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tolltoday<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong>’s quarTerly maGazine<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

taking logistics to new heights<br />

on page 16<br />

Quake city challenge for <strong>Toll</strong><br />

on page 4<br />

Help us fill the <strong>Toll</strong> Museum<br />

back cover<br />

June–August 2011


About <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong><br />

toll is the Asian region’s leading provider<br />

of integrated logistics services, generating<br />

an annualised revenue of A$8 billion and<br />

operating an extensive network of over<br />

1,200 sites in 55 countries.<br />

toll’s access to transport and infrastructure<br />

assets includes road fleets, warehousing, ships,<br />

air freight capacity, ports and rail rolling stock.<br />

these assets when combined with operational<br />

expertise and technology solutions, are aimed<br />

at driving supply chain efficiencies to deliver<br />

best practice in supply chain management for<br />

toll’s diverse customer base.<br />

2 tOLL tOdAY<br />

Contents<br />

Message from<br />

Management<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Domestic Forwarding 4<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Specialised and<br />

Domestic Freight<br />

You will no doubt have noticed that this edition<br />

of toll today is somewhat different. In line with<br />

the recent company rebrand and periodic<br />

updates we make to the magazine, we have<br />

given it a new look and feel.<br />

As always, we are keen to hear from you on the<br />

new style and encourage any ideas you may<br />

have for new stories, features or topics. Please<br />

email your ideas to editor@tollgroup.com<br />

3<br />

9<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global Resources 13<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global <strong>Logistics</strong> 20<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global Express 23<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding 26<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> 29<br />

Community 38<br />

Wellbeing 46<br />

Staff Milestones 47<br />

Head Office<br />

level 7, 380 st Kilda road<br />

melbourne ViC 3004 australia<br />

t +61 3 9694 2888<br />

F +61 3 9694 2880<br />

www.tollgroup.com<br />

editor<br />

Danielle sawyer<br />

<strong>Group</strong> Corporate affairs<br />

e editor@tollgroup.com SCS-COC-00790<br />

Introducing the<br />

new-look <strong>Toll</strong> Today


Working as<br />

one business<br />

with One <strong>Toll</strong><br />

reflecting on the last 18 months at<br />

<strong>Toll</strong>, i think they have been some<br />

of the most exciting and important<br />

months that <strong>Toll</strong> has experienced in its<br />

recent past. <strong>Toll</strong> is maturing, and this<br />

began with the creation of the current<br />

organisational structure in January 2010.<br />

For the most part <strong>Toll</strong> did not change the<br />

basic building blocks of our success in<br />

the past, that is the individual business<br />

unit. The question that must now be<br />

asked is what does <strong>Toll</strong> need for the<br />

future? more of the same, something<br />

completely new or a combination of both?<br />

Before we answer this question, we<br />

must first understand what <strong>Toll</strong> wishes<br />

to achieve over the next five years; a<br />

company that continues to be asia’s pre-<br />

eminent integrated transport and logistics<br />

provider, with a rest of the world reach.<br />

one of the key elements of our ability to<br />

achieve further success in this strategy<br />

will be our ability to work consistently<br />

across business units, divisions,<br />

geographies and product offerings. This<br />

is simply not about selling in a unified<br />

manner, but it is also about how we<br />

develop our people, control our safety,<br />

• one brand, one logo<br />

• one safety culture and commitment<br />

deliver iT solutions and interact with<br />

customers. in other words, how we work<br />

together to create one <strong>Toll</strong>.<br />

one <strong>Toll</strong> is not just an empty catch<br />

phrase or buzz word. This will be a<br />

crucial part of our culture going forward<br />

if <strong>Toll</strong> is to replicate past success into<br />

the future. it must be a core principle<br />

of everything we do, and people in<br />

leadership roles must lead by example<br />

and press home the type of behaviour<br />

required for one <strong>Toll</strong> to work.<br />

The senior management team and<br />

i have a core responsibility to ensure<br />

that people across the organisation<br />

understand what is expected in the new<br />

one <strong>Toll</strong> world.<br />

one <strong>Toll</strong> complements and builds on<br />

the success of the individual business<br />

units. moving forward we must act as<br />

one business with one shared goal. <<br />

shane O’neill<br />

Divisional Director<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global express<br />

What does One <strong>Toll</strong><br />

mean in practice?<br />

• one approach to Hr strategy and personal development<br />

• one approach to iT to empower our businesses everywhere<br />

• one set of core values that we are all judged by<br />

• one discipline around environment and other corporate social responsibility issues<br />

• one approach to business development that traverses multiple business units or regions.<br />

MESSAGE FROM MAnAGEMEnT<br />

June–auGusT 2011<br />

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<strong>TOLL</strong> DOMESTIC FORWARDInG<br />

4 tOLL tOdAY<br />

Quake city<br />

challenge<br />

for <strong>Toll</strong><br />

At 12.51pm on tuesday 22 February 2011<br />

Christchurch city was torn apart by its second<br />

major earthquake in six months. More than<br />

180 people were killed, 10,000 homes became<br />

uninhabitable, and much of the city centre was<br />

damaged beyond repair.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> played a vital role in the relief and recovery operation,<br />

led by Warren Boyes.<br />

Warren Boyes, General manager nz for Contract logistics, <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Global logistics, is no stranger to Christchurch. He joined the<br />

company in 2003 to work on a project there. He then moved<br />

on to auckland to spend the next five years restructuring<br />

the company’s warehousing and logistics operations. in July<br />

last year, Warren returned to Christchurch to oversee <strong>Toll</strong>’s<br />

operations in the south island. Within a few weeks, the city<br />

he knew would be changed forever.<br />

The first quake struck at 4.35am on 4 september 2010. There<br />

was minimal damage to the <strong>Toll</strong> warehouses, but a massive<br />

clean-up operation was required to remove and dump 3,000<br />

tonnes of damaged stock, and replace racking that had shaken<br />

and buckled under the force of the 7.3 magnitude quake.<br />

across the city, water and sewage systems cracked under<br />

the strain. a number of landmark buildings were damaged.<br />

Two Christchurch residents were seriously injured and sadly<br />

one person died.<br />

Christchurch continued to experience a series of smaller<br />

after-shocks over the next six months, but nothing would<br />

prepare the lunchtime crowds in the city’s central business<br />

district for the shattering blow that struck on 22 February.<br />

“Here at <strong>Toll</strong>, we were lucky again,” Warren said, “There was little<br />

evidence of damage to our operation; we knew what to do and<br />

how to go about the tasks that lay ahead. We marshalled our<br />

people outside, away from the building. We sorted everyone<br />

who had children at school, or elderly people to care for, or<br />

homes on gas supply and sent them home to check things out.<br />

Then, we called in the engineers to check that our buildings<br />

were safe to operate.”<br />

Supporting the relief effort<br />

The scale of the disaster soon registered. Warren received<br />

a phone call and a summons to report to the Civil Defence<br />

emergency centre. under escort, he was driven to the temporary<br />

headquarters in the city’s art gallery building.<br />

“There was absolute turmoil in the centre of the city,” he recalled,<br />

“We had no idea of the absolute devastation that the city suffered<br />

before we saw it during that drive.”<br />

Civil Defence urgently needed logistics expertise. initially, they<br />

had called contacts at KiwiRail, but the Kiwirail team quickly<br />

realised that the scale of the relief and recovery effort would<br />

require global, as well as national, logistics support. They<br />

recommended Warren.<br />

For the next three weeks, Warren was working 20 hours a day,<br />

seven days a week, coordinating a supply chain that involved<br />

communication between the Christchurch Civil Defence<br />

headquarters, the National Civil Defence Command Centre,<br />

the New Zealand Air Force, Army, a contingent of police from<br />

australia, the Royal Australian Air Force, a multinational force<br />

of skilled rescue and recovery workers, the Department of<br />

Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Development, the<br />

Salvation Army and even the Prime Minister’s Department. >


<strong>TOLL</strong> DOMESTIC FORWARDInG<br />

June–auGusT 2011<br />

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<strong>TOLL</strong> DOMESTIC FORWARDInG<br />

