Yes, but rural residents have other benefits - they generally pay a lot less for housing and spend a lot less on things like travelling to work. If I lived in a capital city, or even a large city, I couldn't live on my current income. Houses around here are sold within a few days of being advertised for sale, which shows that a few people have cottoned on to the fact that it's so much cheaper to live in the country.  If living here means I have to pay an extra $10 or so for the 20kg boxes I get sent from Byron Bay once or twice a year, I can live with it.

Unless you're in a regional city. Canberra, for example.

 

We have 400,000 people, but our housing costs are up with Sydney and Melbourne. We also pay significantly more for fuel, even though we are less than 300km from Sydney. Not everybody here is a high-paid public servant, so those of us who aren't pay for the attitudes of the rest of the country.

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Unless you're in a regional city. Canberra, for example.

 

We have 400,000 people, but our housing costs are up with Sydney and Melbourne. We also pay significantly more for fuel, even though we are less than 300km from Sydney. Not everybody here is a high-paid public servant, so those of us who aren't pay for the attitudes of the rest of the country.

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Lie down with dogs....  

Yes, but surely Canberra would have to be one of AP's "major cities" as far as "posting to" goes.

I have never been able to access the 'same city' rates - AP class us as N2

You will have to settle for being classed as A1 on the boards, I suppose. Not that that's any help with postage cost, which I think is ridiculous for Canberra.

I was referring more to their My Post discount rates than the general postage rates. Some of the capital cities don't qualify for the same rates as the biggest ones either (for general postage).