Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) If the article is physically offensive it may be destroyed immediately by an employee of Australia Post.
(2) Australia Post must ensure that, before the article is destroyed, the following information is recorded, to the extent to which it is evident without unfastening or physically interfering with the article's cover:
(a) the sender's name and address;
(b) the intended recipient's name and address;
(c) what the article contains.
(3) If the sender's name and address has been recorded, Australia Post must, as soon as practicable after the article's destruction, cause written notice to be given to the sender:
(a) advising of the article's destruction and the reasons for its destruction; and
(b) stating the following information, if it has been recorded:
(i) the intended recipient's name and address;
(ii) what the article contained.
(4) If the sender's name and address has not been recorded but the intended recipient's name and address has been recorded, Australia Post must, as soon as practicable after the article's destruction, cause written notice to be given to the intended recipient:
(a) advising of the article's destruction and the reasons for its destruction; and
(b) stating what the article contained, if that information has been recorded.
(5) Words, pictures or graphics in the article, regardless of their nature, do not make the article physically offensive for the purposes of this section.