The Northern Territory government is under pressure to bring in stronger consequences for offenders after an Australia Post worker was allegedly attacked in Alice Springs while on a delivery route.
Australia Post was forced to indefinitely suspend deliveries to hundreds of homes in Alice Springs following a series of incidents with a postie, which included rocks being thrown and even the worker being threatened with a knife.
"Australia Post provides advice to its delivery personnel on how to minimise the risk of an incident. “A veteran of 38 years being attacked by people in the street, and Australia Post made the very difficult decision but the right one to protect their employees.” Mr Albanese unveiled funding which included $25 million for community services, $2 million for the Tangentyere Women's Council, $2 million for high visibility police operations and $2 million for extra lighting and street lamps for the area.
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