Bendigo Bank axed Indigenous service weeks before reconciliation launch

Bendigo Bank quietly shut its Aurukun agency just weeks before launching its Reconciliation Action Plan, casting doubt on the bank’s public commitment to Indigenous communities. BENDIGO BANK closed its last remaining banking service in an Indigenous community 27 days before celebrating the launch of its Aboriginal Reconciliation Action Plan (R.A.P.). being launched with a party outside the Bendigo Bank head office in Bendigo on 27 April. It also requested Bendigo Bank representatives travel to the remote community and explain the decision to the Council and residents. At the opposite end of the country to Aurukun, Bendigo Bank is about to close its sole remaining corporate branch in Queenstown.