Yes Melina, Australia Post belongs to the Universal Postal Union too and delivers mail from China free or at a very low fee.

Most countries in the world belong.

If we are going to charge higher fees to deliver overseas mail you can be sure the other countries will reply in kind.....and up will go the AP charges to cover the fees to be paid to other countries.

Be careful what you wish for.

The postal situation ha been discussed at length on other threads on these boards.