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In the bag: Aussies beat the Christmas post rush

Australians have been ordering millions of packages in the lead up to Christmas, with the festive season traditionally the busiest period for postal services.

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Morning Mail: surgery times spiral, daily letter deliveries to end, Gaza fighting ‘most intense yet’

New data shows elective surgery wait lists are highest ever recorded; Australia Post to annouce end of five-day-a-week letter delivery service as losses grow

The Guardian - AU

Posties put parcels first as letter deliveries cut

Letters will only be delivered every second day with Australia Post revamping its workflow to focus on parcels as Aussies turn to online shopping.

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Modern mail: Australia Post to end daily letter deliveries in a bid to avoid losses

Move comes as the national postal service hopes to bring in changes after last year’s $200m loss

The Guardian - AU

Banking 'bullies' leave vulnerable people open to scams

Post offices are increasingly filling the void when rural banks shut down, but they're not always paid for their services, a Senate inquiry has been told.

AAP

Warning after sharp rise in dog attacks on posties

Dog owners are being urged to secure their pet pooches amid a rise in attacks on posties as we head into the busy Christmas delivery period.

AAP

Afternoon Update: interest rates hit 12-year high; pro-Palestine protest at Melbourne Cup; and 18th-century love letters

Reserve Bank lifts cash rate by 25 basis points to 4.35%

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Hamilton Pride mail boxes the post of gold at the end of rainbow

The first two regional Pride post boxes have been installed in Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Attention Procrastinators: The Deadlines For Posting Your Xmas Gifts Got Announced By AusPost

Australia Post have announced the deadlines for when you need to have all your Christmas gifts and cards posted by for 2023.

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Dutton accuses Albanese of misrepresenting Yunupingu comments – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The Australian birds putting their stamp on the urban environment

Australia Post’s release of new bird stamps reflects the country’s changing urban landscapes and highlights little-known habitat loss

The Guardian - AU

Canberra photographer's Big Blue Heeler shot pays off nicely

The image joins other "big" objects in an Australia Post issue.

The Canberra Times

From Muswellbrook to the mint: Blue heeler to take national tour

The iconic Hunter statue is now available on a collector coin.

Newcastle Herald

Magpie strikes it big with latest recognition

Big Swoop lands its on coin and stamp.

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The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: airports back ACCC’s legal action against Qantas; four killed in Victoria crash; and Mitch McConnell freezes again

Consumer watchdog accuses airline of false, misleading or deceptive conduct; plus soldiers hospitalised in second NT military accident

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Bandt urges more to join climate protests, dead glider stops logging, Trump vows to jail foes

Greens leader to join ‘people’s blockade’ of coal port as he seeks to popularise direct action; forest clearing stopped after greater glider found dead

The Guardian - AU

Australia Post reports $200m annual loss, its first since 2015, amid push to close city branches

Postal service also calls for stamp price increase as it warns its letters business lost $189.7m in first half of 2022-23

Newcastle Herald

Australia Post confirms it will shutter Glendale post office

Australia Post's decision to permanently shutter the Glendale Post Office hasn't won the public's stamp of approval.

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This Woman Copped A Rogue Gift After Getting Scammed By A Copycat Of A Major Aussie Retailer

How lovely of them.

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Oh, so Peter Dutton is concerned about a ‘politically tainted’ RBA governor?

Peter Dutton doesn’t want the new RBA governor to be ‘tainted’ by a close association with either major party. He might want to sit down to read this list of appointments his government made.

ABC News

Nine years after official pest-free status, Macquarie Island is recovering but it's a 'long game'

It's nine years since cats, rats, and rabbits were officially declared eradicated from sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island, but scientists fear a new threat is challenging its fragile ecosystem.

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Mass exodus of regional bank branches across Australia leaves residents seeking solutions

Regional communities home to some of Australia's most vital hubs of industry are being crippled by bank branch closures. A range of remedies have been proposed — but how viable are they?

ABC News

Dog owners urged to be more vigilant as attacks on posties spike across Australia

Australia Post is urging dog owners to keep an eye on their dogs when posties are out delivering mail, following a spike in attacks in the last few months.

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Pandemic dogs blamed for rise in postal worker attacks

Dogs might have made great lockdown buddies, but they're proving to be a menace to Australia Post workers on their home delivery routes.

ABC News

Calls for Australia Post to improve its 'essential service' after five-month wait for mail in outback

Mail posted in November finally arrives in a rural Queensland town that was isolated by flooding, with local leaders calling for urgent road upgrades and Australia Post to improve its services.

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