Well Dylan, I do not agree that it is the case that mail from O/Seas gets here faster than from within Australia.....though I have been experiencing HUGE delays with both, international and domestic parcel/mail deliveries (i am a buyer)

e.g. from USA paid on 20th Sept 2013, posted 20/Sep, Left USA on 21 Sept...track'g # LZ130478622US.......still has not arrived.I have contacted Aus Post 2x to no avail-they have no record of this package having arrived in Australia.....does not mean much to me as interestingly, I bought from same seller again on 28 Sept 2013,posted from USA on 30 Sept, left USA on 30/Sept - delivered to me on Fri 11th Oct.....yet USPS site and Aus Post have NO RECORD of parcel having been delivered-but I have it!!?!!!!

The only domestic packages that have arrived in 2-4 days have been sent express. Most satchels sent thru domestic service if lodged over the counter (so that scanned and activates tracking......'accountability' steps in) reach me in 8 days. Those sent thru clik n forget - registered on internet as having been posted but actually dropped in a road side 'red' box and often not scanned take longer to reach me-sometimes up to 14 days.How do I know when parcels have been scanned?.....because if you enter the tracking # into the Aus Post site you get the PLACE LODGED, DATE of LODGEMENT and the message 'IN TRANSIT' .....no lodgement  date usually means that the sender has not lodged over the counter etc. Overall I am happy with post time frames of MOST of my packages but the tally of 'unacceptable' time frames has noticeably and steadily increased since April 2013. April is around the time that Australia Post fully introduced clik n forget, I believe.

One final thing. Postage Price Increases.....I recently read 'somewhere' that Aus Post have to deliver, manage, allow and pay for the massive increase in overseas post items coming into Australia, mainly from Bhina. AP do not receive extra from our govt (as pointed out by an AP rep in this post) to allow for this increase of post traffic and our AP workers and contractors have to be paid for the time and volume of mail they move/deliver......so, guess who is paying for these deliveries?!! Yes ALL the folk that post stuff out of Australia and within Australia!

Just thought I would mention this