What is a listening post in Australia?

[Kenny同志 556]

Context can be found here: http://www.lpogroup.com.au/content/post-holds-community-listening-posts

 

 

Post holds Community Listening Posts

Submitted by LPOGroup on Sun, 28/09/2014 - 9:57pm

Australia Post is undertaking some community listening posts to seek community input into the changing face of Post.

 

 

 

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It's a play on words. "Listening post" generally means a military installation that tries to pick up and intercept enemy communications. Here they're using it to mean something that picks up customer feedback. Because it's Australia Post who is Listening to customers they've called it their Listening Post.

[Kenny同志 556]

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[tysond 683]

"Listening post" appears to be something Australia Post have re-purposed, probably because it contains the word post.  It's usually used for spying.

 

Some other expressions that are similar:

 

"focus group" - something marketers use as a small group to of people who give feedback on a product, service, advertisement etc - while it is early development.

 

"community feedback session" or "community town hall" - a more open version of a focus group where anyone can show up and give feedback.

 

I this case it seems they are asking for feedback from the operators of the individual post offices (I think they operate on a franchise style model).

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