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How to submit a complaint with AusPost
With AusPost, complaints move better when the route is right, the issue is named early, and the remedy request is concrete.
- Start in the right place: Use the official contact form for AusPost so the complaint lands with a team that can actually review it.
- Anchor the facts: Include tracking numbers, receipts, delivery details, photos, and messages and explain what went wrong with mail delivery, parcel delivery, and retail services.
- Name the complaint theme: Say if the issue is about delays in delivery, lost, and damaged items so it is routed properly.
- Ask for a concrete outcome: Spell out whether you want a refund, reshipment, compensation review, or a clear written explanation.
- Keep it on one thread: Ask for a written reference or acknowledgement and keep all follow-up in the same complaint trail.
Most AusPost complaints move through logging, evidence review, and then a written position on what the business will do next.
- Acknowledgement: You should get a case number, email, or some written sign that AusPost has logged the complaint.
- Review: The business will usually look at tracking numbers, receipts, delivery details, photos, and messages and the part of the service tied to the complaint.
- Response: A useful answer should explain what AusPost found and whether it will offer a refund, reshipment, compensation review, or a clear written explanation.
- Push-back if needed: If the reply is vague or misses the key point, answer on the same thread and restate the unresolved issue in plain language.
Common complaints against AusPost
The complaint themes most likely to matter for AusPost are below. Use the one that best matches your issue.
- Delays in delivery: Delays that create extra cost, inconvenience, or missed connections.
- Lost: A recurring friction point that is worth naming clearly in your complaint.
- Damaged items: Products turning up faulty, marked, broken, or not fit for use.
- Difficulties in customer service: Slow replies, handballs between teams, or support that misses the actual problem.
AusPost complaints submitted through Ajust
Do not let a weak AusPost response turn the issue into a fresh complaint. Escalate the same chronology instead.
- Escalate internally first: Ask AusPost to move the complaint to a manager, specialist complaints team, or formal review path.
- Keep the same chronology: Do not restart from scratch. Re-send the timeline, evidence, and the outcome you still want.
- Move externally when the internal process stalls: If the business still does not deal with it properly, the practical next step is usually your state Fair Trading or Consumer Affairs agency, plus chargeback or tribunal options if the loss is financial.
If AusPost does not resolve a complaint about delays in delivery, lost, and damaged items, there is usually an external path beyond the business.
- Main external path: your state Fair Trading or Consumer Affairs agency, plus chargeback or tribunal options if the loss is financial
- Why this route matters: Travel and transport complaints often become stronger when the timeline, booking reference, and financial loss are set out clearly.
- Before you escalate: Keep your full AusPost complaint trail together, including receipts, screenshots, emails, and any written responses.
If you want the complaint on record with AusPost, these are the official contact points worth using first.
- Official contact: https://auspost.com.au/help-and-support
AusPost Complaints FAQs
What is the fastest way to complain to AusPost?
Use the official contact form if it fits the issue. A complaint with dates, evidence, and a clear remedy usually moves faster than a broad service rant.
What should I include in a complaint to AusPost?
Attach the proof that best matches the issue and ask for a refund, reshipment, compensation review, or a clear written explanation. Clear evidence makes it harder for the complaint to be brushed aside.
What complaint issues come up most often for AusPost?
The recurring themes are usually delays in delivery, lost, and damaged items. Naming the exact complaint theme early gives the issue a better chance of landing with the right team.
What can I do if AusPost still does not fix the problem?
Do not restart the complaint from scratch. Keep the same evidence trail together and escalate with the same chronology attached.
You’ve done your part, now it’s time to hold AusPost accountable.
Take the final step and submit a complaint that gets seen and responded to.