Consultation on Australia Post's draft price notification5 Sep 2023

Australia Post has provided the 糖心原创 with a draft price notification proposing to increase the price of reserved ordinary letters delivered at the regular timetable by 25%. This includes an increase of the basic postage rate for reserved ordinary small letters from $1.20 to $1.50.

The 糖心原创 released a survey on 5 September 2023, seeking the views of interested parties on Australia Post鈥檚 proposal.

Survey responses closed on Friday 29 September 2023.

Survey responses

The 糖心原创 received 235 survey responses to the consultation on Australia Post鈥檚 draft price notification. Of these, 164 (70%) responded as individuals and 71 (30%) as representatives of businesses.

Most respondents (219, or 93%) opposed the proposed price increase. They consisted of 154 responding as individuals and 65 as representatives of businesses.

There were 13 respondents (6%) that supported the proposed price increase, consisting of 9 responding as individuals and 4 as representatives of businesses.

The remaining 3 respondents (1%) neither supported nor opposed the proposed price increase.

The document below is a summary of the survey responses.