No cross-subsidy from reserved services
Posted: May 7, 2012 at 11:58 am
The ACCC last week issued its annual report into cross-subsidy between Australia Post’s reserved service and other services, which found that the reserved service (60c stamp) is not subsidising any part of Australia Post’s business.
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ACCC to investigate fuel price sharing
Posted: May 4, 2012 at 2:13 pm
The ACCC has announced that it will conduct a formal investigation into price information sharing arrangements in the retail petrol industry.
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New electric van
Posted: April 3, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Smith Electric vehicles has launched a new electric van and has announced that FedEx in the USA will be one of its first major customers. The new electric van will have a range of up to 160km.
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POAAL meets with Minister for Communications
Posted: March 9, 2012 at 2:20 pm
This afternoon POAAL met with the Minister for Communications, Senator Conroy. We discussed some of the issues specific to Mail & Parcel Contractors and Messenger Post Contractors, including volatile fuel prices and rising operating costs.
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New portable devices for UPS drivers
Posted: March 1, 2012 at 7:10 am
UPS has announced that it will be deploying new portable devices to its drivers around the world.
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Meeting with Australia Post MD
Posted: February 13, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Today POAAL representatives met with Australia Post MD/CEO Ahmed Fahour along with Australia Post Executive General Manager Retail Services Christine Corbett. We raised a number of topics of profound importance to Licensees and Contractors at this meeting.
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Road Safety Remuneration Bill
Posted: February 13, 2012 at 8:55 am
The proposed Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal would be of little benefit to Mail & Parcel Contractors. It duplicates existing protections available to Contractors. A mandatory code of conduct, containing easy-to-use dispute resolution and improved minimum contract conditions, would do more to improve safety for owner/drivers.
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New aerodynamic trailer tail
Posted: January 28, 2012 at 3:33 am
TNT Express in Holland has been testing an aerodynamic tail on the trailer of one of its trucks. During testing, the special tail – called “EcoTail” – reportedly reduced fuel consumption by 6 percent.
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Merry Christmas from POAAL
Posted: December 21, 2011 at 11:55 pm
POAAL wishes all Licensees, Contractors and Couriers a Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. We look forward to serving you in 2012.
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Higher fuel prices reflect global trends
Posted: December 15, 2011 at 1:49 pm
The ACCC recently released its report on the prices, costs and profits of unleaded petrol in Australia, which showed that while 2010-11 prices were around 8 cents per litre higher than in 2009-10 petrol prices in Australia remain among the lowest in the OECD.
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