COVID-19 Updates
Please take care & be safe.
Current domestic and international delivery delays.
Update on Australia Post operations for Melbourne
10 August 2020
Dear Bronwyn,
As you know, earlier this week Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, announced that stage 4 restrictions will apply across Melbourne until 13 September 2020.
We continue to work with the Victorian Government during this difficult time, to ensure our community receive the essential services and items they need in a timely fashion.
Australia Post has been classified a "Permitted Work Premise" so we can continue to operate with on-site operations but with some clear restrictions.
Whilst our Post Offices are confirmed to remain fully open, you may have heard the Victorian Government restrictions will require us to reduce our workforce in our operations and deliveries network by one-third. At this stage, this requirement will be effective from 11.59pm Sunday 9 August 2020.
We are prepared in our sites to meet weekend requirements and will use this time to progress our contingency planning and adapt our operations to deliver the best possible service for our customers over this restricted period.
Our priority is always the safety of our people and the community, and we're closely following Australian Government advice on managing COVID-19 in all our facilities and our delivery network.
I want to reassure you we are currently working very closely with the Government on this and will keep you updated once our position is confirmed.
Thank you for your ongoing support and patience during these challenging times.
Stay safe,
Gary Starr
Executive General Manager,
Business, Government and International
5 May 2020
Australia Post update
Estimated international delivery speeds
17 July 2020
We have updated our Estimated Delivery Times based on delivery performance over the past four weeks. Note that these are estimates only and are subject to change. We recommend you check this website regularly to read the most up to date Estimated Delivery Times.
There are still delays to all destinations because of the impacts of COVID-19 on airline capacity and in-country delivery impacts. We are working hard to improve our end to end service delivery times. Please note that time in customs is not included in our estimate and is outside of Australia Post control.
|
Zone |
Express parcels |
Standard parcels | Economy parcels | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Zone 1 | New Zealand* |
3-9 business days |
5-12 business days |
Suspended |
|
Zone 2 | China |
6-10 business days |
8-13 business days |
Suspended |
|
Zone 3 | Japan |
8-14 business days |
10-20 business days |
Suspended |
| Korea |
8-14 business days |
10-20 business days |
Suspended |
|
| Singapore |
4-8 business days |
7-13 business days |
Suspended |
|
| Hong Kong |
4-8 business days |
7-13 business days |
Suspended |
|
| Indonesia |
9-14 business days |
13-17 business days |
Suspended |
|
| Malaysia |
6-12 business days |
13-17 business days |
Suspended |
|
| Thailand |
5-9 business days |
8-13 business days |
Suspended |
|
|
Zone 4 | USA^ |
7-20 business days |
10-25 business days |
Suspended |
| Canada |
7-20 business days |
10-25 business days |
Suspended |
|
|
Zone 5 | Pacific Islands |
Suspended |
12-16 business days |
Suspended |
|
Zone 6 | UK |
6-10 business days |
9-15 business days |
Suspended |
| Ireland |
10-16 business days |
12-18 business days |
Suspended |
|
|
Zone 7 | Major Europe |
7-13 business days |
9-20 business days |
Suspended |
|
Zone 8 | See zones list |
8-18 business days |
9-25 business days |
Suspended |
|
Zone 9 | See zones list |
8-18 business days |
9-25 business days |
Suspended |
^ Please note: The Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in the United States of America (USA) is being heavily impacted by increased volumes through their facilities and civil unrest in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic response.
Despite our best endeavours, it is therefore likely that some items will take longer than the stated delivery times and we ask for your understanding.
We will be closely monitoring our delivery performance against these new standards to ensure we continue to provide you with realistic delivery timeframes.
* Items arriving in the Auckland port are currently experiencing processing delays due to the increase in ecommerce volumes from USA, UK and Australia. Despite our best endeavours, it is therefore likely that some items will take longer than the stated delivery times and we ask for your understanding.