Telstra [Melbourne, Australia] is preparing to boost the electronic delivery of its bills across its retail customer base in a joint project with Australia Post to be rolled out by the end of the year. The new online bill presentment service is part of a belated move to participate in an aggregated POSTbillpay online service launched by Australia Post last year.
Read MoreAustralia Post has joined forces with Internet firm ninemsn to create the country’s largest bill-payment network so far.
The venture will allow ninemsn’s 4.6 million monthly on-line customers to receive electronic bills and schedule bill payment through the ninemsn Web site.
Australia Post’s national manager of financial services,
Terry Stephens, said the agreement with ninemsn would allow the corporation’s on-line billpay service to reach more Australians than ever before.
Ansett Airlines has been placed into voluntary receivership by Air New Zealand, its owner, after Qantas Airways quit talks to buy Australia’s debt-burdened second-ranked carrier.
After the Qantas rejection Air NZ suffered a further knock-back when the Australian government refused to underwrite a restructuring of Ansett’s operations into a lower-cost airline called Ansett 2.
Read MoreAir New Zealand has put Ansett Australia up for sale after Australia’s competition watchdog indicated it might give the green light to a Qantas bid for the troubled Australian subsidiary that is losing A$1.3m (US$675,000) a day.
The Australian government has lent its support to the sale despite the fact that a deal with Qantas would give the national carrier a 90 per cent share of the domestic market
Read MoreWilson Logistics of Sweden has bought VIP Airfreight Pty Ltd of Australia, a specialist airfreight forwarder dealing in movements of food. Most is exported to Asia. Wilson are reported to be interested in strategic acquisitions worldwide.
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