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Politics
Kat Wong

Regions to suffer most as snail mail gets even slower

From Monday, letters will be delivered every second day for 98 per cent of locations. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Posties always ring twice but in most of Australia from next week the reassuring tinkle accompanying the delivery of letters will only be heard every second day.

The long-term shift to email has led to losses of nearly $200 million for Australia Post, ending the era of regular daily drops in the letterbox.

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