Australia Post: Established 1 March 1975

Australia Post, the national postal service, was formally created on 1 March 1975 when the Postmaster-General's Department (PMG) was split into two government-owned entities:

• Australia Post – postal and logistics services.
• Telecom Australia (later Telstra) – telecommunications.

Key Facts

• Delivers >3 billion items annually.
• Operates 4,000+ post offices and outlets.
• Government business enterprise (GBE)—commercially run, government-owned.
• Predecessor colonial postal services date to 1809; federation unified them in 1901 under PMG.

The 1975 restructuring aimed to improve efficiency and accountability in both sectors.