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.

Angus McGrath has been recognised as the 2023 Victorian Graduate of the Year Award and Jack McAullay was given a Merit Award which places him as one of Victoria's leading graduates.

One of the defining characteristics of the banknote market today is the level of control central banks now have in managing their currency production requirements. Over the last two decades, the vast majority of central banks have moved from an arm’s length relationship with its suppliers to developing greater levels of in-house expertise in regard to the design, specifications and ordering of banknotes.

The Reserve Bank has decided to update the $5 banknote to feature a new design that honours the culture and history of the First Australians. This new design will replace the portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Despite his desire to leave quietly, the February departure of Ashley Hannon after 18 years at NPA cannot go unnoticed. He is, perhaps the first employee whose departure has triggered the business to rethink its organisational structure…

NPA has a wonderful history of security printing innovation. In this video, some of NPA's longest serving employees reflect on the early days (1981 onwards) of printing at the Craigieburn site.