AbOvE<br />

some of the<br />

thousands of portable<br />

toilets that <strong>Toll</strong><br />

distributed around<br />

Christchurch.<br />

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Continued from page 5<br />

The objective was to ensure that whatever was needed,<br />

right down to pads, pens and batteries, was available to support<br />

the complex and fast-moving rescue and relief operation.<br />

There were three priority areas for action: fuel, chemical toilets<br />

and fresh water.<br />

Fuel was essential to drive the vehicles and equipment needed<br />

to deliver emergency services. supply was threatened by<br />

damage at the lyttelton port and in the main road tunnel<br />

connecting the port and the city.<br />

“Fuel was critical,” Warren said. “We got to work with the port<br />

company and the fuel companies to set up a system using<br />

pilot vehicles to escort tankers through the damaged tunnel,<br />

which was also operated by the port company, and into the<br />

city. There, we organised a network of service stations with<br />

special priority lanes to handle the fuelling of emergency service<br />

vehicles at local level.”<br />

Chemical toilets were needed because of widespread damage<br />

to the city’s sewage system. “That was a major global challenge”<br />

according to Warren. “Civil Defence figured that between 40,000<br />

to 60,000 chemical toilets or portaloos would be needed to<br />

ensure we didn’t have major health and hygiene problems<br />

because about 90km of the sewer pipes were damaged.<br />

procurement was our problem.”<br />

in the end, the chemical toilet procurement involved the creation<br />

of a global supply chain operation drawing on manufacturers<br />

and suppliers in China, the netherlands, the us and australia,<br />

as well as existing stocks in new zealand.<br />

a series of chartered Boeing 747 freighter flights involving,<br />

Air China, Malaysia Air, Cathay Pacific, Southern Air, as well<br />

as sea shipments into the ports at nelson and lyttelton, were<br />

also arranged to achieve delivery into the country.<br />

“Then we had to face the challenge of distributing them around<br />

the city,” Warren recalled. “Thankfully, we had assistance from<br />

around 100 army transport and volunteers to help us manage<br />

delivery. They were a very high demand item. naturally, the<br />

people were desperate to get them.”<br />

Water supply was another major issue. at first the focus<br />

was on securing supplies of bottled water. Then, there was<br />

a major exercise to have two large desalination plants flown to<br />

Christchurch from australia aboard raaF C17 Globemasters,<br />

and installed at the nearby seaside township of Brighton.<br />

a chain of local filling stations was established in areas of<br />

the city where no water supply was available, and water was<br />

trucked in from the ashburton District Council supplies and<br />

from Blenheim.<br />

a special seismic monitoring system from Calgary, Canada,<br />

and 14 suction trucks and pumps from australia were among<br />

the more memorable items sourced and delivered by the<br />

global supply chain.<br />

“our depot became a major relief hub,” Warren said. “We were<br />

operating up to three shifts a day during the period of peak<br />

demand.


“our team really went the extra mile to keep the operation<br />

rolling. none of them or their immediate family were killed in<br />

the quake, but many lost friends, and upwards of 21 percent<br />

of them were displaced from their homes and living with<br />

relatives or friends. about a dozen had their homes destroyed<br />

or damaged beyond repair. stress was something we had to<br />

anticipate and manage.”<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> new zealand <strong>Group</strong> General manager Greg Miller arranged<br />

for groups of staff from other parts of the country to go<br />

to Christchurch to help relieve the pressure.<br />

Greg said, “The effort and contribution made by our<br />

Christchurch team was significant in keeping our business<br />

going at such a difficult time. i have been humbled by their<br />

efforts for our customers and also the teams nationally that<br />

graciously donated staff to roster into and out of Christchurch<br />

supporting our Christchurch <strong>Toll</strong> family.”<br />

Looking after our teams<br />

arrangements were also made to ensure that the services of<br />

a professionally qualified team of stress management<br />

counsellors from seeD, a specialist consultancy, were available<br />

on a confidential oncall basis.<br />

at the main Christchurch depot, <strong>Toll</strong> also established a water<br />

filling station and a small home tanker operation to ensure the<br />

local team, their families and key customers had access to<br />

water as well as showering and washing facilities.<br />

“We made sure they had packed lunches, and we operated<br />

barbecues at the site to serve hot meals to our team, our<br />

contractors, plus about another 30 from the military and<br />

50 volunteers who were helping us deliver relief supplies<br />

around the city,” Warren said.<br />

Saying thanks to our teams and partners<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> team in Christchurch is particularly grateful to a number<br />

of major clients who supported their depot relief operation.<br />

“Griffins, the Warehouse, mG marketing and the mad Butcher<br />

all contributed food and we really appreciated their support,”<br />

Warren said. “We simply have so many people to thank for<br />

their support during this difficult time that i don’t want to start<br />

listing names in case i miss anyone. But the help we received<br />

from the rest of the <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong>, and particularly from <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

Forwarding was really invaluable. so was the help we had from<br />

air new zealand ground staff for the unloading and marshalling<br />

of the charter flights. in all, it was a very humbling experience<br />

to be supported by so many to achieve a very successful<br />

conclusion to our involvement.”<br />

The future for Christchurch<br />

Today, Christchurch is a quieter place. 231 city buildings are<br />

ticketed for demolition, and an estimated 10,000 homes are<br />

beyond repair. on the day after the state of emergency in the<br />

city was lifted, at the end of april, Christchurch experienced<br />

a 5.3 magnitude jolt. The next few months will continue to<br />

be challenging for the people of Christchurch as they start to<br />

rebuild their lives. our thoughts are with them at this time. <<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> DOMESTIC FORWARDInG<br />

TOp<br />

one of the cargo<br />

planes we unloaded<br />

with emergency<br />

supplies for<br />

Christchurch.<br />

LEFT<br />

Warren Boyes who<br />

was instrumental in<br />

coordinating the relief<br />

effort logistics.<br />

June–auGusT 2011<br />

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<strong>TOLL</strong> DOMESTIC FORWARDInG<br />

One <strong>Toll</strong><br />

lightens<br />

the load<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> businesses enjoy a challenge.<br />

especially when it’s oversized,<br />

complex and needs to be delivered in a<br />

tight timeframe.<br />

so when <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding in new<br />

zealand got the call in march from<br />

vacuum manufacturers Cuddon Limited<br />

to move a unit from new zealand to<br />

michigan, us, they were keen to get<br />

involved.<br />

This initial shipment ready for uplift<br />

from Cuddon’s Blenheim factory site<br />

at the end of march was a document<br />

dryer. measuring 2.46m high x 2.44m<br />

wide x 14.35m long, this dryer was no<br />

ordinary piece of office equipment – it<br />

can restore documents by the freeze<br />

drying process and dry 324 boxes of<br />

documents per load.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> new zealand collected the dryer<br />

and container from the Cuddon factory<br />

and transported it to the port. There, <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Global Forwarding took over.<br />

Together with a 40ft shipping container<br />

of accessories, the unit had to be<br />

delivered to the buyer’s store door<br />

located in livonia, michigan.<br />

Grant Wilson, Business Development<br />

manager quoted for this job using a<br />

traditional shipping option for the<br />

large document dryer and a standard<br />

container liner shipping option for the<br />

container.<br />

By traditional shipping the team<br />

reinvented the wheel, going right<br />

back in history in using a lift on/lift off<br />

non-containerised ship scheduled for<br />

discharging other bulk cargo at the port<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> leads the way<br />

in lightweight skels<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> refrigerated has recently added<br />

three new, lightweight trailers to its<br />

fleet which will result in significant cost<br />

and fuel saving benefits.<br />

These lightweight skels when combined<br />

with <strong>Toll</strong> refrigerated’s new road/rail<br />

container will result in 13.6 percent<br />

improvement in linehaul utilisation where<br />

weight is the governing factor. These<br />

lightweight combinations will enable a<br />

product carrying capacity of 25 tonne<br />

legally on road.<br />

one trailer/container combination will<br />

be used on the melbourne-Brisbane-<br />

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melbourne shuttle which will clock up<br />

approximately 8,000 to 8,500km per<br />

week. another will be running on the<br />

Brisbane-sydney-Brisbane route and<br />

the third trailer will be used on local work<br />

from railhead to depot. This local trial<br />

will be aimed at understanding how the<br />

lightweight frame handles the twisting<br />

and turning involved with accessing<br />

all types of premises and backing<br />

onto docks.<br />

The linehaul trials commenced in early<br />

June, and initial advice from the linehaul<br />

drivers has been that the trailers have<br />

behaved very well. if successful, these<br />

of Wellington, new zealand.<br />

once the shipment arrived in the us, <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Global Forwarding’s office in Chicago<br />

