[gary]

Reality check.


Consider you wanted to ship the smallest, lightest thing you could practically imagine.

For example, you wanted to ship a paper clip to the United States in a thin envelope.

So you decide to go to the post office and airmail it.

In 2019, to mail a paper clip in a thin envelope to the United States was $3.20

Today in 2021 it is $21.00

So you think to yourself, "Hang on. That is crazy. I am not going to spend
$21.00 airmailing this tiny light thing to the US. I will send it by sea mail".

To send it by sea mail through Australia Post today will cost you $46.95

So a few months back when the media was caught up in the hoo-ha of
Cartier watches, there was no media coverage at all about the
eye-wateringly high international postal rates and the implications that
has for Australian individuals and businesses.

The COVID crises has slashed the world's air cargo capacity.
And when you consider that it was theorised the current Sydney lockdown which is costing
perhaps over a $1 billion a week may have started with an infected FedEx aircrew, global
commerce is not without some hazard.