Australia Post Reviews 1,655

Great service , 1st time I've used Australia post from the UK , better than our useless royal mail we have in the UK !

Will make this short as I am sure literally every person has similar issues with Auspost. First this has happened multiple times in less then 2 months. I have a parcel that was due here last Friday to this Monday. It made it to Newcastle NSW on Thursday about 6AM only about 10- 15 minutes from me. Well its Tuesday and still no item and when I called them it was a chore to even speak to a human. The girl I spoke to was sweet but had zero information beyond what I could see. In no normal post does it take less time to get things from overseas then it does from only 15 minutes away. People are better off using a good courier and avoiding Auspost.

It's a NIGHTMARE to post items internationally via Australia Post. They charge you lots of money and provide the worst customer services. Please avoid it at all cost...

I ordered a filter from eBay with signature-on-delivery service. However, the item was left unattended at my front door without obtaining a signature. When I checked after receiving the delivery notification, the item was no longer there.
For deliveries requiring a signature, the correct procedure is to obtain a signature from the recipient. If the recipient is unavailable, a card should be left so the item can be collected from the post office.
In this case, the proper process was not followed, and as a result, the item has been lost.

There was no attempted delivery will not be recommending Australia Post couriers to any business

Absolutely Would not recommend this Company .I know why customers get private couriers to do their deliveries.Its faster and cheaper.

They are a national postage service. More than half of my items are undelivered citing safety issues. Apparently letterboxes and doors are safety issues. The door to the unit door is left open, delivery is more than possible and is flawless by amazon or sendle, but auspost is fkn useless. Today they posted a picture of a letter box, saying they couldn't deliver a single box of loose leaf tea...to a letterbox. Auspost is completely done. I have to go to the local post office to get my packages, because they won't deliver.

Honestly not sure why anyone uses Auspost for anything.
Why does my parcel need to go to 3-4 different sorting depos in metro Sydney?

Estimated shipping times are almost always wrong and keep changing to further dates. When inquiring about any issue the customer service gives the most vague responses.

Absolutely horrendous.

Would not recommend ever using. Just use independent post or something else. Paid for express delivery on medication. Package has gone from Brisbane to 4 different locations in Sydney (my location). Then to canberra to 3 different locations then back to Sydney. Great in a fuel crisis. And now they are telling me it's just going around in circles.

I’ve honestly never experienced a delivery service as frustrating and unreliable as Australia Post. What should be a simple process—sending and receiving parcels—turns into a drawn-out guessing game every single time.

The tracking system is an absolute joke. Updates are either completely inaccurate or so vague they’re useless. A parcel can sit in “in transit” for days (or weeks) with no explanation, then suddenly jump to “out for delivery” with no warning. Sometimes it claims an item is delivered when it clearly isn’t, leaving you scrambling to figure out where it actually went. The lack of real-time accuracy defeats the entire purpose of having tracking in the first place.

Delays have become the norm rather than the exception. Express post means nothing anymore—it’s just standard delivery with a higher price tag. Parcels regularly miss expected delivery dates without any proactive communication or accountability. If something goes wrong, you’re left chasing customer service, only to receive generic responses that don’t address the issue.

Customer support itself is another headache. It’s slow, unhelpful, and often feels like they’re reading from a script rather than actually trying to resolve your problem. There’s no sense of urgency, even when items are lost or significantly delayed.

For a national postal service, the lack of consistency, transparency, and reliability is incredibly disappointing. At this point, using Australia Post feels like a gamble—you might get your parcel on time, or you might be stuck in tracking limbo with no answers.

Overall, it’s a frustrating experience from start to finish, and a service that seriously needs government overview and improvement. Remember that we the taxpayers are funding this useless service.

Had 2 deliveries arriving on the same day. Received notice on both "Tried to deliver. Locked gate. Taken to Post Office. There is no gate. We have a glass front door with an intercom for the apartments. The driver lacked enough education on how to operate the intercom. Still easy to take photo of intercom panel as supposedly proof of delivery but not make contact as it was 5.00pm and the Post Office locally closes. Absolute disgrace.

Paid extra for Express Post and it still took a week to arrive. I was home all day waiting, but the driver didn't even bother to ring the doorbell. Just tucked a "we missed you" card into the letterbox and drove off. Now I have to drive to the LPO myself to pick it up. This happens every single time. Why do we even pay for delivery if they won't actually deliver? Australia Post is getting worse by the day. Total waste of money.

e.g. my parcel from Canada arrived in Sydney,insted of going to me 70 kilometers away.It was send to Finland! then sent back to me.8weeks.Australian post said the address was not clear- they should have said, they can't read. lately my mail from Sweden has not arrived to me, excuss - because any thing rigid in envelope the sorting machine will not handle so the letters are discarded or lost.more like contents stolen.

Parcel not delivered. Delivery man claimed there was a hazard, there is no hazard. When I enquired with Australia Post as to why my parcel was taken to the post office 20 mins away they indicated the postie maybe didn't want to get off his bike as he was worried it might be taken. I do not know how the customer is being punished for clear issues with company logistics. Burdening the customer when the company has clearly failed to deliver on their contracted obligations is disgusting. If I could apply fewer stars I would.

Should be able to put a negative star.
Stayed home when I had to be somewhere else waiting for a parcel they messaged was being delivered and never turned up, then they have the cheek to ask my opinion about the delivery that never came.
Minus 10 stars from me.
Totally useless.

AusPost are notorious for not delivering your package. These days if it requires a signature they will walk up to your door, take a photo of your door then walk away without taking the package out of the van or knocking so you put in a request to reattempt the delivery. NOT ANYMORE! If delivery was "attempted", even when not really, they will completely refuse to reattempt the delivery. Absolute scammers.

Have had three parcels. Just sitting in Adelaide airport for more than a week. Bloody joke.

They likely lost my package. There have been no updates or compensation so far. I hope the relevant authorities will intervene, regulate, and penalize them.

Did you know they can't (or won't) give out phone numbers for individual post offices? Even when that post office has rung you, to organise the redirection of a parcel? when i was trying to explain it to the customer 'service' person on the chat, she got very sarcastic then hung up. and the wait times on the phone were 30 mins +, and they hung up on me too. 1 star because there's no option for no stars.

Never knock always faking attempt deliveries, lazy company terrible attitude and delivery drivers. Only rarely are some of the delivery drivers very kind and doing their jobs but that’s 1/10 disgusting company. I pay extra to go to different couriers company