The boom in online spending reached a new high in August, according to Australia Post, with the logistics provider calling it the “biggest month in Australian online shopping history”.
Online purchases were up 8.9 per cent compared to the 2019 Christmas peak, and up 5.8 per cent higher than April 2020 – the previous largest period.
And, unsurprisingly, Victoria led the way. The state’s restrictions, as well as Melbourne’s lockdown, drove online spending 170 per cent higher than the same period of last year. The rest of the country rose 85 per cent.