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Item 6 Print Post Rates

(1) MINIMUM QUANTITIES

(a) When lodged for local delivery and all articles are for delivery in areas served by that office - 50 identical articles;

(b) Otherwise 100 identical articles.

(2) LOCAL DELIVERY

(a) Subject to subparagraph (b) where lodged for local delivery the rate, per article, in Table 9

(b) The Office of lodgment is within a postcode specified in Table 1 of the Rates Determination.

Table 9 - Print Post Office of Delivery Rates

Type of Article/Weight

Price per Article
(Surface mail)
$

Small articles

Up to 250g

0.435

Large articles

Up to 50g

0.500

Over 50g up to 125g

0.585

Over 125g up to 250g

0.680

Over 250g up to 375g

0.785

Over 375g up to 500g

0.890

Over 500g up to 625g

1.730

Over 625g up to 750g
1.830
Over 750g up to 875g
1.930
Over 875g up to 1000g
2.030

(3) LOCAL SORT DIVISION

Where lodged for delivery from a nominated facility which services the Local Sort Division the following rates per article in Table 10 apply -

Table 10 - Print Post Local Sort Division Rates

Type of Article/Weight

Price per Article (Surface Mail) $

Large Postcode
Direct

Small Postcode
Direct

Residue

Small articles

Up to 250g

0.395

0.415

0.490

Large articles
Up to 50g

0.435

0.450

0.560

Over 50g up to 125g

0.505

0.540

0.695

Over 125g up to 250g

0.620

0.675

0.940

Over 250g up to 375g

0.745

0.800

1.105

Over 375g to up 500g
0.860
0.935
1.275
Over 500g up to 625g
1.880
1.980
2.540
Over 625g up to 750g
2.100
2.200
2.690
Over 750g up to 875g
2.240
2.340
2.840
Over 875g up to 1000g
2.390
2.490
2.990

(4) OTHER THAN LOCAL DELIVERY

(a) Subject to subparagraph (b), (c), (d) and (e), where lodged for other than local delivery the rate, per article, in Table 11.

(b) “Same State” is the delivery of a Print Post article within the State or Territory in which it is lodged and includes a carriage between Coolangatta and NSW, Tweed Heads and QLD, Tweed Heads South and QLD, Albury and VIC, Lavington and VIC, and Wodonga and NSW.

(c) For the purpose of determining the rate in Table 11 -

(i) a Print Post article addressed to Norfolk Island shall be deemed to have been addressed to a place in NSW; or

(ii) a Print Post article lodged in, or addressed to, a place listed in Column A below shall be deemed to have been lodged in, or addressed to, a place in Column B.

Column A

Column B

Australian Capital Territory

NSW

Territory of Christmas Island

WA

Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands

WA

Australian Antarctic Territory

TAS

Territory of Heard and McDonald Islands

TAS

(d) In Table 11 "metro address" means the delivery of a Print Post article to the sorting divisions eligible for the metro rate in accordance with the Print Post Sort Plan for the Print Post service published by Australia Post from time to time.

(e) In Table 11 "country address" means the delivery of a Print Post article to the sorting divisions eligible for the country rate in accordance with the Print Post Sort Plan for the Print Post service published by Australia Post from time to time.

Table 11 - Print Post Same State/Other State & Residue
Type of Article/
Weight
Price per Article (Surface Mail) $
Same State
Other State
Metro
Country
Residue
Metro
Country
Residue
LPD
SPD
LPD
SPD
LPD
SPD
LPD
SPD
Small Articles
Up to 250g
0.400
0.430
0.405
0.440
0.490
0.420
0.440
0.425
0.450
0.500
Large Articles
Up to 50g
0.445
0.460
0.480
0.515
0.560
0.515
0.550
0.590
0.620
0.665
50g up to 125g
0.545
0.585
0.625
0.670
0.695
0.705
0.760
0.800
0.845
0.900
125g up to 250g
0.700
0.775
0.830
0.905
0.940
0.970
1.055
1.150
1.245
1.275
250g up to 375g
0.880
0.945
1.015
1.080
1.105
1.245
1.340
1.405
1.505
1.560
375g up to 500g
1.045
1.110
1.185
1.250
1.275
1.510
1.615
1.680
1.810
1.820
500g up to 625g
2.030
2.130
2.330
2.430
2.530
2.730
2.890
3.130
3.280
3.480
625g up to 750g
2.180
2.280
2.490
2.590
2.690
2.880
3.040
3.280
3.440
3.640
750g up to 875g
2.330
2.430
2.640
2.740
2.840
3.040
3.200
3.430
3.590
3.790
875g up to 1000g
2.480
2.580
2.790
2.890
2.990
3.190
3.350
3.580
3.740
3.940

(5) CORRECT ADDRESSING - NON-COMPLIANCE SURCHARGE

Articles that do not comply with correct addressing conditions as specified in the Print Post Service Guide published by Australia Post from time to time, are subject to applicable prices detailed in Tables 9, 10, 11 plus a surcharge per item in Table 11A.

Table 11A - Correct Addressing: Non-Compliance Surcharge

Destination

Sort Level
CBD Sort Division
Other Area
LPD
$0.05
$0.00
SPD
$0.05
$0.00
Residue
$0.05
$0.05

(6) AIR MAIL SURCHARGE

(a) The amounts indicated in Table 13 for each kilogram, or part thereof, in the mass of the lodgment, according to the zones (the postcodes of which are specified in Table 12) representing the places between which carriage is required, are to be added to the charges in sub-item (4).

(b) The air mail service for Print Post articles is restricted to articles lodged under sub-item (4).

Table 12 - Print Post Air Mail Surcharge Zones

Zone

Postcode of each place located in Zone indicated

Postcode Zones for Large Volume Receivers

N1

2000-2920

0200-0299, 1000-1999

V1

3000-3999

8000-8999

Q1

4000-4736

9000-9596

Q2

4737-4899

9597-9999

S1

5000-5999

 

NT1

0800-0881

0900-0999

W1

6000-6699, 6800-6999

 

W2

6700-6799

 

T1

7000-7999

 

TABLE 13 - Domestic Mail Transit Surcharge per kilogram or part thereof

Zones

N1

V1

Q1

Q2

S1

NT1

W1

W2

T1

 

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

N1

1.35

1.35

1.35

2.70

2.70

5.40

5.40

6.00

2.70

V1

1.35

1.35

2.70

4.05

1.35

5.40

4.05

5.40

1.35

Q1

1.35

2.70

1.35

2.70

3.00

4.05

5.40

6.00

3.50

Q2

2.70

4.05

2.70

1.35

4.05

4.50

5.40

6.50

5.00

S1

2.70

1.35

3.00

4.05

1.35

4.05

4.05

5.40

2.70

NT1

5.40

5.40

4.05

4.50

4.05

1.35

5.40

6.00

5.40

W1

5.40

4.05

5.40

5.40

4.05

5.40

1.35

2.70

5.40

W2

6.00

5.40

6.00

6.50

5.40

6.00

2.70

1.35

6.00

T1

2.70

1.35

3.50

5.00

2.70

5.40

5.40

6.00

1.35

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