It follows revelations an Australia Post parcel contractor was attacked by youths while making deliveries to the troubled neighbourhood a couple of weeks ago.

The contractor reported the incident when he returned to the depot on August 13, saying his Australia Post-branded van had been surrounded by youths who also threw rocks at him when he was outside the van, and he had feared for his own safety and the security of the parcels on board.

An Australia Post spokesperson told the Daily Liberal the parcel service, which had continued despite the removal of posties from the neighbourhood, had now been suspended as well.

In April, Australia Post warned residents of some West Dubbo streets their mail delivery services were at risk after rocks were thrown at a postie.

In July, more than 200 homes in eight streets received letters informing them their mail delivery service had been cancelled after a female postie was surrounded by children who handled her motorcycle and reportedly stole an item of mail.

Since then community meetings involving state and federal agencies have been held to try to come up with a solution but Australia Post has refused to resume services, saying posties will only return to the area when it feels it is safe for them to do so.

Leavers Street resident Steve Green used social media site Facebook to inform his neighbourhood he had only just heard the parcel delivery service had now also been suspended.

He said he only found out because a neighbour told him she had been waiting an unusually long time for the delivery of several items she had purchased online.

“She waited for ages, and they never came,” he said.

“So when she went to the post office to collect her mail, like we all have to now, they told her the parcel contractor was not delivering to the area anymore.

“Luckily I haven’t personally had any parcels that I’ve been waiting on, but I’ve had to go around to the post office to pick up my regular mail anyway.”

Mr Green said despite the Australia Post ban on the West Dubbo streets causing inconvenience and attracting nationwide attention on TV program Today Tonight, he and the neighbours he regularly speaks with agree with the organisation’s stance.

“People don’t blame Australia Post,” he said.

“They blame the department of housing and the state government for not getting these kids under control.”

Some of those who commented on Mr Green’s Facebook post suggested taxi or pizza delivery services could be the next things to be suspended following the actions of unruly children. 

The Australia Post spokesperson also told the Daily Liberal that senior executives from the organisation’s Melbourne headquarters had travelled to Dubbo to speak with Dubbo City Council about the matter, and remained open to suggestions from Council as to how mail delivery services could be safely resumed.

One suggestion was the establishment of a cluster box, a type of community mail box that might allow people access to a centrally-located point where they could access their mail via a key or pin code.

Meanwhile, Mr Green said he and neighbours had a relatively quiet past couple of weeks, compared with earlier in the year.

“Although there were some kids setting fire to rubbish in the street last night,” he said.