Australia Post urged to allow competitors to deliver parcels in the regions
Competitors are urging Australia Post to open up access to parcel delivery in regional and rural areas.
Brown paper packages tied up with strings, these are among Australians’ favourite things.
The delivery of a record 283 million parcels in the last half of 2025, including a bumper 111 million over the Christmas season, helped Australia Post record a modest profit as its letters business steeply declined.
But regional and rural post office licensees and consumers are missing out on their own special delivery, as the national postal service actively maintains its dominance, a Senate inquiry has been told.
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