Australian Regulation scrapped

The Australian government is set to deregulate some of its postal services but has admitted some of the work is already being carried out illegally by private contractors.
According to reports in the country‘s media, Communications Minister Richard Alston will introduce legislation opening part of the reserved service to foreign competition in 2003. Mail houses and courier companies could provide both document exchange and bulk mail services within the main cities, but most are already dealing with the big corporates in each state capital. Senator Alson said the practice of contracting out parts of the reserved services was ‘technically‘ in breach of the Australian Postal Corporation Act. That act protects the postal monopoly on all aspects of mail delivery. The big courier and international mail operators could also be poised to take a slice.