Australia Post spends $400m to boost COVID-19 parcel boom

Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief

Oct 25, 2021 – 5.00am

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Australia Post will spend $400 million to boost parcel operations around the country after a 32 per cent surge in volume over the past two years and ahead of an expected record online Christmas shopping splurge.

Consumers stuck in COVID-19 lockdowns pushed delivery systems to their limit during the pandemic, with Australia Post delivering more than 10 million parcels a week around the country.

Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent.