It is interesting to see the variation in newspaper home delivery fees just approved by News Limited:
- QLD: A 17% increase in newspaper home delivery fees and the knock-on effect of a long overdue cover price increase by 10%.
- NSW: 25% increase in 7-day newspaper home delivery fee.
- VIC: 20% (approx.) increase in seven days delivery fee; $0.55 postage fee permitted on mailed accounts.
- TAS: No change for interstate newspapers (important for some newsagents); approx. 20% increase in home delivery remuneration.
- SA: Country Newsagents: increase of up to $1 per week per account plus a $1.50 per invoice fee and a $3.00 fee for late payment.
- WA: The Sunday Times delivery fee increases 5 cents.
- NT: No increase at this time.
I wonder if the News Limited executives setting these pay rates for newsagents would have accepted the same level of increases newsagents have achieved over the last, say, ten years. I’d also be interested in researching what a News Limited employee gets paid for an equivalent unit of work to delivering a newspaper every day.
As for the variation, it is intriguing. While there will be argument that it reflects different conditions, I’d suggest that in most rural and regional areas the conditions are quite similar.
has this been officially announced to NSW yet? havent seen or heard anything other than on here and yahoo.
It is good to see what has been done i other states. Thank you for publishing this. Now, why aren’t we all treated as equal?
Hi Mark,
Thanks for this… Given the changes to delivery fees are to be effective from 12th April, has anyone been told who is going to communicate these to the customers… or will we be left to bear the customers anger…
When we introduced the postage fee at least we gave our customers three months notice that it was comming… Even then, we still had a few angry customers…
Cheers
Peter
Looks like you’ve just got picked up on Lifehacker.
I was wondering when I first saw this posted: While its all good to give % increases or $cc per paper/week etc. Do you have the actual data on what the new prices would be?
e.g. how much does a NSW newsagent get per delivery for regular & how much for 7 day service etc. Compared to Qld, Vic etc.
Even if its just metro or something like that would be nice to put the changes in perspective.