Communications & mediaStatutory authorityExists today
Australian Postal Corporation
Australia Post
1 July 1989 – present
Previously Australian Postal Commission (1975–1989).
Government business enterprise trading as Australia Post that provides national letter and parcel services, a network of post offices and agency, identity and financial services.
Names over time
- Australian Postal Commission1975–1989
- Australian Postal Corporation1989–present
How it came into existence
The Australian Postal Commission continued as the Australian Postal Corporation, a government business enterprise, under the Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989, which took effect on 1 July 1989.
Legislation: Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989
Main functions
- Letter delivery and the community service obligations
- Parcels and logistics
- Post office retail network
- Bill payment, banking and identity services
- Stamp issues
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts.
- Type of body
- Corporate Commonwealth entity
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
- Accountable authority
- Board of Directors – Australian Postal Corporation Act 1989 sections 13 and 20 with reference to section 79(2) note (membership section 22)
- ABN
- 28 864 970 579
Lineage
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Sources
Primary sources
- List of Commonwealth entities and companies under the PGPA Act, 1 July 2026 (Department of Finance)
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))