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October 28, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia Post is gearing up for what it expects to be its busiest-ever festive season.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the organisation urged residents to plan ahead by announcing its domestic delivery deadlines for Christmas.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson said parcel volumes were already setting records in 2021 so December was predicted to surpass last year\u2019s 52 million parcels.<\/p>\n

“Customers are encouraged to send their presents and Christmas cards as early as they can, to give them the best chance of reaching loved ones in time,” the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

“For most sending within Australia the key dates to remember to send parcels by are Monday, December 13, for Parcel Post and Monday, December 20, for Express Post.<\/p>\n

“For some locations, including Perth, Darwin and outside of metro areas, we recommend sending earlier and to check the Australia Post website<\/B><\/A> for details.<\/p>\n

“Christmas cards should be sent by Thursday, December 16, and customers sending overseas are encouraged to do so as soon as possible as cut-off dates vary depending on the destination.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australia Post executive general manager Gary Starr said the organisations had recruited more than 4000 Christmas casual team members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re seeing record parcel volumes with more than 5.9 million households shopping online a month \u2013 that\u2019s more than half of all Australian households, and it\u2019s showing no signs of slowing as we head into the online sales season and Christmas,\u201d Mr Starr said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we\u2019ve planned ahead with extra air freight capacity, weekend deliveries and recruitment of thousands of new team members to ramp up our delivery services, parcel sorting and customer care, and we\u2019ll be delivering right up until Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe encourage people to make a note of these important delivery dates, because although we’ll deliver items sent after these dates as quickly as we can, they may not arrive until after Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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