#australiapost — Public Fediverse posts
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Australian artist’s impulsive act sparks ‘magic’ post box restoration crusade
Mick Slocum’s on a quest to resurrect a bit of Victorian history. Nearly 200 bits, in fact. The…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #AU #Australia #AustraliaPost #Design #Entertainment #mickslocum #pillarbox #postbox #postoffice #Restoration
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Morse code lovers and navy trainers help skill live on in a world of digital technology
It may be an antiquated form of communication, but many Australians from all walks of life are helping…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #amateurradio #AU #Australia #AustraliaPost #beechworthtelegramstation #Communication #defence #morsecode #navy #telegrams
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The Postie Bike isn’t just a vehicle—it’s an Australian icon that carries letters, laughter, and connection. What’s your favorite Postie memory? Share your story! #PostieBike #GoodOldBandit #AustralianIcons #HondaCT110 #GoodOldBandit #MotorcycleCulture #RuralAustralia #AustraliaPost
https://medium.com/@gudolbandit/the-red-legend-on-two-wheels-how-australias-postie-bikes-became-icons-of-connection-046bd965c87c -
📮📮📮YOUR DELIVERY HAS BEEN TAKEN TO ONE OF OUR COLLECTION CENTRES FOR PICK UP AS THERE WAS NO SAFE DROP SPACE 📮📮📮
..my delivery?
You mean the exact same thing I ordered from the exact same place 2 weeks ago that YOU happily left on the front porch?Thanks I guess...?
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Post office lady just explained to me, as if I was an idiot, that because of the tariffs that Trump has put on Australian goods sold in China, Aust Post can no longer leave cards for an unsuccessful package delivery attempt.
Further, if I don't get a card, I should download the Aust Post app, so that I'll be able to tell when my package will be delivered. 🤯🤪I'd become used to the multiple emails from Aust Post, the fairly accurate tracking links, the SMSs on day of delivery, and the timely arrival of my local delivery person.
Now, you get NOTHING! 🤯😡
And apparently now, buying in Australia from China can't be tracked because of Trump???
I only did some enquiring after a weird AliExpress message about customs, and searching the tracking number showed the item had been sitting at the PO for days.
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Today I posted a letter. It fell with a clunk into an empty Australia Post letter box.
Why did I send a letter in this day and age? It is because Medicare still uses cheques. This scheme is called the Pay Doctor Via Claimant (PDVC) scheme and works something like this:
1. Doctor provides a service and the patient pays for the service including the doctor's gap fee.
2. Medicare mails (!!!) a cheque (!!!!) written to the name of the doctor. They mail this cheque to the doctor's patient (!!!), not directly to the doctor.
3. The legislators who devised this scheme years ago hoped that the patient would be good enough to then put the cheque into a new envelope and post the cheque to the doctor or otherwise give it to them!!! They hoped that this person is not a young person who has never seen a cheque, has no idea what it is, and just bins another piece of paper without really thinking about it. The legislators of yore thought that patients have a life mercifully low in life admin, working (or looking for a job), free of family care responsibilities and loads of free time to have the spare capacity to remember to do Medicare's job free of charge and mail the cheque. I am guessing the legislators of yore subconsciously assumed that the wife would be living a life of leisure with plenty of spare time and energy to do this task.
4. The legislators of yesteryear thought that it is a great use of the time of the admin staff of doctor's to find a bank branch (!!!) and bank the cheque. They thought that it is a great use of the time of the admin staff to reconcile services provided to patients and Medicare cheques received, then follow up every patient who may have forgotten to forward the cheque. The historic legislators thought that this scheme will thwart the dastardly doctors who seek to rip off Medicare.Because of this convoluted scheme, Medicare has then had to create another scheme called the 90 Day Pay Doctor Scheme, where a doctor can apply for a cheque to be cancelled if it has not been sent to them by the patient etc. I kid you not: https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/90-day-pay-doctor-cheque-scheme
Most Australians stopped using cheques years ago and are just waiting for the Australian government to discover that electronic banking is more efficient for everyone. The Australian federal government is hoping that by 30/6/2028 government services will no longer use cheques.
In 2025, the only one who really benefits from this scheme is probably Australia Post. I agree that retaining snail mail services has merits, even though less than 3% of letters are sent by individuals: https://theconversation.com/australia-post-wants-to-charge-more-for-stamps-next-year-heres-why-it-has-to-keep-letters-alive-244503
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RBA update on the future of cash in Australia as users of physical currency declines
RBA assistant governor Brad Jones said cash will have a place in Australia for as long as people…
#NewsBeep #News #Business #AU #Australia #AustraliaPost #BradJones #cashpayments #RBAassistantgovernor #ReserveBankofAustralia
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An example of enshittification and how badly Google has broken its core reason for existence, search: Google is using an LLM to "hallucinate" postcodes.
