With changes in fuel prices impacting the transport industry, the fuel surcharge can rise, fall, or not be applied, depending on the movement in fuel prices.

We regularly measure the difference between our current fuel buy price and a base price, being our fuel buy price at the time the surcharge was first notified to customers, in August 2017. The fuel surcharge for domestic parcels reflects a weighting of our direct and indirect fuel-related costs to total cost and the monthly average of index spot prices for:

Australia Post (domestic parcel sending contract) and StarTrack Courier Fuel Surcharge

eParcel (domestic) and StarTrack Courier surcharge
Month Surcharge
February 2025

Surcharge

5.2%

January 2025

Surcharge

5.2%

December 2024

Surcharge

5.1%

November 2024

Surcharge

6.4%

October 2024

Surcharge

6.9%

September 2024

Surcharge

7.4%

August 2024

Surcharge

7.3%

July 2024

Surcharge

7.4%

June 2024

Surcharge

8.3%

May 2024

Surcharge

8.8%

April 2024

Surcharge

7.7%

March 2024

Surcharge

8%

February 2024

Surcharge

9.7%

January 2024

Surcharge

11.7%

December 2023

Surcharge

12.3%

November 2023

Surcharge

11.1%

October 2023

Surcharge

7.6%

September 2023

Surcharge

6.7%

August 2023

Surcharge

6.6%

July 2023

Surcharge

7.9%

June 2023

Surcharge

8.3%

May 2023

Surcharge

8.8%

April 2023

Surcharge

10.2%

March 2023

Surcharge

9.8%

February 2023

Surcharge

10.3%

January 2023

Surcharge

11.5%

December 2022

Surcharge

10.2%

November 2022

Surcharge

9.6%

October 2022

Surcharge

11.3%

September 2022

Surcharge

10.8%

August 2022

Surcharge

9%

July 2022

Surcharge

7.9%

June 2022

Surcharge

6.3%

May 2022

Surcharge

4.3%

April 2022

Surcharge

3.1%

March 2022

Surcharge

2.3%

February 2022

Surcharge

2.7%

January 2022

Surcharge

2.7%

December 2021

Surcharge

1.9%

November 2021

Surcharge

1.6%

October 2021

Surcharge

1.6%

September 2021

Surcharge

1.4%

August 2021

Surcharge

1%

July 2021

Surcharge

0.7%

The surcharge is published 6 weeks in advance.

If you have any questions, please contact your Account Manager.