{"id":919073,"date":"2026-10-07T06:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919073\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:14:15","slug":"australia-post-releases-key-dates-for-christmas-parcel-sending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919073\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Post releases key dates for Christmas parcel sending."},"content":{"rendered":"

Aussies are being urged to plan their Christmas<\/a> parcel sending early as Australia Post braces for a record peak delivery season.<\/p>\n

Australia Post has issued its deadline posting dates for ensuring parcels and presents reach their intended destination ahead of December 25.<\/p>\n

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People are urged to plan their Christmas shopping early.\u00a0fotostorm<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s still more than two months away, Australia Post executive general manager parcel, post and e-commerce services Gary Starr said he expected a lot of early shopping<\/a> during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur message is simple: check the dates, shop early, send early and get one more thing ticked off your Christmas to-do list,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been preparing for months to support another busy festive season and make sending and receiving as easy and convenient as possible for customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last year, Australia Post delivered a record near-111 million parcels during November and December, up 7.6 per cent on 2024.<\/p>\n

The network handled more than 3075 parcels a minute and delivered about two million a day for more than 30 days in a row.<\/p>\n

And this year, even higher volumes are expected.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s when you have to post by to ensure your parcels get delivered in time for Christmas.<\/p>\n

For Metro locations across Australia:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Parcel Post: Parcels should be sent by December 21 for interstate deliveries and December 22 for same state deliveries.Express Post: Parcels should be sent by December\u00a023.Letters\/Cards: Christmas letters and cards should be sent by December 18 for interstate deliveries and December 21 for same-state deliveries.\u00a0\u00a0Items lodged over the counter at a Post Office will need to be lodged by 2.30pm on the abovementioned dates.<\/p>\n

People sending to or from Western Australia, Northern Territory, Tasmania, or regional and remote locations, should allow a few extra days for all postal services.\u00a0<\/p>\n

International:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Economy Air: Parcels should be sent between November 24 \u2013 December 4 depending on the destination.International Standard: Parcels should be sent between December 1 \u2013 December 11 depending on the destination.International Express: Parcels should be sent between December 4 \u2013 December 15 depending on the destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aussies are being urged to plan their Christmas parcel sending early as Australia Post braces for a record…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99],"class_list":["post-919073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}