D-Day finally arrived yesterday (Tuesday 22 August 2023) for National Australia Bank (NAB) customers in Warren and Wellington, as the doors to the local branch closed forever, with Gilgandra set to follow suit on Thursday.
Despite the ‘rubbery’ statistics used by the Bank to justify the closures and strong lobbying from local government and community groups, it seems ‘progress’ can’t be stopped and two more small towns will now be without a local NAB branch.
Customers in Wellington and Gilgandra will be forced to travel to Dubbo to access in-person banking services, and for those clients in Warren, it means a two-hour, or 240-kilometre round trip…