement. It is now six months on, and the Albanese government still has not provided any option on a replacement. In fact, worse than that, they are saying that there is now a likelihood that there will be no post office put back into Macedon Square. Today I want to place on record the disappointment of residents of Lower Templestowe in particular that the closed post office in Macedon Square is not going to be replaced.