Moora Licensed Post Office (LPO), located 189 kilometres north of Perth, is a favourite place for locals to stop and chat on a Saturday … and the impact of this small business is felt every day of the week in this rural community. The LPO is an essential part of the social and economic life of the town – and far beyond.

Licensees Sue McCagh and Rosemary Lennox worked in the post office before taking over the business in 1998. Their small business employs 10 full- and part-time staff and Australia Post engages five contractors to deliver letters and parcels from Moora to 30 other regional post offices, some as far afield as Mullewa (more than a three-hour drive). Moora LPO is just one of more than 7,000 small businesses (LPOs, community postal agencies and mail contractors) with which Australia Post has a direct business relationship and which, in turn, provide employment for many thousands of people all over Australia.

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