Union says postie jobs will be lost

One in four posties could lose their jobs as Australia Post winds back postal services, their union says.

8 June, 2020

Aus Post retrains posties, cuts priority letters

Australia Post is relaxing delivery standards and retraining thousands of posties.

22 April, 2020

Aus Post turns medicine courier in battle againt COVID-19

Australia Post will use its express post network to provide a contactless pharmacy home delivery service.

29 March, 2020

First female chief commissioner for NSW IRC

Appointments, dismissals and movement in and around government.

27 February, 2020

Over a million downloads of digital drivers licence

The digital drivers licence has been downloaded by more than one million NSW motorists.

13 January, 2020

Aus Post adopts new parcel technology

Australia Post is adopting new technology to respond to growing demand for parcel delivery.

24 November, 2019

Postie bikes to become a thing of the past

The traditional postie bike will eventually be phased out, Australia Post says.

28 October, 2019

Australia Post moves to recycled plastic

Australia Post is transitioning to recycled and reusable plastics for parcel delivery.

26 August, 2019

Post offices put out SOS to governments

Post office operators fear closures after Australia Post profits took a dive amid falling letter revenue.

22 August, 2019

Australia Post fails cyber security test

Australia Post has failed to effectively identify and manage cyber security risks, an audit has found.

5 July, 2019

Sustainable procurement: bottom-up efforts gain momentum

Examining the impact of a global sustainable procurement standard on government.

4 June, 2018

Centrelink, business registration among Govpass pilots: DTA

An estimated 2.8 million transactions will be moved online as the government’s digital identity program is gradually linked to more government services, the Digital Transformation Agency says.

17 May, 2018

That was the year that was – Goodbye to 2017

The diversity of the stories we cover in Government News never ceases to amaze. We try to stay away from the politics – that gets enough coverage in the mainstream media – which means we often look at topics that don’t get a lot of coverage elsewhere. We thought one way of taking a perspective […]

18 December, 2017

Blackmores CEO to head up Australia Post

Blackmores’ Christine Holgate has been named Australia Post’s new MD and Group CEO.

27 June, 2017