I dunno about other countries, but in Australia, if you get someone's postcode correct and a detail as simple as the recipient's name or nickname, a street name without the number, or the name of a home, then our postal service has a miraculously high success-rate for delivering a letter or parcel to the correct destination. You can write the wrong suburb or state in the address, but if you use the right the postcode, Australia Post delivers. But, without the correct postcode, you're up the creek without a paddle. The wrong postcode can lead to delayed delivery or can result in your mail getting the "Return to sender" treatment.
Google Search results _could_ index the database from Australia Post or pay a moderate commercial licensing fee to access their API. But, instead, Google's got an LLM to make-up postcodes. The results are near enough to appear convincing at first glance, such as using '3' for first digit of postcodes in Victoria. Then, they present it in the top position of Search results and have the cheek to use the Australia Post logo. In my experience, there appears to be a correlation between numerical similarity of Google's fictional postcodes and geographical proximity of suburbs. Google's "AI Overview" presents misleading nonsense instead of using traditional indexing or a trivial lookup table.
(More details in the Alt-text of the screenshot.)
#Google #GoogleSearch #AI #AIOverview #LLMs #Enshittification #AustraliaPost #Australia #Postcode #Zipcode
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🚨 "Chaotic" alert! Australia Post hits pause on shipping to the US as everyone loses their minds over tariffs, because who knew that international trade was complicated? 🌍📦 Meanwhile, we're left wondering if they used a Ouija board to divine this impending doom. 🔮
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-21/australia-post-suspends-transit-shipping-parcels-us-trump-tariff/105680456 #AustraliaPost #ShippingTariffs #InternationalTrade #Chaos #OuijaBoard #HackerNews #ngated -
Reject union-management sellout at #AustraliaPost! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for pay, conditions and oppose restructuring! - World Socialist Web Site
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Reject union-management sellout at #AustraliaPost! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for pay, conditions and oppose restructuring! - World Socialist Web Site
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Reject union-management sellout at #AustraliaPost! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for pay, conditions and oppose restructuring! - World Socialist Web Site
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Reject union-management sellout at #AustraliaPost! Form rank-and-file committees to fight for pay, conditions and oppose restructuring! - World Socialist Web Site
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#Australia, anyone know how small parcels from China arrive in #Perth so quickly?
A small parcel from Thailand has sat immobile in Sydney awaiting clearance for the last 8 days.
This seems about normal for #AustraliaPost coming from the #EasternStates.
But order something from #China and wooosh it's here quick. -
#Australia, anyone know how small parcels from China arrive in #Perth so quickly?
A small parcel from Thailand has sat immobile in Sydney awaiting clearance for the last 8 days.
This seems about normal for #AustraliaPost coming from the #EasternStates.
But order something from #China and wooosh it's here quick. -
#Australia, anyone know how small parcels from China arrive in #Perth so quickly?
A small parcel from Thailand has sat immobile in Sydney awaiting clearance for the last 8 days.
This seems about normal for #AustraliaPost coming from the #EasternStates.
But order something from #China and wooosh it's here quick. -
#Australia, anyone know how small parcels from China arrive in #Perth so quickly?
A small parcel from Thailand has sat immobile in Sydney awaiting clearance for the last 8 days.
This seems about normal for #AustraliaPost coming from the #EasternStates.
But order something from #China and wooosh it's here quick. -
#Australia, anyone know how small parcels from China arrive in #Perth so quickly?
A small parcel from Thailand has sat immobile in Sydney awaiting clearance for the last 8 days.
This seems about normal for #AustraliaPost coming from the #EasternStates.
But order something from #China and wooosh it's here quick. -
@jmcleod
Speculation follows:
Australia Post may be using contractors, who use sub-contractors who may use subcontractors who get paid, not for their time, but per delivery. Or per load.
Which would bias heavily towards the trashy kind of service that you describe.Anyone from #AusPost, or with knowledge of how #AustraliaPost manages #ParcelDelivery, in the house?
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Marty Brazell’s #AustraliaPost Parcel Locker in Albert Street #Brunswick #Australia is impressive.
He’s painted a few, which I intend to share throughout the fortnight.
I’m taken with the simple and yet powerful theme here… which is LOVE!
Such a fundamental human emotion which can inspire anyone to express goodness and virtue, love another… and / or themselves.
Just beautiful Marty! ♥️
With permission.
#mbone #martybrazell #auspost #suburbanart #streetart #mastoart
#suburbs #burbs
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CW: Iconic Aussie retailer served by *drumroll*
Visit #AustraliaPost online today and help inform #Amazon about more of your habits and plans you might have for the future.
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