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'Every day is like Christmas' at Australia Post

'Every day is like Christmas' at Australia Post

Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate says enormous postal volumes show no sign of slowing as Australians continue their love affair with online shopping.

Australia Post boss Christine Holgate says parcel volumes are up 90 per cent across Australia, with a 157 per cent increase in Victoria.  Peter Rae

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Australia Post chief executive Christine Holgate says every day is like Christmas for parcel deliveries in our pandemic world.

"We had a massive Monday," Holgate says after recording 2.3 million deliveries on August 17, the third-biggest day ever behind last year's Cyber Monday – "an international day created for online deals" – and Easter Tuesday this year.

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Patrick DurkinBOSS Deputy editorPatrick Durkin is Melbourne bureau chief and BOSS deputy editor. He writes on news, business and leadership. Connect with Patrick on Twitter. Email Patrick at pdurkin@afr.com

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