The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) will no longer use printed 'outgoing passenger cards' at Australia's ports from Saturday July 1. The information previously gathered from the cards will now be collated from existing government data.

Sydney label converter Foxcil's new Konica Minolta bizHUB C71cf digital label press, the first in Australia, has been installed at the company's Brookvale plant. Konica Minolta announced the sale of the small toner-based press, designed for short runs, at PacPrint 2017.

"From the instant I saw the first news footage of the Grenfell Tower inferno here in the UK, I could see the building had been clad in ACM panels and wondered if they were the correct grade," says Print21 magazine editor Andy McCourt in his latest ReVerb column.

Australian Paper will increase prices on selected uncoated woodfree copy and printing papers by three to five percent effective July. Andrew Menck, general manager sales at Australian Paper, said the price rises were necessary to offset costs.

Printing Industries is pleased with the appointment of Christine Holgate as CEO of Australia Post and looks forward to improved relations between Australia Post and the industry, says Andrew Macaulay, CEO PIAA, who hopes that Australia Post will negotiate on its planning and direction.

Avant Card, Australia’s first free postcard advertising company, will close its doors at the end of July 2017 after distributing more than 300 million postcards over 25 years. The very last card to be issued will be #20850, titled: “Elvis has left the building.”

Andreas Rau, national product manager of Melbourne-based Fujifilm subsidiary DS Chemport, has resigned after more than three decades in the graphic arts and printing industry, both in Australia and abroad. Rau and his family are returning to Germany.

Sarah Kennedy of Brisbane printer Colorcorp has won the Graduate of the Year Award at the 2017 LIA-Heidelberg Graduate of the Year Awards & PIAA QLD Early Stage Apprenticeship Awards night held at South Bank in Brisbane.

Neil Whittaker, the former high-profile MD of Fuji Xerox NZ and Fuji Xerox Australia, was paid more than $A1 million to leave his job after parent Fujifilm uncovered ‘accounting irregularities’ at its Australasian subsidiaries that had overstated revenues by $450 million.

Paper merchants BJ Ball and K.W. Doggett have revealed their newly merged business will be known as Ball & Doggett from 1 August. Details of the expected 'synergies' and ‘site rationalisations’ arising from the deal have yet to be announced.

Australia Post’s new CEO, former Blackmores chief Christine Holgate (pictured), will earn millions less than outgoing boss Ahmed Fahour, who resigned earlier this year after his $5.6 million salary was revealed by a Senate committee.

Paper merchant Spicers is cutting "less than 15" back-office jobs as part of the restructuring of its Australian business following the settlement of a long-running dispute with its former PaperlinX hybrid shareholders.

Swiss flexographic and gravure titan Bobst and its partners have reached out to Australian decision makers at a roadshow event in Melbourne. Held on Tuesday June 27th at the Langham Hotel, Southbank, the Bobst and Partners Roadshow aimed to connect with current and potential clients.

Melbourne’s Mezographic is the latest sign and display house to install Screen GP’s Truepress Jet W3200UV-HS flatbed UV printer. “The machine has performed above expectations,” says owner Frank Mezo. “The quality is quite amazing."

The textile printing business is set to explode, thanks to digital printing technologies, but sustainability consultant Laurel Brunner says the boom in printed fabrics could aggravate the industry's waste problem.

It's tough to keep up with frequent changes in superannuation legislation. Busy printers can struggle to find time to work out their super obligations to employees and to the business. With the financial year coming to an end, now's the time to contact your Media Super BDM for a super health check.