Australian Newsagency Blog

The buying power of the Government owned Australia Post retail network is in plain view with their current offer of reflex for $4.95 a ream. While Big W and other retailers offer reflex for this price from time to time, only Australia Post pulls consumers in for such a low cost - thanks to […]

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Decades of faithful support from newsagents of the Trading Post weekly newspaper has been “rewarded” by the publisher choosing Australia Post as the partner for its expanded online Trading Post auction offering. Traders will need to go to an Australia Post outlet (and stand in a line for too long) to complete a 100 […]

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The Government owned Australia Post shop opposite our newsagency had a big display window promoting Vodafone installed late last week.  It looks better in person than the photo shows.  We are jealous of the professional looking window and the deal they must on to justify the space and stock investment.
Mobile phone handsets are a challenge […]

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The Australia Post ad on the back page of the current issue of Woman’s Day is brilliant.
This is the kind of ad I want to see from my government owned national postal service. It’s promoting the mail service - not stationery or picnic sets or sports memorabilia or calendars or magazines.
This ad gets Australia […]

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Australia Post’s Mothers Day brochure demonstrates how far the government owned retail outlets have strayed from the services they are required to offer under the Act.
There are gift cards, books and all manner of Mother’s Day items but no stamps or postal services.
The Act permits Australia Post to get into other areas if they incidental. […]

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Our newsXpress Hot Ink pricing beats the ink offer being put about by Australia Post government owned stores.
Where we can’t beat the protected Australia Post retail network is in cost of traffic generation. Their monopoly over postal products and the brand recognition and traffic this brings means customer acquisition costs less than in newsagencies. […]

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While the JSquad magazine website says it’s available at newsagents and K-Mart, a colleague spotted the magazine in an Australia Post Post Shop last week. Not a newsagency which is also a Licenced Post Office, no, a full on Post Office.
Post Offices don’t sell magazines but not for lack of trying. For […]

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The photo is of a sign outside the government owned Australia Post retail shop at Forest Hill, in front of car park spaces reserved for Australia Post vehicles. To the left of this Australia Post car park is another spot painted in yellow and marked for Australia Post delivery vehicles.
I rarely see any more […]

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The brochure on the left has been pushed out far and wide by Australia Post. It makes the Post Office look like a phone retailer which they are in some locations. What is it with this government enterprise? Are they not happy with their postal service monopoly to the extent that they […]

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Australia Post is seeking a 10% increase in the price of posting a basic letter. The ACCC has announced an assessment of the proposal. I would prefer to see the new Labor Government conduct a review of postal services before any decision is made on this increase request.
European countries in 1997 agreed to […]

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The latest catalogue promotion from Australia Post, running Jan. 28 through Feb. 17, is a rip off in my view.  Take page 5 (see photo) - HP 56 + 57 twin pack.  The Australia Post price is $69.95.  The price in my newsagency is 10% less yet I don’t have the buying power of thousands […]

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The government owned Australia Post retail outlet opposite my newsagency at Forest Hill was closed today.  Yes, they pick and choose how they interpret the Act of Parliament under which they conduct their retail network.
Today’s closure is arrogant and demonstrates the value of their monopoly.  An unprotected business could not close today.  No major shopping […]

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The TIME IS MONEY brochure from Australia Post is another example of this Government owned business using its protected monopoly to take sales from small business newsagents.
Nowhere on the glossy two-page brochure does Australia Post promote postal products.
This brochure is all about printers, ink, toner and office supplies. They are […]

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Stapled to the official Australia Post Order Form was the real reason for their junk mail in our post box – a one page sheet announcing: 1 DAY ONLY, 10% OFF STATIONERY.  This is further evidence of the Government owned business using its monopoly to take retail sales from independent retailers like newsagents.
The previous government […]

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In Canberra today I saw first-hand the Australia Post commitment to gift cards. This stand is impressive – four sides of gift cards for all manner of businesses. They are driving traffic through bold ads in newspapers. It’s a compelling pitch for a space newsagents ought to have been strong in years […]

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