Australia Post announces promotional mail discount
Australia Post has announced a 25% discount on promotional mail. In a statement issued yesterday (14 October), Australia Post said that the discount was part of “a wide-ranging package to support customers through mail reform”.
Australia Post confirmed the details of the package following an industry forum in Sydney last week which was attended by representatives from employee unions, the printing and direct mail industry and the licensed Post Office network.
Responding to feedback from forum representatives, Australia Post has developed a “support package” which includes:
- increasing the discount on Promo Post to 25% off the PreSort price until mid-2017
- limiting the price of the Priority stamp price to no more than 1.5 times the Regular service stamp price
- continuing to minimise increases for the not-for-profit sector by increasing the discount for charity mail
- maintaining the concession stamp price at 60 cents, available to 5.7m eligible Australians
- freezing the price of a seasonal greeting card at 65 cents.
Australia Post’s Managing Director & Group CEO Ahmed Fahour also said that the organisation is working closely with unions “to support employees through this transition phase”.
Fahour commented: “We have made a commitment to our people that there will be no forced redundancies for employees affected by letter reform. Our focus is on continued retraining and redeployment of our staff to growth parts of the business.
“The support package announced today further builds on commitments we have made to our employees, our Licensed Post Office network and the broader community that we will keep our Post Offices open and posties out on the road delivering five days a week.
“With reform, our mail service has a strong future and we will continue to have an open dialogue with all parties involved on implementing these changes.”
