Australia Post is the state-owned designated national postal operator in Australia, and the country's oldest continually operating organisation.
Australia Post has imposed a temporary recruitment freeze as part of efforts to contain costs and revenue declines.
DHL Global Mail has launched a new cross-border shipping service to help retailers to source goods from Asia and deliver direct to consumers in Australia.
Logistics giant Toll Group is preparing a pilot project to test out the use of automated parcel locker terminals for e-commerce delivery in Australia.
Australia Post has announced plans to increase prices and simplify its parcel products, as well as introducing tracking to all domestic parcels from 8th April, 2013.
The chief executive of Australia Post warned that the reduction in his company's workforce is "likely to continue" as mail volumes slide.
SingPost, the national postal service of Singapore, is continuing to expand its e-commerce business with plans to buy a local freight forwarder.
Canada Post Group is the Crown corporation operating the universal postal service in Canada.