Brookfield, Rapids Landing residents get to vote on mail deliveries

Brookfield and Rapids Landing residents have another chance to secure home postal deliveries, with a new survey circulated this week. It’s more than five years since Australia Post last gave Margaret River suburbanites an opportunity to have their say on direct deliveries, but some residents say the deck is stacked in favour of the status quo unless people make a concerted effort this time around. Rapids Landing resident Tom Prince said he was keen to see mail delivered at last, but it was unreasonable for non-returned surveys to count as votes against a possible delivery service. Margaret River had numerous Airbnbs, homes owned by absentee landlords, and people working fly-in, fly-out who might not participate, he told the Times. Mr Prince also urged residents struck by apathy to consider neighbours who have wanted home-delivered mail for a long time. “I’m super happy that we can now vote to get mail in Rapids and Brookfield,” he said. “But I very much think an absent vote should not be counted as a no vote. “If you agree, just write on the envelope and hopefully it will be acknowledged. This is what happened last time.” Margaret River’s Terri Sharpe also urged residents to get on board. “Now is the time for your actions to really make a difference,” she said. “We need 50 per cent of residents to support the change. Don’t leave it to others, or until later and then lose the form.” The survey closes on May 27. In the survey, Australia Post WA program implementation manager Joshua Sheppard said the process was the same undertaken across the country. “If you don’t return your polling form, we’ll assume that you’re happy with the current mail-delivery arrangements,” he said. Australia Post did not respond to inquiries before deadline.