Australia Post has earmarked the system for outer metropolitan areas, outlining the changes in a 12-page brochure presented to councils, News Ltd says.

Door-to-door services would cease and residents would travel to “community hubs” where as many as 1200 post boxes would be located.

Swipe cards and pin codes would be used to open the boxes, which would be large enough to fit an A4 envelope.

Residents would be notified by SMS text messages to their mobile phones that they had new mail to collect.

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