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Stamp prices go up again next year

13/12/2024 by The Coonamble Times

Photo: Suzy Hazelwood

Regional and rural areas will be feeling the weight of a stamp price increase from $1.50 to $1.70 to $2.70, depending on the weight, starting mid-2025. 

Despite more people receiving official communication via email, mail is still a trusted form of correspondence in regional and rural areas, according to Curtin University Adjunct Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Paul Alexander.

“The regions will feel it far more than in the city,” Mr Alexander said…

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