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Australia Post’s mail modernisation
Plans for big changes prompt the question of why the government needs to own a postal service in this day and age.
After the Albanese government’s discussion paper in March warned that Australia Post’s existing community service obligations were “no longer financially viable”, federal cabinet appears set to approve the publicly owned mail carrier’s plan for posties to focus on delivering parcels five days a week, with letter deliveries limited to every second day or so.
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