NPA’s sustainability strategy and decarbonisation road map is well on track thanks to the support of the Reserve Bank of Australia Workplace team. Having collaborated for the last two years, the RBA has been proactive in helping reduce NPA’s emissions footprint in three major ways: Energy management, energy infrastructure, and sourcing of renewable energy. 

Described by some as the Ferrari of the banknote processing world, the new BPS X9 that has been installed in the Finishing Department and running full-time since November last year is proving its worth.

One aspect of corporate branding that NPA has focused on in recent months is how we represent our organisation to potential recruits. As has been well documented in the last two years, successfully identifying and bringing new talent into any organisation in Australia has been challenging and NPA is no exception.

We are delighted to announce that the Philippines new 1000 Piso polymer banknote and the Australia's R series passport have won best-in-class awards at HSP Asia, the regional banknote and security ID conference currently being staged in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

For some of our longer serving staff it will be hard to believe, but 27 November 2023 was the 20th Anniversary of NPA manufacturing the Australian passport book for DFAT and the Australian Passport Office.

With the beehives are once again brimming with honey, NPA staff participated in the first Honey Harvest of the season which took place on Thursday 23 November.

On Friday 27 October, NPA was honoured to have Governor Michele Bullock visit the site. Her visit involved the formality of signing off on the new Australian $50 master sheet that displays her signature, and also involved a tour and a number of informal chats with staff along the way.

Led by NPA’s Specialist Technical Trainer Andrew Reynolds, NPA has an exciting crop of new talent coming through its ranks with nine staff participating in the Apprentice Training Program.

Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Tim Watts, visited Note Printing Australia (NPA)’s Design and Passports departments this month, meeting staff and walking through the passports design and manufacturing process with our management team.  

Long Term Supply Agreements enable NPA to deliver a wide-range of valuable services to central banks that do not have their own high security print works.  This includes central bank staff training, which was most recently enjoyed by staff from Bank of Papua New Guinea.