
Personal
- From $372
- Forward your personal mail from your old address to your new address from 1 month to 12 months.
Mail redirection
With our mail redirection service, you can redirect your letters and parcels to your new address, within Australia and overseas.
Mail redirection service
Mail redirection forwards your personal mail from your old address to your new address.
Choose from 3 mail redirection options
More mail redirection services
Mail redirection for business
It’s easy to redirect your business letters and parcels with our mail redirection service for business.
Special circumstances
If you’ve been impacted by family and domestic violence, a natural disaster, or you’re managing a deceased estate, you may be eligible for free mail redirection.
International mail redirection
For international mail redirection, you must apply at the Post Office as this service can’t be processed online.4
Apply for a period of 1, 3, 6 or 12 months.
You will need to provide proof of identity when you apply.
Redirection to | Up to 1 month | Up to 3 months | Up to 6 months | Up to 12 months |
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Australia | Up to 1 month $37 |
Up to 3 months $74 |
Up to 6 months $111 |
Up to 12 months $185 |
International4 | Up to 1 month $74 |
Up to 3 months $148 |
Up to 6 months $222 |
Up to 12 months $370 |
If you have a valid concession card, or you're listed as a dependant on someone else's card, you may be eligible for a reduced rate3.
You need to provide proof of identity and your concession card when you apply.
Redirection to | Up to 1 month | Up to 3 months | Up to 6 months | Up to 12 months |
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Australia | Up to 1 month $22.20 |
Up to 3 months $44.40 |
Up to 6 months $66.60 |
Up to 12 months $111 |
International4 | Up to 1 month $44.40 |
Up to 3 months $88.80 |
Up to 6 months $133.20 |
Up to 12 months $222 |
Combine the redirection of your personal mail and home business, trust or Self-Managed Super Fund (SMSF) mail.
Apply at a Post Office with photo ID showing your residential mailing address and:
Note: We can’t redirect mail from a PO Box.
Redirection to | Up to 1 month | Up to 3 months | Up to 6 months | Up to 12 months |
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Australia | Up to 1 month $74 |
Up to 3 months $185 |
Up to 6 months $370 |
Up to 12 months $740 |
International4 | Up to 1 month $148 |
Up to 3 months $370 |
Up to 6 months $740 |
Up to 12 months $1,480 |
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You can complete an application to redirect or hold mail on behalf of other people, such as elderly or sick relatives who cannot apply themselves. Such applications need to be lodged in-store at a Post Office along with proof that you have the right to act on behalf of that person.
To apply, simply download and complete an application to redirect mail form, or pick up a mail redirection form from your nearest outlet.
Due to security requirements, you cannot apply online to have mail redirected or held on behalf of others unless you are also listed on the application.
Yes. To redirect mail from both a street address and a Post Office Box, you must lodge a separate application for each.
We may not be able to process your Mail Hold service application if mail to be held is difficult to separate from other mail going to the same address. This may be the case for addresses such as large businesses, caravan parks, hotels and nursing homes.
If mail is addressed to more than one person, and only one of the addressees has applied for a Mail Redirection service, the mail will be delivered as addressed (that is, it will not be redirected).
If an article is addressed to more than one person, and the addressees have both applied for redirections but to different addresses, the article will be treated as "left address" and returned to sender.
Read the mail redirection and mail hold terms and conditions and how we're protecting your privacy.
1 Available to personal and concession mail redirection applicants. Refer to mail redirection and mail hold terms and conditions for more details.
2 Price quoted is for 1 month within Australia at the relevant rate.
3 If the application form is for multiple persons at the same address, a valid concession card must be produced for each individual to gain a concession for the service.
4 You must apply for International mail redirection at the Post Office. Some mail can't be redirected overseas, including Registered Post, Cash on Delivery, Parcel Post, Express Post and items which require customs documentation. We are not able to redirect mail from an overseas address to an Australian address. Please refer to the local postal service in the country you would like your mail redirected from.
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