Australia Post Annual Report 2008–09
Australia Post Annual Report 2008–09
Australia Post Annual Report 2008–09
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06<br />
Our business<br />
News and<br />
highlights<br />
Stamp of approval<br />
for 200 years<br />
We celebrated our<br />
bicentenary year with two<br />
significant stamp issues.<br />
First, ten stamps depicting<br />
the postal service’s past<br />
and present were released<br />
in March 2009. Then,<br />
following a national poll,<br />
the five <strong>Australia</strong>n stamps<br />
voted the nation’s all-time<br />
favourites were re-issued<br />
in June. See page 26.<br />
Lending a helping hand<br />
In response to the devastating Victorian bushfires in February<br />
2009, we donated $1 million to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire<br />
Appeal and also collected $4.8 million in donations from the<br />
public at our retail outlets. See page 38 for further details<br />
about our community involvement.<br />
<strong>Australia</strong> <strong>Post</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2008–09</strong> | <strong>Report</strong> of operations<br />
We delivered 95.5 per cent<br />
of domestic letters on<br />
time or early.<br />
See page 19.<br />
During difficult economic<br />
conditions, we earned a<br />
net profit of $260.6 million.<br />
See page 11.<br />
Passport to success<br />
Building on our dominant and trusted position in identity services,<br />
we became the first external entity permitted to process British<br />
passport applications. This expanded the number of <strong>Australia</strong>n<br />
locations where British citizens can apply for passports from<br />
four to 119. See page 24.
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