Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Australia Post shall supply a letter service.
(2) The principal purpose of the letter service is, by physical means:
(a) to carry, within Australia, letters that Australia Post has the exclusive right to carry; and
(b) to carry letters between Australia and places outside Australia.
(3) Australia Post shall make the letter service available at a single uniform rate of postage for the carriage within Australia, by ordinary post, of letters that are standard postal articles.
(4) Australia Post shall ensure:
(a) that, in view of the social importance of the letter service, the service is reasonably accessible to all people in Australia on an equitable basis, wherever they reside or carry on business; and
(b) that the performance standards (including delivery times) for the letter service reasonably meet the social, industrial and commercial needs of the Australian community.
(5) In this section:
"Australia" includes Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands, but does not include any other external Territory to which this Act extends.