Australia Post increases prepaid parcel prices
Australia Post will increase the price for some parcel deliveries and prepaid parcels from 2 March, among wider changes to pricing for its services. Parcels over 500g and up to...
Australia Post to offer permanent Saturday delivery for Express Post parcels
Australia Post will offer permanent Saturday delivery for Express Post parcels to ‘specific delivery areas’ from 9 January 2015, the organisation announced in a statement.The service is optional and will...
Australia Post opens US postal-forwarding service
Australia Post has opened ShopMate, an international postal-forwarding service in the US, reports Inside Retail. The ShopMate website allows Australian shoppers to buy goods from US retailers and have them...
Government should establish first class mail rate, says ABA
The Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) has called on the federal government to establish a first class mail rate in Australia to increase postage costs for overseas retailers sending parcels to...
Australia Post to deliver on Saturdays
Australia Post managing director and CEO Ahmed Fahour has announced that Australia Post corporate offices will open for Saturday trading from next Christmas, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.Fahour said on...
Australia Post increases prepaid parcel prices
Australia Post has increased the price of its prepaid parcels as part of a range of measures it says will help meet ‘increasing demand for straightforward and hassle-free parcel delivery...
Australia Post to deliver on weekends this Christmas
Australia Post has announced it will deliver parcels to households on weekends in November and December this year, as well as extending opening hours for parcel collections at its retail...
ACCC releases draft guide for resolving bulk mail disputes
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released a draft guide for how the ACCC would inquire into pricing disputes between Australia Post and bulk mail users such as...
Australia Post partners with new online shopping service
Australia Post has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it is the logistics partner for the new local outlet for international shopping service Tarazz. As reported by the Age this week, Tarazz.com.au...
Australia Post to increase parcel, bulk mail prices in April
Australia Post has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that it will increase its prices for parcel and bulk mail services by an average of 3.8% in April. A spokesperson for Australia Post...
Australia Post changes parcel services in response to online ‘shopping boom’
Australia Post has announced a number of changes to its parcel delivery services this week, in response to what it calls 'the internet shopping boom'. Australia Post managing director and...
Australia Post making ‘a substantial loss’ delivering overseas parcels
Australia Post has confirmed that it 'incurs a substantial loss' on the processing of inbound international parcels. In a submission to the Productivity Commission Retail Inquiry, Australia Post estimated that...
Quote of the week
‘Australia Post estimates that it will make a loss of A$1.06 per inbound international airmail packet (parcels less than 2 kilograms) on a volume of approximately 39.7 million articles'--Australia Post...
BISG likely to recommend Australia Post discount for Australian booksellers
The Book Industry Strategy Group is likely to endorse 'a better postal deal for domestic booksellers' in its report to government, reports the Age. Reporting that Senator Kim Carr, Minister...
In brief
Authors appear on ‘Australian Legends' stampsSeveral Australian authors are to appear on 55c stamps in the latest ‘Australian Legends' set of Australia Post stamps, released last week. The authors to...