The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued its fifth report assessing cross-subsidy between the services provided by Australia Post.
The report analyses Australia Post's 2008-09 regulatory accounts to establish whether its competitive services were being cross-subsidised with revenue from its monopoly services.
"The regulatory accounts do not provide evidence that Australia Post is cross-subsidising its competitive services with revenue from its monopoly services," ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel said.
"Australia Post's logistics services continue to be subsidised. However, the source of that subsidy appears to be Australia Post's other competitive services, rather than its monopoly services," he said.
To assess whether Australia Post's competitive services are being cross-subsidised by its monopoly services, the ACCC uses information provided by Australia Post in accordance with ACCC record-keeping rules.