completed the inbound customs<br />

clearance and coordinated the overland<br />

transport from long Beach port through<br />

to final delivery in michigan.<br />

This is yet another example of how <strong>Toll</strong><br />

businesses work together to achieve<br />

great results in terms of price and<br />

turnaround for our customers. This endto-end<br />

service was unrivaled by other<br />

service providers in the market, further<br />

demonstrating the unique model we<br />

present when we work as one <strong>Toll</strong>. <<br />

combinations could ultimately replace<br />

road pans. This would result in not only<br />

a saving on capital cost but would also<br />

offer the benefit of a road or rail end use<br />

for the container.<br />

The improved utilisation in terms of<br />

both cubic and weight, results in more<br />

product moving at once. This means<br />

that less fuel is required per kilogram of<br />

product moved for the prime mover as<br />

well as to control product temperature<br />

whilst in transit. This new equipment<br />

also means that less capital equipment<br />

is required to move the same amount<br />

of product. <<br />

AbOvE<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> new zealand<br />

delivering the dryer to<br />

the port of Wellington.<br />

AbOvE<br />

a lightweight skel<br />

together with<br />

the lightweight<br />

road/rail container<br />

as part of a B-double<br />

combination.


Discovering the<br />

benefits of fossil<br />

fuel alternatives<br />

toll Liquids by its very nature is focussed<br />

on fuel, both as a cartage operator and as a<br />

significant consumer. Consequently we are<br />

often approached to participate in projects<br />

targeting either the use of alternate fuels or<br />

different ways to minimise our carbon footprint.<br />

it was in this capacity that Peter Pace, national Fleet manager<br />

at <strong>Toll</strong> liquids was approached by Richard Baxter, managing<br />

Director of GasTech; an r&D business based in Victoria.<br />

GasTech has been developing a natural gas fuelled engine that<br />

boasted some very impressive performance figures.<br />

GasTech has completed a significant amount of r&D in lpG,<br />

dual fuel engines, and inducted gas before finally arriving at the<br />

design for an engine that can run solely on either Compressed<br />

or liquefied natural Gas (CnG or lnG).<br />

GasTech and its engineering staff has also spent considerable<br />

time setting up the only privately owned engine dynamometer<br />

testing facility for heavy engines in australia. since then,<br />

GasTech has been busy monitoring and evaluating on-road<br />

versions of the CnG engines as well as running the lnG version<br />

on the test bed where they have further refined their solution<br />

to produce excellent returns.<br />

it was on the back of these performance figures that <strong>Toll</strong><br />

liquids agreed to be part of a trial using a prime mover that<br />

operated solely on lnG. ><br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> SpECIALISED AnD DOMESTIC FREIGHT<br />

Another initiAtive<br />

by SmArter Green<br />

June–auGusT 2011<br />

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<strong>TOLL</strong> SpECIALISED AnD DOMESTIC FREIGHT<br />

Continued from page 9<br />

How it works<br />

The GasTech engine remanufacture starts with a standard<br />

diesel engine which is then modified using a new cylinder head,<br />

multipoint electronic sequential fuel injection, (note that the<br />

GasTech lnG engines are spark ignited) and the air induction<br />

closed loop cooling system (patent pending).<br />

The package offers power output that is comparable to a similar<br />

sized diesel engine but due to the use of natural gas, manages<br />

to almost halve the fuel cost, has lower nox emissions and<br />

excellent turbo charger performance which is not normally<br />

associated with gas engines.<br />

This is a very cost effective service when compared to the<br />

diesel engines that it has been designed to ultimately replace.<br />

add to that an economical purchase price and you are looking<br />

at one very compelling argument to convert to lnG.<br />

like most things, there are some disadvantages including the<br />

need for specialist cryogenic lnG fuel tanks, restricted range<br />

compared to diesel and relatively few refuelling locations.<br />

The engine does however run on either lnG or CnG, so it is<br />

possible to set up a CnG facility just like a diesel Transtank, but<br />

unfortunately CnG has a shorter range (approximately 900km)<br />

and requires multiple CnG storage tanks. This impacts heavily<br />

on axle loadings compared to lnG that is 30 percent lighter<br />

than the equivalent amount of diesel fuel.<br />

The good news is that there are plans already underway to<br />

improve commercial access to both CnG and lnG.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> liquids has now had one of the lnG engines retrofitted<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> nQX supervisor is recognised<br />

with a future leader award<br />

Daniel Clarke, pick-up and Delivery<br />

supervisor at <strong>Toll</strong> nqX was a finalist<br />

at the Supply Chain and <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

Association of Australia (SCLAA) Awards<br />

in queensland where he received a<br />

High recommendation. He then went<br />

on to be a national finalist of the Future<br />

leader award.<br />

The Future leader award provides<br />

recognition of young professionals who<br />

are currently working in the transport,<br />

supply chain and logistics industry, and<br />

helps them further develop their career<br />

within the sector.<br />

The sClaa announced the winners of<br />

the 2010 awards in sydney late last year.<br />

With a record number of entries across all<br />

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states, judges had a tough job selecting<br />

winners and high commendations from a<br />

range of exceptional submissions.<br />

PJ Gould from <strong>Toll</strong>’s <strong>Group</strong> Business<br />

Development team, along with Bruce<br />

Rowan from <strong>Toll</strong> nqX attended the event<br />

and supported Daniel as he proudly<br />

represented <strong>Toll</strong>.<br />

as a board member and president of<br />

the aCT and southern nsW division<br />

of sClaa, pJ said, “This is a wonderful<br />

opportunity to showcase young<br />

professionals within our industry.”<br />

“Daniel is a shining example of some of<br />

the talented young people we have here<br />

at <strong>Toll</strong> and he deserves this recognition<br />

to a prime mover that was due for an engine overhaul, and<br />

had the entire rig painted in the new livery.<br />

Paul Milo, national Business Development manager said, “Fuel<br />

usage typically makes up between 20 to 30 percent of the cost<br />

for much of our operation, so if we could achieve a fuel cost<br />

reduction of half using this engine it would obviously offer a<br />

significant tactical advantage to our business.<br />

“The longer term benefits will come from the environmentally<br />

friendly stance being lower emissions, better engine life and<br />

lower repair and maintenance costs. <strong>Toll</strong> liquids is really excited<br />

about trialling the engine and hopes to be able to confirm the<br />

benefits which ultimately will be shared by all <strong>Toll</strong> business<br />

units in the future.”<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> businesses that would like further information about<br />

the GasTech engine, should contact peter pace at<br />

peter.pace@tollgroup.com. <<br />

for the hard work he has put in at <strong>Toll</strong><br />

nqX.”<br />

on behalf of the sClaa, pJ is urging<br />

more <strong>Toll</strong> businesses to enter their<br />

staff into the competition this year and<br />

celebrate the great talent we have in the<br />

business. <<br />

AbOvE<br />

l-r: steve granland,<br />

Peter Pace, Richard<br />

Baxter and<br />

dale Herbert.<br />

AbOvE<br />

Bruce Rowan<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> nqX, daniel<br />

Clarke <strong>Toll</strong> nqX<br />

and PJ gould <strong>Toll</strong><br />

<strong>Group</strong> Business<br />

Development.


