Australia Post will equip posties with citronella spray after an alarming number of dog attacks over the last six months. From June, posties will be given water-based citronella spray to be used ...

The Australia Post has begun providing its posties with citronella spray to help defend themselves against dog attacks amid rising incidents in the past six months. The organisation started the spray ...

The national postal service has introduced a non-harmful, water-based citronella spray as a last line of defence to protect postal workers from imminent dog attacks. The move follows a successful ...

The deployment of citronella spray will prioritise high-risk regions first, with all posties to be equipped with the spray by ...

Australia Post estimates more than 44 posties are attacked by aggressive dogs each week, with an average of nine a day. The water-based spray is non harmful and has been introduced as a last resort.

A rise in dog attacks on posties has been reported by Australia Post, with Darwin, Palmerston and Katherine identified as hotspots. Starting in June, postmen and women will be equipped with ...