Australia Post Annual Report 2008–09

Index (continued)
Australia Post Annual Report 2008–09
D
Data Co-operative 18
data products, specialist 18
debt to debt plus equity 11
Decipha 5, 12, 17, 19–20
defined benefit pension 72, 80
delivery, mail
frequency of 128
points of 7, 8, 9, 10, 17, 19
timeliness of 6, 9, 12, 13, 17, 19, 29
delivery equipment 19
delivery network 15, 27, 127
delivery operations 19
depreciation and amortisation 54, 63
derecognition of financial assets and liabilities 66, 67
derivative financial instruments 64
desktop mail lodgement 4
digital solutions 12
direct mail/marketing 20
(see also MYER one, promotional mail, transactional mail)
directors: see board of directors
disabilities, people with 39
disclosure of information 123–4
diversity, workforce 39
dividends 3, 7, 10, 11, 57, 63, 91
document services 4
E
EBA6/EBA7 40
ECI service: see Express Courier International 30
economic crisis/slowdown 6, 8, 10, 11, 17, 19, 24
electricity consumption (see also 38
energy efficiency initiatives)
electronic alternatives to mail 8, 9, 10, 17
eLetter Easy Peel 18,19
eLetter Prospect Package 18
eLetter Solutions 12, 17, 19, 20
eLetter Ticket 18, 19
eLetter Wrap 18
employee benefits 62, 69
employee turnover 39
employees/employment 9, 37, 39
energy efficiency initiatives 38
envelopes, innovations in 18
environmental programs 38
equity 50, 55
equity instruments 62
ethics 3, 43
event management capabilities 32
examination of mail 123
Executive Committee 47
expenses/expenditure 54, 62
Express Courier International (ECI) 30
Express Post 12, 16, 29, 30
Express Post eParcel 30
Express Post International 30
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F
fair value 60–107 passim
financial and statutory reports 49–130
financial crisis 8
financial guarantees 59, 70, 86, 100, 105, 106
Financial Report 49–130
Notes to and Forming Part of the 60–109
financial reporting standards:
see accounting policies and standards
Financial Statements Audit Report 52–3
financing activities 57
First Direct Solutions 20
five-year trends 11
five-year statistical summary 125
foreign operations and foreign
currency/exchange 4, 45, 54, 56, 61, 64–5,
71, 72, 76, 90, 99, 100–102
forward exchange contracts 86, 101, 106
franchisees and franchises 5, 8, 19, 23, 24, 38
freedom of information 122, 123
Future Delivery Design program 19
G
Geographic Information System Unit 19
Global Reporting Initiative 37
goods and services 54, 57, 63, 65, 69, 76
goodwill and intangibles 61, 62, 65, 67–8, 69, 72,
77n, 84, 85, 88n, 93, 108
Governance Arrangements for
Commonwealth Government Business Enterprises (1997) 41
government grants 63
Grays Online 28, 29
Green Building Strategy 38
greenhouse gas emissions 37, 38
grievance procedures 39
GST 57, 58, 65, 66
guarantees: see financial guarantees
H
hedging 64
history, Australia Post’s 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 29, 34
Human Resources Committee 42, 43, 45
I
identity services 4, 8, 12, 22, 23, 24
IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) 60
impairment 54, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 72,
77, 84, 85, 92, 93, 99, 100
income: see revenue
income and expense 56
income statement 50, 54, 61, 62, 63,
64, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 80
income tax 54, 55, 56, 57, 65, 73–5,
79, 92, 93, 108, 117, 125
Indigenous Australians employed 13, 39
information technology 10
injuries: see lost-time injuries
innovations, mail 17, 18
insurance 70, 121