<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions rallies to support<br />

its customers affected by the<br />

Australian floods<br />

the recent floods and aftermath of Cyclone Yasi caused total devastation to many parts of<br />

Queensland, and toll transitions’ customers were amongst those affected.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions experienced this first<br />

hand as it became evident that a<br />

number of its customers’ furniture<br />

and personal effects were housed in<br />

flood affected areas and that some of<br />

its largest workplace relocation clients’<br />

premises were under water.<br />

The team acted very quickly to locate and<br />

assess the damage. a crisis team was<br />

assembled, led by senior management,<br />

which included <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions personnel<br />

from all over australia, to coordinate the<br />

assessment and recovery of the flood<br />

affected items.<br />

The team worked closely with the<br />

affected removals companies and their<br />

subcontractors to locate our customers’<br />

consignments. This task was particularly<br />

challenging at one removal company’s<br />

premises, as it was completely under<br />

water, meaning all its electronic and hard<br />

copy records were inaccessible.<br />

The recovery of goods was also<br />

hampered as flood waters took a number<br />

of days to subside.<br />

once it was deemed safe, the crisis team<br />

started the task of trying to identify and<br />

salvage the consignments that belonged<br />

to its customers.<br />

a team of 10 <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions staff was sent<br />

to various locations and employees were<br />

required to go through each consignment<br />

by hand to assess the damage and<br />

retrieve any salvageable items.<br />

They promptly moved salvageable<br />

consignments to other warehouses<br />

to prevent them from being further<br />

damaged.<br />

Customers were provided with continual<br />

updates on the state of their belongings<br />

and delivery timeframes.<br />

The whole clean up process took over<br />

two weeks, with the team giving up their<br />

weekends to complete the task.<br />

These events sadly caused considerable<br />

disruption to customers who were<br />

relocating in and out of queensland. The<br />

major impact was delayed deliveries<br />

which resulted in many families requiring<br />

temporary accommodation for extended<br />

periods. unfortunately there were a<br />

number of customers whose furniture<br />

and belongings were badly damaged<br />

or completely destroyed.<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions Workplace relocation<br />

project management team also worked<br />

around the clock to assist clients whose<br />

premises were flooded. This included<br />

getting them back to work by either<br />

moving them to alternate or higher<br />

ground locations.<br />

one client required over 650 work<br />

stations to be moved to a new location.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions engaged removalists<br />

to carry items down 12 flights of stairs<br />

in a blackened building with no power,<br />

lighting or air conditioning. This task took<br />

almost two weeks to complete due to<br />

the conditions and the regular breaks<br />

that were required to ensure safety was<br />

being adhered to very closely.<br />

national property manager from Virgin<br />

Blue, Glen Plummer said, “Thanks <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Transitions for your help in immediately<br />

rolling up your sleeves and jumping<br />

onboard to assist us with our recovery.<br />

as such, our business was able to<br />

operate uninterrupted during these most<br />

challenging times.<br />

“We very much appreciate the speed<br />

and efficiency at which you assisted to<br />

relocate our key iT folk and equipment<br />

into interim accommodation.” <<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> SpECIALISED AnD DOMESTIC FREIGHT<br />

AbOvE LEFT<br />

Flood damages to<br />

personal effects.<br />

AbOvE RIGHT<br />

Robert Kumar,<br />

removals services<br />

manager from <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Transitions’ melbourne<br />

office assisting with<br />

the flood recovery<br />

effort.<br />

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<strong>TOLL</strong> SpECIALISED AnD DOMESTIC FREIGHT<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions customer<br />

service centre has 100,000<br />

reasons to celebrate<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions Customer service Centre in Brisbane is<br />

celebrating taking its 100,000th RIGHT<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions<br />

Customer service<br />

call.<br />

Centre Team.<br />

The centre, which was officially opened on 1 July 2010,<br />

l-r: Brendon Clark,<br />

sandy taylor, Colette<br />

manages inbound and outbound calls relating to relocation<br />

snelling, Cathy activities for the business. supporting a large customer base<br />

gahnstrom, Jamie<br />

Wilson, Amelia<br />

including corporate clients, the Australian Defence Force<br />

Wilson, Juliette and the Queensland, Northern Territory and Commonwealth<br />

Chan, Patrick<br />

dyer, Phil Cooper,<br />

Kimberley Paroz,<br />

Governments, the team has had a busy first year.<br />

Chrissy Janis, scott<br />

Mcgowan, Ken<br />

Customer service Centre Consultant, Cathy Gahnstrom,<br />

davis, Peter Porter, received the milestone call, and both her and the caller received<br />

Lyn Johnston, Lars<br />

dueppengiesser and<br />

a special gift to mark the occasion.<br />

Jason edwards. to take our 100,000<br />

The rest of the team celebrated with a cake to mark the<br />

occasion, giving management an opportunity to thank the team<br />

th inbound call so soon. We were already<br />

managing high volumes over Christmas, before the series of<br />

natural disasters further increased our volume of calls.<br />

Team attends employee<br />

relocation council summit<br />

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for their hard work since the opening of the dedicated centre.<br />

Jason Edwards, Centre manager said, “The centre was<br />

expecting a busy 12 months, however we were not expecting<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions national Corporate<br />

account manager, Sue Latina-<br />

Cohen and account manager, Katherine<br />

Hely, recently attended the Employee<br />

Relocation Council (ERC) Global<br />

Workforce Summit in shanghai.<br />

Worldwide erC is the recognised<br />

authority on global workforce mobility<br />

and provides a forum for relocation<br />

providers and companies to examine<br />

best practice, trends and areas of need<br />

to meet human resource needs of global<br />

organisations.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions is a regular participant<br />

at Worldwide erC’s Global Workforce<br />

summits in asia and north america.<br />

This year Katherine Hely participated<br />

in the erC’s Global mobility specialist<br />

three day training program and<br />

successfully completed her Global<br />

mobility specialist designation. The<br />

Global mobility specialist training<br />

concentrates on applied international<br />

assignment policy development, policy<br />

alternatives, strategies and tactics<br />

for global workforce mobility and the<br />

intercultural challenge: doing business<br />

globally. Congratulations Kate!<br />

This year’s summit focused on how<br />

organisations have managed to recruit<br />

talent for growing asian business needs<br />

in the face of slow recovering western<br />

economies and strong asian business<br />

growth in the past year.<br />

These summits allow <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions<br />

to be aware of the current issues and<br />

trends facing organisations and mobility<br />

service providers across the globe. They<br />

also provide <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions with the<br />

opportunity to meet with our global<br />

“my team has done a fantastic job in handling these calls<br />

as demonstrated by our service level performance and<br />

customer feedback.” <<br />

clients and suppliers face-to-face, as<br />

well as build increased awareness of<br />

our services offerings.<br />

Following the erC, sue accompanied<br />

by Corporate account manager, Julie<br />

Yuen, visited <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions’ client IBM<br />

in Bangalore, india.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Transitions assists more than 360<br />

indian nationals a year to relocate to<br />

australia. <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions has specifically<br />

designed highly specialised, efficient<br />

and effective home finding programs<br />

for these iBm employees.<br />

Julie and sue met with the iBm Global<br />

Delivery team and took part in a round<br />

table workshop to further improve the<br />

service that <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions provides<br />

its client for the future.


arrow Island update<br />

as the Gorgon project continues to build momentum after<br />

an extremely busy cyclone season in the north west of<br />

Western australia, the <strong>Toll</strong> energy team is busy managing<br />

a range of supply Base activities on Barrow island.<br />

march 2011 saw a key milestone of 3,200 Teu discharged at<br />

WapeT landing from the fleet of Gorgon project vessels. This<br />

volume of Teu is the most that has been received in a month to<br />

date and was subsequently distributed by the transport team<br />

to a wide range of contractors spread throughout the island.<br />

This was a significant overall team effort and was completed<br />

without major injury and incident due to a continued focus<br />

on Safe and Incident Free (SaIF) operations. special mention<br />

must first go to the marine and crane teams who continued to<br />

work through arduous and demanding hot climate conditions<br />

to safely discharge a wide range of complex vessel stows.<br />

This increase in project material has also had a direct impact<br />

on the daily activities of the materials group which includes<br />

the materials, warehousing and laydown teams. These teams<br />

are responsible for receipting, checking, storing, issuing<br />

and tracking of all material that arrives onto Barrow island.<br />

regardless of the climatic and physical conditions, this group<br />

of dedicated employees continues to produce work of a high<br />

standard both in terms of safety and operational excellence.<br />

as the project grows in size, some of the smaller teams within<br />

the supply Base have also been faced with an increase in<br />

tasking and activity. The operations, fuel, cleaning, maintenance,<br />

Hess, waste and Hr/admin teams have all continued to<br />

work hard and in a professional manner whilst maintaining<br />

consistently high levels of customer service both internally<br />

and externally to the supply Base.<br />

The supply Base has also recently helped open up an additional<br />

marine point of entry onto Barrow island at the marine offloading<br />

facility. This additional work involves the discharging from<br />

dumb barges every 12 days, over 2.5 million litres of fresh<br />

water which has been shipped in from Broome to Barrow<br />

island. This water is required for the construction of the lnG<br />

site on which the processing plant will be built.<br />

The overall supply Base is now well poised to tackle the<br />

next phase of the project plan that will see the overall labour<br />

on Barrow island reach more than 3,000 people who will be<br />

supported by associated equipment, vehicles and material,<br />

all of which will be received onto Barrow island by <strong>Toll</strong><br />

energy employees. <<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> Global Resources expands<br />

