Australia Post

Australian Postal Corporation
Company typeGovernment business enterprise
IndustryPostal service
Predecessor
Founded1 July 1975; 49 years ago (1975-07-01)
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
Number of locations
Decrease 4,310 outlets (FY22)[1]
Area served
Australia
Key people
  • Lucio Di Bartolomeo (Chairman)
  • Paul Graham (CEO)
Products
RevenueIncrease A$8.97 billion (FY22)[1]
Increase A$55.3 million (FY22)[1]
OwnerAustralian Government
Number of employees
Increase 64,900 (FY22)[1]
SubsidiariesPOLi Payments
SecurePay
Decipha
Websiteauspost.com.au

Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation and also known as AusPost, is an Australian Government-owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia. Australia Post's head office is located on Swan Street in Richmond Victoria.

Australia Post is the successor of the Postmaster-General's Department, which was established at federation in 1901 to formalise colonial postal services. In 1975, the department was abolished and its postal functions were taken over by the Australian Postal Commission.[2] The organisation's current name and structure were adopted in 1989 when it was made into a government-owned corporation.

  1. ^ a b c d "Delivering like never before: Australia Post Annual Report 2022" (PDF). Australia Post. Melbourne, Australia. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  2. ^ Dowse, Josh. "Australia Post - our dead letter office". The Australian Business Review. Retrieved 27 March 2020.