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Ballarat courier Paper Freight enters survival mode, as parent company loses major News Corp contract
A Ballarat freight business is fighting to keep its doors open, after its parent company lost a contract to deliver daily papers to the region.
Key points:
- A Ballarat freight company is no longer delivering Melbourne newspapers to Victoria’s west
- A regional newsagent says deliveries are being delayed since a new courier took over the role
- The change is also making life more expensive for a local newspaper
And it’s not the only regional industry reeling from the loss of a long-standing News Corp contract, which transferred to a new provider in the past week.
A News Corp spokesman confirmed the company had awarded the regional tender to deliver its newspapers — which include the Herald Sun and The Weekly Times — to Samx Express,…
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