mining logistics services via the<br />

acquisition of Mitchell Corporation<br />

RIGHT<br />

Mike elmer Gm <strong>Toll</strong><br />

mining services and<br />

Ian Kent Gm <strong>Toll</strong><br />

mining services in<br />

Western australia.<br />

AbOvE<br />

Liz Ramoni.<br />

in may 2011, <strong>Toll</strong> Global resources<br />

completed the acquisition of Mitchell<br />

Corporation and its related entities. <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Global resources will now be one of the<br />

largest operators in the mining logistics<br />

sectors with an increased presence in<br />

the Western australian market.<br />

mitchell Corporation specialises in bulk<br />

logistics within the energy, resources and<br />

To overcome the challenges of<br />

working in remote and isolated<br />

locations, <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics relies<br />

on its greatest asset – its people.<br />

Dedicated people with a can-do attitude<br />

are the key to <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’<br />

success and we are always pleased to<br />

see their achievements recognised both<br />

within and outside of <strong>Toll</strong>. This is why<br />

we were proud to see two of our finest<br />

recognised recently as role models as<br />

part of International Women’s Day.<br />

Liz Ramoni has been part of <strong>Toll</strong> remote<br />

logistics’ solomon islands operations for<br />

the past five years. she is an important<br />

part of the helicopter operations team<br />

supporting the australian Federal police.<br />

liz was recently asked to speak<br />

at international Women’s Day and<br />

Commonwealth Day celebrations<br />

dangerous goods industries throughout<br />

australia. mitchell is one of the country’s<br />

largest carriers of petroleum products,<br />

provides bulk haulage services (lime,<br />

lead, gold, copper, ores and liquids) and<br />

transports dangerous goods (explosive<br />

emulsion, ammonium nitrate, cyanide,<br />

anhydrous ammonia, sulphuric acid and<br />

packaged explosives).<br />

it offers an integrated range of services<br />

which will complement and become part<br />

of the <strong>Toll</strong> mining services business in<br />

queensland, giving the company an<br />

impressive imprint in the mining logistics<br />

sector throughout australia.<br />

The acquisition fits neatly with the<br />

growth strategy as it continues to focus<br />

on increasing presence in the mining<br />

Women leading the way<br />

in <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

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alongside solomon island Dignitaries<br />

such as Prime Minister, Danny Phillips.<br />

as only the second woman in the<br />

solomon islands to gain a pilot’s license,<br />

liz is a role model who encourages<br />

young solomon islands’ women to<br />

follow their dreams.<br />

speaking to a large audience, liz said,<br />

“i would not be who i am today if i had not<br />

overcome barriers in my life. you have<br />

the power to change things around you<br />

and become what you want.”<br />

another <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics leader is<br />

Bernadette Wheeler who was nominated<br />

as part of the queensland Government’s<br />

international Women’s Day celebration.<br />

Bernadette has worked with <strong>Toll</strong> remote<br />

logistics for the past six years and is<br />

the Deputy operations manager for<br />

asia-pacific. Bernadette is currently<br />

and oil and gas markets, particularly in<br />

Western australia. David Jackson, Ceo<br />

of <strong>Toll</strong> Global resources further confirms<br />

the importance of the acquisition as<br />

it “provides us with a strategic market<br />

position in a growth sector and the<br />

opportunity to further improve and grow<br />

that business.”<br />

Ian Kent, previously managing Director<br />

of mitchell Corporation, will now lead<br />

the <strong>Toll</strong> mining services operations in<br />

Western australia together with Mike<br />

Elmer who is General manager of <strong>Toll</strong><br />

mining services.<br />

We would like to welcome ian Kent and<br />

his staff to <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> and look forward<br />

to working with them to increase our<br />

presence in this vitally important market. <<br />

project-managing the logistics support<br />

requirements of the australian Federal<br />

police contingent in Christchurch<br />

supporting the earthquake recovery<br />

effort.<br />

she has also successfully managed<br />

supply chain operations for the following:<br />

• international peacekeeping<br />

deployments around the world<br />

• australian Defence Force<br />

peacekeeping operations<br />

in Timor leste<br />

• Federal Government outreach<br />

programs to remote aboriginal<br />

communities<br />

• australian Defence Force<br />

flood-relief teams in pakistan.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics would like to<br />

congratulate liz and Bernadette on<br />

being recognised as role models and<br />

all the women of <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics<br />

for the great job they do.


<strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

keeping the Tour de Timor<br />

on course<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics was proud to play a large part in<br />

the second Tour de Timor cycle race last year.<br />

as the main logistics provider in Timor leste, we were able to<br />

provide an end-to-end logistics solution to enable this event to<br />

run successfully despite the challenges of its remote location.<br />

Catering manager, Catherine Byrne, (pictured), managed<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’ support operation, coordinating the<br />

delivery of catering for the entire event.<br />

The operation started in australia with the procurement of<br />

supplies by <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’ Darwin supply chain office.<br />

These were then transported to Timor leste by air and seafreight.<br />

meanwhile, four field kitchens were being mobilised in different<br />

locations around the race circuit. menus were also being<br />

prepared to meet the varied requirements of the contestants<br />

and support crews.<br />

once the race began, <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’<br />

staff provided more than 2000 breakfasts,<br />

lunches and dinners per day to feed the<br />

riders, support personnel, race officials,<br />

medics, physios and local volunteers.<br />

such was the success of <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’<br />

effort, that Catherine and her team were awarded the medal of<br />

solidarity by the president of Timor leste, Dr Jose Ramos Horta.<br />

The award certificate was inscribed: “ms Catherine Byrne is<br />

to be commended for her professionalism, resourcefulness,<br />

positive attitude and commitment throughout the 2010 Dili ‘City<br />

of peace’ events, particularly for her extraordinary personal<br />

contribution to the 2010 Tour de Timor.”<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics is proud of the efforts of Catherine and<br />

her team, and we are looking forward to Tour de Timor 2011. <<br />

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AbOvE<br />

The newly branded<br />

Bell 212 helicopter.<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Remote</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

taking logistics to new heights<br />

providing complete logistics solutions requires a lot more<br />

than trains, planes and trucks. <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics<br />

currently fulfils a diverse range of roles in a variety of operations<br />

in australia and around the world.<br />

previously known as Helicorp, the helicopter service of <strong>Toll</strong><br />

remote logistics provides aerial logistics support to remote<br />

operations unable to be reached by conventional modes of<br />

transport. The service currently operates in both Timor leste<br />

and the solomon islands supporting australian Government<br />

deployed operations.<br />

in australia, <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics also plays an important<br />

part in national bushfire prevention and control efforts.<br />

as the australian partner of erickson aircrane, they bring the<br />

well known ‘elvis’ firefighting aircranes to australia each year<br />

as well as providing additional fire-attack and surveillance<br />

helicopters to state government agencies in Victoria,<br />

new south Wales, south australia and Tasmania.<br />

as part of the <strong>Toll</strong> Global resources division, <strong>Toll</strong> remote<br />

logistics enables <strong>Toll</strong> to offer truly end-to-end logistics<br />

solutions to our resource sector customers in remote onshore<br />

and offshore locations. With increasing interest in this sector,<br />

not just from australia but from papua new Guinea and africa,<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics is bracing for a busy period of expansion<br />

and growth.<br />

in line with the <strong>Toll</strong> rebrand, our helicopters have had an<br />

overhaul and will now be flying the new <strong>Toll</strong> colours. next<br />

time you hear a helicopter above, look up and see if it is<br />

one of ours!


