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Read these interesting facts and figures about Australia Post and the services we provide. Australia Post is one of the largest employers in Australia. We employ over 34,800 full-time and part-time staff.More than 1.1 million people pass through post offices

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Read these interesting facts and figures about Australia Post and the services we provide.

Australia Post is one of the largest employers in Australia. We employ over 34,800 full-time and part-time staff. More than 1.1 million people pass through post offices every working day.
We operate a retail network of more than 4,470 outlets, including around 3,000 Licensed Post Offices, 140 Post Business Centres, a fleet of over 10,000 vehicles and over 15,500 street posting boxes.
Around 500 million stamps are produced in Australia every year
One in three post office transactions is to pay bills. Australia Post handles approximately 21.5 million articles each working day.
Australia Post provides five deliveries a week to over 98% of Australian delivery points. A postie’s delivery round covers about 1,200 delivery points (that’s home letter boxes, business premises).
About 9.87 million delivery points are serviced by Australia Post nationally. 2.6 million of them are located in the country, outback or on offshore islands.
Australia Post operates the world’s longest mail run. It’s 3000 km long and goes from Port Augusta in South Australia to south-central Queensland. This run delivers mail to only 88 addresses. Across Australia there are more than 11,000 places you can buy stamps and more than 24,000 places you can post stamped letters.
In 1999, Australia was one of the first countries to pioneer the Personalised Stamp^TM. People can now have the image of a loved one as part of a 50 cent stamp.
You can now recycle your used greeting cards through Australia Post as part of the 'Cards 4 Planet Ark' program that runs from Boxing Day until 31st January each year. Visit your local post office to find out more or visit the website at www.planetark.com.au/cards.
You can also recycle cartridges at Australia Post outlets as part of the 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark' program. Visit your local post office to find out more, or go to the website at www.planetark.com.au/cartridges