MIAMI: Posties could soon be checking water meters and even looking out for elderly relatives and the family pet, as the nation’s 207-year-old postal service looks to reinvent frontline roles.
The news comes as Australia Post rolls out a trial of electric “postie trikes”, to help take the daily weight of the online parcels boom.
The trikes, made by Electric Vehicle Solutions in Abbotsford and with design refined by postie feedback, will be tested in three Melbourne suburbs in March…..