Sharing our knowledge of cyanide<br />

transportation in papua new Guinea<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> mining services showed their<br />

true colours with their industry<br />

knowledge when they were invited to<br />

the highlands of papua new Guinea by<br />

Barrick (Australia Pacific) Ltd in april<br />

to report on the level of compliance to<br />

the International Cyanide Management<br />

Code Transport Protocols which <strong>Toll</strong><br />

mining services has extensive exposure<br />

to nationally in australia.<br />

The International Cyanide Management<br />

Code (ICMC) is a voluntary industry<br />

program for the gold mining industry,<br />

promoting responsible cyanide<br />

management, protection of human health<br />

and reducing potential environmental<br />

impacts.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> mining services currently provides<br />

specialist logistics solutions to Orica<br />

Mining Chemicals as their prime<br />

contractor of cyanide transportation<br />

within australia, ranging from heavily<br />

populated areas to remote locations.<br />

Being involved with one of the first<br />

companies, orica australia pty ltd,<br />

to receive certification under the<br />

code the <strong>Toll</strong> mining services team<br />

was in a knowledgeable position to<br />

provide advice to Barrick on the iCmC<br />

compliance.<br />

The audit team consisted of Chris Yourell,<br />

Roger Swift and Sheena Ward who<br />

looked extensively at all levels of the<br />

transport protocol from organisational<br />

charts to driver checklists, training<br />

records and subcontractor management.<br />

saying that the team took the time<br />

to understand the operation is an<br />

understatement as they persevered<br />

with the 680km drive through highland<br />

terrain with the cyanide convoy to<br />

assess the route and to see just how<br />

big the potholes could really get!<br />

a key purpose of the visit to site was to<br />

provide Barrick with a comprehensive<br />

report on corrective actions and areas<br />

with room for improvement. a list of<br />

actions and recommendations was given<br />

to Barrick and handed over to the newly<br />

created iCmC compliance committee<br />

with the invitation to contact <strong>Toll</strong> mining<br />

services if further solutions were needed<br />

to provide a complete transport solution<br />

for the management of cyanide to the<br />

mine site.<br />

The Barrick management and staff<br />

engaged during the audit were very<br />

accommodating and eager to learn<br />

about the solutions that <strong>Toll</strong> mining<br />

services had to offer and are now<br />

working on improvements prior to their<br />

recertification audit later this year. <<br />

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Welcome to our new colleagues<br />

from Mitchell Corporation<br />

in early may, the aCCC passed <strong>Toll</strong>’s acquisition of mitchell<br />

Corp, the Western australian mining transport specialist.<br />

Formed in Geraldton in 1997, mitchell Corp has grown to become<br />

one of australia’s most unique and innovative bulk logistic<br />

companies, focusing on the energy, mining and dangerous goods<br />

industries.<br />

now forming part of <strong>Toll</strong> Global resources’ mining services<br />

business as one of australia’s largest carriers of petroleum products,<br />

the company will transport more than 1.7 billion litres of fuel and<br />

700 million litres of crude oil annually making them one of australia’s<br />

major carriers of dangerous goods.<br />

The Helidon division, established in 2004, has depots in queensland<br />

at Helidon, Bajool and mt isa and in Wa at Kalgoorlie providing<br />

specialised bulk packaged explosive services to Dyno nobel.<br />

The operation at myambat in nsW provides long haul transport<br />

of defence ordinance on behalf of Thales to all defence facilities<br />

throughout australia.<br />

The fleet of more than 220 prime movers, 510 trailers and<br />

256 dollies service customers throughout australia with<br />

a preventative maintenance program in place to ensure<br />

maximum equipment reliability.<br />

The fully equipped modern workshops located in port Hedland,<br />

Helidon, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Kewdale and BC iron nullingine<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global resources’ specialist oil<br />

and gas logistics business, <strong>Toll</strong><br />

energy, has recently exhibited at two<br />

major trade shows in perth; Australian<br />

Oil & Gas in February and APPEA in april.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> energy is the largest provider of<br />

specialised integrated logistics to<br />

the australian oil & Gas exploration,<br />

construction and production industry.<br />

Taking advantage of the new logo, a<br />

custom built stand has been designed and<br />

constructed for repeat use at conferences,<br />

trade shows and major events.<br />

provide quality planned maintenance ensuring minimum equipment<br />

downtime.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Energy brings<br />

the trade show alive<br />

with star guest<br />

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For the australian oil & Gas show, one<br />

of the <strong>Toll</strong> Holden racing Team show<br />

cars was on display and Garth Tander<br />

was present for a day to assist marketing<br />

the business.<br />

Garth proved to be a real crowd pleaser<br />

and helped the team to make some really<br />

great contacts.<br />

spinning out of these trade shows is a<br />

much anticipated track day for customers<br />

who were winners of the business card<br />

draw held at the event. <<br />

The health and safety of our people, and the protection of the<br />

environment in which we live and work is an integral part of<br />

the business. The ‘Goal zero Journey’ is committed to preventing<br />

accidents and eliminating hazards, to ensuring compliance with<br />

all applicable legislative requirements and providing a platform for<br />

continuous improvement. To achieve this, an oH&s management<br />

and procedures system provides open and constructive<br />

communication between management and staff.<br />

like <strong>Toll</strong>, mitchells is keen to explore the benefits of fossil fuel<br />

alternatives and has already started to transfer some of its fleet to<br />

dual fuel using lnG, ensuring a significant reduction in emissions<br />

per kilometre travelled.<br />

The operations are very complementary to the existing <strong>Toll</strong> mining<br />

services business and together set a very strong platform for future<br />

growth and customer partnering to the resource industry in australia.<br />

The 550 staff, across 15 depots in queensland, new south Wales<br />

and Western australia are excited by the benefits that will come<br />

from being part of the <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> and look forward to sharing in<br />

the journey to make <strong>Toll</strong> Global resources the premium logistics<br />

provider to the resource industry.


<strong>Toll</strong> Mining<br />

Services steps<br />

up for safety<br />

as we all work to constantly achieve better safety rates<br />

within our businesses, sharing ideas to improve is vital.<br />

so when Phillip O’Dwyer of <strong>Toll</strong> mining services found a simple<br />

but effective method for improving cab safety, he offered to<br />

share it with the <strong>Group</strong>.<br />

in an effort to prevent incidents resulting from drivers not<br />

maintaining the three points of contact when climbing in and<br />

out of prime movers, phillip, operations manager, identified<br />

the most effective way to control the risks.<br />

after evaluating the factors that lead to accidents, he found<br />

that poor lighting on vehicle steps during night time operation<br />

was of a major cause.<br />

He quickly identified a simple engineering solution that involved<br />

bolting a 900 lumen leD work lamp to the sun visor mounts.<br />

These were then wired to the door light switch, so when the<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Energy and Santos improve<br />

transport in the Cooper basin<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> energy, working as the logistics partner for mining<br />

company Santos, has improved transport arrangements<br />

to moomba, sa in a move that sets new standards for safety<br />

and productivity in the region.<br />

Transport equipment in the Cooper Basin has remained<br />

relatively unchanged over the past 30 years. Harsh operating<br />

conditions have prevented many technological advancements<br />

being applied to the region, and more restrictions are in place<br />

in south australia than in neighbouring queensland.<br />

in particular, queensland allows the use of triple road trains<br />

and tri-axle dollies (which join one trailer to the next) in the<br />

Ballera/Jackson region. south australian regulations prevent<br />

the use of this equipment in the Cooper Basin.<br />

over the past 12 months, <strong>Toll</strong> energy has worked hard to gain<br />

approval to operate aB-triple tankers with tri-axle dollies in<br />

south australia. This has included:<br />

• Developing a tri-axle dolly that complies with south<br />

australian requirements.<br />

• Designing a tank that complies with performance-based<br />

standards requirements, including the need to limit the<br />

entire vehicle length to 36.5m (the same maximum length<br />

as a double road train).<br />

cab door is opened the door light comes on, when it is closed<br />

it goes off.<br />

as a cost effective solution the leD light illuminates the step<br />

of the cab, therefore providing easier access for drivers in and<br />

out of the prime mover whilst being able to maintain the three<br />

points of contact at all times.<br />

in recognition of this initiative, phillip was awarded a Hse<br />

recognition of achievement award in December 2010, awarded<br />

by <strong>Toll</strong> mining services’ General manager, Mike Elmer. <<br />

• Confirming with Transport sa all permitted routes and<br />

any specific requirements associated with those routes.<br />

The aB-triple will set a new benchmark for heavy vehicle<br />

safety in the Cooper Basin, with the on-road performance far<br />

exceeding australian standard requirements.<br />

Features of the AB-triple include:<br />

• electronic stability control, which dramatically<br />

reduces risk of rollovers.<br />

• The first conventional tri-axle dolly with air bag<br />

suspension in south australia.<br />

• at least a 30 percent increase in payload over a<br />

double road train (with a corresponding reduction<br />

in vehicle trips).<br />

• a significant reduction in cost per barrel per hour<br />

of transport.<br />

• on-board scales to ensure compliance with<br />

legal loading requirements.<br />

Following successful trials in south australia under permit,<br />

further reviews are required to determine appropriate tasks and<br />

routes where the capability of higher capacity combinations<br />

can be proven to add value to our operations with further<br />

improvements set to follow. <<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> GLObAL RESOuRCES<br />

