2/23/17 Canberra • Australia’s highest-paid public servant announced his resignation Thursday, two weeks after the revelation that he made 5.6 million Australian dollars ($4.3 million) last year sparked a public furor and created a political headache for the government. Australia Post managing director Ahmed Fahour said he was quitting the national mail service on the […]
Customers who depended on Australia Post were shell-shocked when the company announced that they wanted to charge customers for holding undelivered packages. Now, they say that they are thinking of cancelling the controversial plan and why? According to the companies chief Ahmed Fahour, trials for charging customers $9 to hold packages for 30 days showed the service did not prove […]
Australia Post has announced plans to charge customers for parcels that are not collected after five days. As part of broader changes taking effect from the start of August, the postal service said it would give people more time to collect items before they are returned to the sender. Parcels are currently only held for […]
Australia Post has moved to strengthen its vital regional and rural store network by announcing a package of initiatives that includes increased payments to post office operators and wider access to point-of-sale technology enabling customers to access more services. Australia Post also announced it will roll out new retail superstores in regional and rural areas […]
Australia Post has told its workers 900 jobs will go as part of a restructure that will split its post and parcel businesses. As fewer people post letters, and losses in that part of the business mount, the Government-owned company is planning to operate its retail, mail and communications services under the Australia Post brand, […]
Australia Post chairman John Stanhope said a user-pays postal system was a viable option after the company’s letter operations suffered a $218 million loss last year because the public had sent fewer letters than ever. The user-pays model means residents would pay an annual bill in addition to the stamp price, which increased from 60¢ […]
The Communications Workers Union (CWU) is the Communications Division of the Communications Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) respond to reports of Australia Post considering a move to 3 days mail delivery a week and charging residents a $30 annual fee for daily mail service. CWU represents all workers in the telecommunications, information technology and postal […]