NPA’s Lead Designer André Vancell uncovers some of the hidden design aspects of Australia’s new R series passport that provides further evidence as to why this passport has been so well received by the global security ID community. 

Last week, leaders of the R-series project took time to acknowledge the impressive contributions of departments across NPA in delivering the R-series passport, one of the most challenging and ambitious projects NPA has ever undertaken.

After the International Bank Note Society announced earlier this year that the Philippines new polymer 1000-Piso had been crowned the 2022 Banknote of the Year, the Melbourne branch of the IBNS this week formally presented the award to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Assistant Governor Mary Anne Lim in a ceremony held at Note Printing Australia.

Note Printing Australia had the rare opportunity to honour the work of a Papua New Guinean trailblazer on Friday 21 July. Acting Governor Elizabeth Genia, whose signature appeared for the first time on the new 10 Kina banknote, was on-site last week to sign off on a second banknote

The Bank of Papua New Guinea Governor has appeared in the first in a series of Community Service Announcements that the Bank will use to educate the PNG public about the importance of banknote quality. The Bank’s first woman to be in the role, Acting Governor Elizabeth Genia calls on all Papua New Guineans to look after their Kina banknotes. 

On Monday 3 July, Note Printing Australia celebrated a special milestone with its 110th birthday celebration. The occasion gave the NPA team a moment to reflect on the history of this great organisation whose first project was to produce Australia's first banknote, the 10 shilling, issued on 1 May 1913.

For the next two weeks, NPA’s passport design related to indigenous-themed imagery is on display in the foyer of the RG Casey Building in Canberra. This magnificent and inspiring 13 panel display (each panel is two metres high) uses the R-Series passport to take the visitor on a visual journey across the Australian continent. If you’re in Canberra across the next couple of weeks, find time to visit!

The effectiveness of NPA and BSP's strategic collaboration has been proven first and foremost through the interaction between our two organisations and the mutual benefits it has delivered to both State Printworks.

Newly minted Security Printer Angus McGrath has completed a rare achievement by winning the 2022/23 Visual Connections - LIA National Graduate Scholarship Prize. 

The central banking industry's pre-eminent communication, Central Banking Journal, announced their annual awards last week which included Note Printing Australia being awarded the Currency Services winner for 2023.