Post offices and online shopping

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04 August 2011Not so long ago many were speculating on the future of the post office, with the decline in its old core business, letters. But right now the post office has a new core business delivering the goods that everyone is buying online.

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Alex Twomey
National Community Engagement Manager with Australia Post.

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Chris Bullock

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