AbOvE<br />

leD lights<br />

illuminating the<br />

driver’s step at night.<br />

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nike signs new contract<br />

with <strong>Toll</strong> in2store<br />

The very first logistics services agreement between <strong>Toll</strong><br />

in2store and Nike was signed ten years ago in 2001. This<br />

was the founding contract for <strong>Toll</strong> in2store, which at the time<br />

was a brand new part of the <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong>.<br />

since then, <strong>Toll</strong> in2store has grown and thrived, and so has<br />

the relationship between the company and its inaugural<br />

customer, nike.<br />

last year, Hamish Cole from <strong>Toll</strong> in2store, and nike started<br />

negotiations for an extension to the original contract.<br />

a successful conclusion was reached in november 2010 with<br />

the signing of the new five year agreement at the nike Global<br />

Head quarters in Beaverton, oregon us.<br />

During the contract, <strong>Toll</strong> had impressed nike with excellent<br />

service levels; meeting and exceeding all of nike’s Global<br />

supply Chain Kpis in australia.<br />

The new agreement raises the bar even further. The negotiations<br />

for an extension were based around ensuring globally<br />

competitive productivity outputs and that costs are in line<br />

with best practice and a culture of lean thinking is evident<br />

in every part of the operation.<br />

This is being achieved through <strong>Toll</strong> in2store’s continuous<br />

improvement program and is underpinned by the sTriVe<br />

program, which were instrumental in securing the commitment<br />

from nike for a continuing partnership.<br />

Sharon Polizzi, nike’s supply Chain Director said, “The<br />

completion and signing of a new five year contract has been<br />

a year in the making. The collective efforts of the <strong>Toll</strong> in2store<br />

and nike management teams with their strong commitment to<br />

teamwork, respect and integrity allowed for the project team<br />

to successfully complete contract negotiations.<br />

“i feel very confident that we will continue to build on our already<br />

established relationship, and this newly forged contract will<br />

take us to a higher level playing field in supply chain; constantly<br />

striving to provide service excellence for both suppliers and<br />

customer, and importantly to our team members across both<br />

companies.”<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> in2store’s General manager, Chris Pearce, said,“We are<br />

very pleased that we have secured an additional five year<br />

extension to our existing long standing relationship.<br />

“We have an excellent relationship with nike that focuses on<br />

delivering value for both organisations. underpinning this is<br />

our similar organisational values, which set the foundation for<br />

our continuous improvement approach within our operations.<br />

“The extension of this contract allows us to build on what we<br />

have delivered to date and we look forward to working with<br />

the nike leadership team to deliver industry leading cost and<br />

service metrics.”<br />

Thanks and recognition for a number of years of significant<br />

contribution to the operation also goes to the Business manager,<br />

Robin Whittaker, and the staff at the altona DC.<br />

The commitment to the customer, and quality of the service<br />

over the past nine years across the site was the basis on<br />

which nike was willing to continue and grow the partnership<br />

into the future. The next five years promises to be an exciting,<br />

challenging and rewarding journey. <<br />

AbOvE<br />

nike Global Head quarters l-r: Hamish Cole <strong>Toll</strong> in2store, Chris Pearce <strong>Toll</strong><br />

in2store, greg Bui nike Director emerging markets, Prasad Chandratre nike Global<br />

Contracts, Marie Varrasso nike australia, sharon Polizzi Director supply Chain<br />

nike australia, Robin Whittaker <strong>Toll</strong> in2store and sally Horoch nike australia.


Singapore staff learn<br />

how to be LEAn<br />

as part of the ongoing roll out of<br />

lean training across <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

logistics, the team in singapore recently<br />

took part in a week-long session.<br />

The five day workshop was designed<br />

for employees from across a wide range<br />

of areas of the business in singapore.<br />

it was lead by Richard Lockwood,<br />

the lean trainer who had also been<br />

responsible for delivering the training<br />

to <strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics staff in australia.<br />

Barry Clark, regional Director singapore<br />

and malaysia, and Director automotive,<br />

opened the training session with a<br />

speech explaining how the company<br />

will use the lean techniques to improve<br />

processes and customer service.<br />

Barry said, “lean is a whole new<br />

philosophy on how we can approach<br />

business. not only that, it is tangible<br />

and i really believe it.”<br />

participants of the lean workshop were<br />

broken up into four groups. richard then<br />

walked the team through concepts<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics’ reap rFiD<br />

warehousing solution has been<br />

awarded a grant by the economic<br />

Development Board of singapore under<br />

its innovation Development scheme.<br />

The grant will be used to support the<br />

deployment of fully rFiD-enabled<br />

operations in Clementi Warehouse. This<br />

will be one of the world’s first rFiDdriven<br />

FmCG operations implemented<br />

independently by a third party logistics<br />

provider.<br />

like: What is waste, 5s, structured<br />

problem solving, process flow, Kaizen,<br />

Genchi-Genbutsu and other important<br />

managerial tools and thought processes.<br />

it was clear from the outset that one way<br />

the team could improve their productivity<br />

through applying lean techniques<br />

was by cutting waste. This provoked<br />

an interesting discussion on ways this<br />

could be achieved.<br />

The team also discovered that small<br />

improvements add up to large<br />

efficiencies, and it’s important to include<br />

all employees in finding the solution as<br />

very often those closest to the problem<br />

know how to fix it.<br />

Through role-play, games, hands-on<br />

problem solving and presentations, each<br />

group learnt about the lean philosophy<br />

and developed a plan to implement it in<br />

their respective departments which they<br />

then presented back to the group. <<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global <strong>Logistics</strong> receives<br />

Singapore government funding<br />

for RFID innovation<br />

members of eDB singapore were<br />

impressed by the proposal laid out by<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics, and hope reap<br />

can help propel singapore’s logistics<br />

sector into an automated, informationdriven<br />

age.<br />

reap, or rFiD enterprise applications<br />

platform, is a pallet-based execution<br />

system that will attain unmatched levels<br />

of process efficiency, error reduction<br />

and real-time visibility. The system uses<br />

rFiD fixed portals, forklifts, and handheld<br />

terminals to enable end-to-end rFiD<br />

warehouse operations. reap will also<br />

track deliveries all the way to customer<br />

destinations by using hybrid Gps-rFiD<br />

technology.<br />

Deployment at Clementi Warehouse<br />

will be executed in two phases, with<br />

estimated completion of the final phase in<br />

march 2012.<br />

To find out more, contact Kelvin Tan at<br />

idealab: kelvin.tan@tollgroup.com. <<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> GLObAL LOGISTICS<br />

LEFT<br />

sheila Hong, sarah<br />

Khoo, tan tse tiang,<br />

Caryn sim, Vicky<br />

Fan, Jennifer Low,<br />

daniel Wan, Jenny<br />

Lim, tan Yoke<br />

Hkeng, sarrifin,<br />

Winston tan, Barry<br />

Clark, thomas<br />

Yap, Yee Chee Fah,<br />

Richard Lockwood,<br />

Robyn Ong, eunis<br />

Hew, Lim Kim Heng,<br />

Ho Kee sin, Peter<br />

Koh, Alison Har,<br />

Leslie Loh, Frankie<br />

Ho, Low suat<br />

Har, dennis seen,<br />

Jamal, sum Kar<br />

Yin, tan Kian Hin,<br />

Justin tiong, tee<br />

seng swee, Ho Kan<br />

Khiong and Larry<br />

Pee.<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> Global <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

in India unveils new fleet<br />

for Tata Steel contract<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics was recently<br />

awarded a three year contract<br />

to provide transport for Tata Steel<br />

in india.<br />

The contract is to transport 3,500<br />

tonnes of steel products a month from<br />

Jamshedpur in the east to Chennai and<br />

Bangalore in the south.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> will carry steel coils ranging in weight<br />

