Australia Post has ambitious plans to provide warehousing, logistics and assembly services for the information technology (IT) industry. The company recently signed a contract with Microsoft Australia for distribution of the Xbox video game consoles.
Read MoreIn the late 1990s, many IT gurus eagerly consigned Australia Post to the dustbin. A warhorse of the old economy, the government-owned monopoly couldn’t possibly compete with e-mail, electronic fulfilment and private high-tech mailing houses. Or so went the gurus’ mantra.
Within a few years its core business would wither and die; outlets would shut down and the gleaming, paperless world of private electronic delivery would stand supreme.
SOME rural mail deliveries could be disrupted if Australia Post changes force contractors to withdraw their service.
Australia Post is requiring people renewing mail delivery contracts to become incorporated, at a cost of up to $1500, before their tenders will be considered.
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Read MoreTwo of Australia’s most prominent businessmen on Thursday put together a A$3.6bn deal to rescue Ansett, the country’s second largest airline, in a lift to the government ahead of Saturday’s closely-fought federal election.
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