For the first time in the history of the Australia Post Group, StarTrack will operate from the same facility as its parent company’s consumer parcel division. The A$500 million parcel super hub being built at the former Holden automotive manufacturing plant in Elizabeth, South Australia, will be the first fully combined Australia Post and StarTrack site in the national network when it opens in 2028.
That distinction matters for B2B shippers. Until now, StarTrack and Australia Post have operated from separate facilities across the country, with freight and consumer parcels moving through distinct sortation paths. Bringing both networks under a single 83,000-square-metre roof signals a shift in how the group handles commercial freight alongside consumer volume.
A First for StarTrack
StarTrack has been a fixture in Australian freight since 1974, operating more than 55 depots and coordinating over 1,000 daily flights to 65-plus destinations nationally. Despite sitting within the Australia Post Group, StarTrack has maintained operationally independent infrastructure, running its own sortation lines, fleet, and depot network.
The Elizabeth super hub changes that equation. By co-locating StarTrack’s B2B freight operations with Australia Post’s consumer parcel processing, the facility creates opportunities for shared sortation technology, consolidated linehaul, and unified last-mile dispatch from a single origin point. For StarTrack customers shipping into or out of South Australia, the practical effect should be faster processing and fewer handoff points between lodgement and delivery.
Facility Capabilities
The numbers behind the hub underscore the scale of the investment:
- Processing capacity: Up to 400,000 parcels per day, doubling the throughput of the current Adelaide Airport Parcel Facility
- Footprint: 83,000 square metres across the former Holden factory site in Elizabeth
- Technology: Advanced automated sortation systems designed for mixed parcel and freight profiles
- Sustainability: Targeting a 5-star Green Star rating with advanced on-road sustainability technology
- Design horizon: Built to service South Australian deliveries for the next 20 years
The sustainability credentials are worth noting for B2B shippers facing increasing pressure from customers and procurement teams to demonstrate lower-emission supply chains. A 5-star Green Star rated origin facility strengthens the environmental profile of every consignment that passes through it.
What It Means for B2B Shippers
For businesses that ship via StarTrack, the Elizabeth super hub introduces several practical implications once it becomes operational in 2028.
Improved South Australian throughput. The current Adelaide Airport facility was designed for lower volumes. Doubling capacity at the state’s primary sortation point means fewer bottlenecks during peak periods and more consistent transit times for B2B freight moving through Adelaide.
Consolidated operations. Running StarTrack and Australia Post from the same site creates efficiencies in linehaul and sortation that should flow through to service levels. Where freight previously needed to move between separate StarTrack and Australia Post facilities for onward dispatch, the combined hub eliminates that step.
A signal of network investment. The A$500 million commitment is the largest single infrastructure investment Australia Post Group has made in South Australia. For shippers evaluating carrier reliability over the medium term, sustained capital expenditure on sortation infrastructure is a meaningful indicator of network capacity and service commitment.
Regional reach. The facility is designed to service not just metropolitan Adelaide but regional South Australia as well. B2B shippers with customers across the state stand to benefit from a single high-capacity origin point feeding both metro and regional delivery networks.
The Elizabeth super hub does not change StarTrack’s national network overnight, but it establishes a template for how the Australia Post Group may consolidate B2B and consumer operations at other major nodes in the future. For shippers managing multi-carrier strategies, the trajectory of that network investment is worth watching closely.