The latest info from my post office this afternoon is to wait and see:O  According to him there has been such a backlash in relation to some of the proposed changes that AP is now apparently rethinking some of them:|

This is what is on the current Registered letter envelopes and as you can see.they are not limited to printed material only.

The info will be in two posts.

Thanks for that go-tazz!

@sillysillysheep

Given that the envelopes are not very thick, would it be possible to put a padded mailer INSIDE a reg'd envelope, provided overall the item is no thicker than 20mm?

I use flat cardboard boxes that I successfully send as large letters as I find cardboard to be more protective than padded/jiffy bags.

In the eyes of Aus Post I thought parcels and letter were treated differently. I am fully away you can simply purchase tracking and signature for parcels, but this option is not currently available for items under the large letter category, "from what i have been told by our Local Aus Post Manager"

I've been sending large letters Registered for ages and sent one as late as last week. Not sure if a signature will be able to be purchased for a large letter after April 8th but we'll just have to wait and see. Everyone will be in the same boat as far as that goes, so it should even out amongst sellers anyway.