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The CEO of Australia Post is Australia's best paid civil servant, with Christine Holgate taking home a tidy $2.65m last year. Holgate's remuneration was 40 per cent higher than the previous year's $1.65m, but still less half of her predecessor Ahmed Fahour.

The Australian paper market has undergone significant upheavals over the past few years, with the sale of the two biggest merchnats to Japanese firms. Jake Nelson reports on how the big players are adapting to a changing sector.

Mutoh Australia has appointed Melbourne-based Total Image Supplies as a new dealer across the full range of Mutoh printers.

Sydney based printer Momento Pro has been crowned the king of global print, winning the 2019 US Premier Print Awards James H Mayes Jr Memorial Best of Show prize.

Leading ANZ graphic arts industry supplier Currie Group is investing into the 3D printing sector, with a partnership equity agreement in 3D solutions developer EVOK3D.

Direct mail and fulfilment house Senses Direct has gone under, four months after losing its three-year battle with publishing giant Sensis over the trademark on its name.

Runaway Australian online design success story Canva has just raised an extra $85m to boost its growth, valuing the six-year-old business at a supersonic $3.2bn.

Controversial Melbourne print business Maverick Print Group has changed its name to MVP Print.

Chili Publish is unveiling its latest, and what it says is its most important, label and packaging update yet, Chili publisher 5.7, with demos are set to take place at Printing United in Dallas next week.

Australia's deputy prime minister Michael McCormack is one of more than 50 MPs and Senators who will be at next week's Print2Parliament event in Canberra. Today is the last chance to book tickets.

Australia's Top 100 Food & Drink Companies report is about to be published, and for printers engaged in packaging and labelling for food and beverage products it is one of the must-read publications of the year.

Print business broker Richard Rasmussen is looking for businesses to sell, with just three currently on his books.

Leading inkjet head developer Xaar is mothballing its thin film piezo printhead development, and has seen its senior execs and 100 staff go, as the company racked up a £50m ($90m) loss.

The landmark 40th anniversary edition of Labelexpo Europe 2019 was its largest, most international show held to date, with all figures rising to record levels.

Jet Technologies and Screen GP are celebrating 10 years of partnership success as the two companies gear up for 2020 with new Screen products.


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Three models of the Roland DG TrueVIS series wide-format inkjet printer cutters have earned top honours in three categories of the 2020 Pick Awards from Keypoint Intelligence’s Buyers Laboratory.