Posties and delivery drivers are set to deliver as many as 350,000 parcels across Victoria each and every weekend for the rest of the year, while Australia Post facilities in Melbourne are processing on average a million parcels each day, enough to fill the seats of the MCG ten times. Australia Post General Manager Corporate…
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Australia Post Announces 2021 Community Grants recipients
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Australia Post have announced the recipients of its 2021 Community Grants, with 76 organisations awarded a total of more than $500,000 in funding in support of mental health projects. Australia Post Head of Community Nicky Tracey said she was delighted to support projects making a real difference to mental health, with recipients catering to a…
Australia Post Celebrating 100 Years of Ginger Meggs
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Australia Post is celebrating 100 years of Australia’s much-loved waistcoat-wearing rascal, Ginger Meggs, with the release of three stamps featuring the work of creator Jimmy Bancks, and subsequent illustrators James Kemsley and Jason Chatfield. The character of Ginger Meggs first appeared in “Gladsome Gladys”, with the comic strip soon renamed “Us Fellers” and then, in…
Australia Post Providing 4 Million Free Postcards To Remote and Rural Households
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Australia Post is helping Australians stay connected by delivering more than 4 million specially designed prepaid postcards to rural and remote households across the country as part of its continued focus on mental health. Australia Post Head of Community Nicky Tracey said that the postcards were designed in collaboration with Australia Post’s mental health partner…
Australia Post’s Commitment to Shipping Perishable Goods across Australia
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Australia Post has announced its long-term commitment to shipping perishable goods across Australia, as it continues to support small businesses who are experiencing a boom in demand. Acting Group CEO and Managing Director Rodney Boys said today’s announcement provides certainty to many businesses who rely heavily on Australia Post to ship their produce to customers.…
Australia Post to boost jobs and weekend deliveries
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With extended lockdowns and parcel volumes hitting heights not seen since Christmas last year, Australia Post is introducing new measures to keep deliveries moving including a hiring blitz to boost staff numbers and ramp up weekend deliveries. Australia Post Executive General Manager, Community and Consumer Nicole Sheffield said that having already opened pop-up sites to…
Nine Olympic Champions to feature on new Tokyo 2020 Stamps
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After a record-equalling day winning three Olympic gold medal events, nine more Australian gold medallists are set to feature on the latest Australia Post Australian Gold Medallist Stamps for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Australia Post Executive General Manager Community & Consumer Nicole Sheffield said the gold medallist stamp program recognises the hard work and…
Australia Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Team Honoured with Tokyo 2020 Gold Medallist stamp
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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
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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…
Australian Cricketing Legends Honoured with 25th Australia Post Legends Awards
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Six of Australia’s greatest cricket stars are being honoured in the 25th annual Australia Post Legends Awards, celebrating their significant contribution to the world of sport and the wider community. The 2021 Legends – Allan Border AO, Adam Gilchrist AM, Jason Gillespie, Dennis Lillee AM MBE, Ellyse Perry and Ricky Ponting AO – will each…