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Australia Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Team Honoured with Tokyo 2020 Gold Medallist stamp

After their gold medal-winning performance in the pool, Bronte Campbell, Meg Harris, Emma McKeon and Cate Campbell will be the first Australian athletes to feature on Australia Post’s Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. In a stunning performance, Australia’s 4 x 100 metre Freestyle Relay team set a World Record time…

Time For The Great Aussie Coin Hunt 2

Australia Post is celebrating iconic and admired symbols of Australian life with a whole new collection of $1 coins and the return of its most successful collectables program with the Great Aussie Coin Hunt 2. Australia Post Executive General Manager Community & Consumer Nicole Sheffield said the Great Aussie Coin Hunt 2 would again create…

Australia Post set for Biggest Delivery Day Ever

In the midst of the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales, Australia Post expects today to be its biggest parcel delivery day ever, with more than three million parcels set to be delivered. Australia Post Executive General Manager Deliveries, Rod Barnes said that since Friday morning, more than 3 million parcels have been delivered across…

Australia Post Forecasting Record Purchases during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales

Australians are expected to spend more online this weekend than ever before with Australia Post forecasting a 30 per cent increase in online purchases during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales weekend. Last year, Australians spent more than $3.5 billion online in November alone, with Australia Post data revealing more than 2.5 million households purchased something during…

Sending Santa Mail?

Mum and Dad remember like everyone else, the jolly man in red will be finalising his Christmas plans early this year so Australia Post is calling on kids to let him know they’ve been nice before he checks his list for that all important second time. Australia Post is once again helping to connect children…

95,000 books delivered to support Indigenous literacy

More than 95,000 children’s books have been delivered into the hands of thousands of Indigenous children in more than 300 remote communities through Australia Post’s partnership with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. The partnership between the two organisations was established earlier this year with a goal of helping children in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island…

Online Shopping Boom in Australia

The global COVID-19 pandemic has set a new baseline for eCommerce in Australia, with online predicted to hold a 15 per cent share of the total retail market by the end of 2020. Australia Post today released the 2020 Inside Australian Online Shopping Report, which provides insight into the impact the pandemic has had on…

Westpac & Australia Post Partnership Announced

Westpac and Australia Post today announced they had entered into a partnership to enable Westpac customers to access banking services at 3,200 participating Post Offices across Australia, including at more than 1,400 regional and rural locations. Group Executive Westpac Retail & Business Banking, Jason Yetton, said he was pleased to be able to offer customers…

Australia’s first victory at sea commemorated

Australia’s first victory at sea during World War I is commemorated in a new stamp release by Australia Post. Australia Post Philatelic Manager, Michael Zsolt said this wartime event is historically significant as it was the first engagement fought by a warship of the fledgling Royal Australian Navy. “The ‘Battle of Cocos Islands’, as it’s…