from 10 tonnes to 27 tonnes per coil,<br />

over a distance of around 1,700km one<br />

22 tOLL tOdAY<br />

way retuning back to Jamshedpur with<br />

various motor vehicle products. This<br />

journey will cover a total distance of<br />

over 3,400km approximately.<br />

in order to reduce fatigue and safety<br />

concerns associated with long distance<br />

driving, <strong>Toll</strong> will be placing two drivers<br />

on each vehicle.<br />

naturally, long journeys also require<br />

reliable, efficient and safe vehicles which<br />

has led to the company purchasing<br />

52 new Tata Motors Prima vehicles and<br />

trailers.<br />

on 21 april, the first new vehicles were<br />

loaded at Tata steel and were welcomed<br />

into the fleet in the traditional indian way.<br />

as is generally the custom in india,<br />

whenever a new project is initiated, a<br />

puja ceremony is initiated. This was<br />

held at Tata steel and celebrated the<br />

first vehicle to leave the plant. <<br />

AbOvE<br />

The new vehicles at<br />

the puja ceremony.<br />

bELOW RIGHT<br />

l-r: Ajit Jha,<br />

Anil Jha,<br />

Rajiv Khanna,<br />

Jitendra Rai,<br />

Jairam singh,<br />

Ashutosh<br />

deshpande,<br />

Ambuj Choudhary,<br />

and sunil singh.


<strong>Toll</strong> Dnata Airport Services<br />

assists Air China for a special<br />

diplomatic charter<br />

australia recently hosted a visit from<br />

His Excellency Mr Jia Qinglin,<br />

Chairman of the National Committee<br />

of the Chinese People’s Political<br />

Consultative Conference.<br />

air China, was appointed as the carrier<br />

for this distinguished guest. on arrival<br />

into sydney <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata took control of<br />

ground handling for the aircraft.<br />

The air China sydney airport manager,<br />

Mr Richard Yu, contacted <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata<br />

airport services to assist air China<br />

with the bespoke ground handling<br />

requirements for the charter flight<br />

into sydney.<br />

over a period of six weeks, <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata<br />

worked with air China to ensure the<br />

special requirements for the diplomatic<br />

charter could be met, including planning<br />

with local and federal police, sydney<br />

airport, the Chinese embassy as well<br />

as the Department of the prime minister<br />

and Cabinet through Mr John Preston,<br />

Ceremonial and Hospitality Branch.<br />

upon arrival of this high profile<br />

charter flight, <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata ground staff<br />

offloaded all passengers and their<br />

baggage. <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata worked to the<br />

specific requirements for the diplomatic<br />

entourage, including meeting the strict<br />

timeframes required for the escorted<br />

convoy transporting senior dignitaries<br />

from the aircraft into sydney.<br />

once the onboard travelling media had<br />

disembarked, His excellency and his<br />

colleagues were driven to their meetings.<br />

The behind the scenes work of the <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Dnata crew continued as they prepared<br />

the aircraft for parking and its four day<br />

stay in sydney.<br />

The preparations for departure were<br />

a swift and precise operation in order<br />

to meet the strict requirements of<br />

the motorcade delivering the guests<br />

back to the aircraft fifteen minutes prior<br />

to departure.<br />

all of the team’s hard work paid off when<br />

the chartered aircraft pushed back on<br />

schedule with all guests and baggage<br />

safely on board.<br />

John preston praised the work of <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Dnata. He said, “The Department of the<br />

prime minister and Cabinet would like to<br />

express its sincere thanks to <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata<br />

for their significant contribution to the<br />

success of the recent visit to australia<br />

by His excellency mr Jia qinglin.<br />

“The Chairman has formally<br />

acknowledged that the visit to australia<br />

was a complete success and he was<br />

‘deeply impressed by the importance<br />

that the australian people attached to<br />

the China-australia relationship and<br />

the friendly sentiments that they have<br />

towards the Chinese people.’<br />

“<strong>Toll</strong> Dnata’s contribution to this success<br />

cannot be underestimated and i<br />

would like to thank the team for their<br />

professionalism and flexibility in meeting<br />

the complex logistical requirements<br />

surrounding the visit. prime minister and<br />

Cabinet look forward to working with<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Dnata during future visits.”<br />

special credit goes to Ron Reyn, Weam<br />

Dennaoui, Amy Liang, Wayne Birch<br />

and Wayne Hughes for coordinating<br />

this event and ensuring that <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata<br />

remains at the forefront of ground<br />

handling in australia. <<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> GLObAL EXpRESS<br />

AbOvE<br />

The air China charter<br />

that <strong>Toll</strong> Dnata<br />

handled in sydney.<br />

(pictured in China).<br />

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Rebuilding after the Japanese<br />

earthquake and tsunami<br />

on Friday 11 march, Japan was struck by a huge earthquake<br />

and tsunami. like people everywhere, the global <strong>Toll</strong><br />

team was shocked by the devastation caused by the natural<br />

disaster, and our sympathies were extended to our Japanese<br />

colleagues during a very difficult time.<br />

Whilst we can be very grateful that our employees were all<br />

safe, we quickly learned that one of our agents based in the<br />

affected area lost three of its branches, and over one hundred<br />

staff members were unaccounted for.<br />

many of our employees have had to go through the<br />

painful process of trying to locate their friends and families.<br />

unfortunately a number of our colleagues have experienced<br />

losses, and the wounds will take a long time to heal.<br />

Helping rebuild Japan<br />

as one of the country’s leading express freight providers,<br />

Footwork Express was heavily relied upon to continue to deliver<br />

necessary goods and services around the country.<br />

The team was asked by the australian prime minister, Julia<br />

Gillard, to assist in delivering food aid, donated by australia<br />

to Minami Sanrikucho.<br />

Footwork express also supported the Australian Urban Search<br />

and Rescue team with their logistics requirements.<br />

This work has been formally acknowledged in a letter<br />

to Neil Pollington, GM of <strong>Toll</strong> Japan, from australian ambassador<br />

to Japan Murray McLean.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Japan collection<br />

as a gesture to show our solidarity and commitment to<br />

supporting our colleagues in Japan, <strong>Toll</strong> organised the Japan<br />

collection day on Wednesday 27 april.<br />

Businesses around the world were invited to participate by<br />

running a loose change or gold coin donation in their workplace.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> priority stationery<br />

now available to order online<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> priority has launched a new online ordering system for<br />

its business stationery.<br />

all <strong>Toll</strong> priority customers will now be able to order their<br />

consignment notes, prepaid satchels and labels direct from<br />

the <strong>Toll</strong> priority website.<br />

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The support for this was outstanding, with over 40 businesses<br />

taking part. all monies raised will be matched by <strong>Toll</strong> and<br />

donated to the Red Cross in Japan in support of the work they<br />

are doing to rebuild the earthquake and tsunami-affected part<br />

of the country. <<br />

available 24/7, customers will be able to place orders for<br />

<strong>Toll</strong>Connect and <strong>Toll</strong> online satchels and labels, as well as<br />

service stickers and plastic windows for the full range of <strong>Toll</strong><br />

priority’s services from this site.<br />

simply go to www.tollpriority.com.au and click on the<br />

stationery button to replenish your <strong>Toll</strong> priority stationery.


<strong>Toll</strong> welcomes ApEC delegation<br />

on 7 april, <strong>Toll</strong> ipeC and <strong>Toll</strong> in2store<br />

in altona north, Victoria welcomed<br />

a delegation from the asia-pacific<br />

economic Cooperation (apeC).<br />

The group of logistics professionals<br />

and government officials from Thailand,<br />

indonesia, singapore and Vietnam were<br />

in melbourne as guests of the australian<br />

logistics Council to learn more about<br />

australian logistics best practice.<br />

The day started with a presentation on<br />

the <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> by Andrew Ethell Gm<br />

<strong>Group</strong> Corporate affairs, followed by<br />

an insight into <strong>Toll</strong> ipeC by Dave Cook,<br />

Victorian state manager at <strong>Toll</strong> ipeC.<br />

The group was then able to see the <strong>Toll</strong><br />

ipeC freight sorter in action – a sight to<br />

behold with hundreds of parcels being<br />

sorted and distributed into the correct<br />

channel for delivery before being loaded<br />

onto vans.<br />

stream solutions, part of <strong>Toll</strong> priority and one of australia’s<br />

leading print management companies, now has two new<br />

dedicated <strong>Toll</strong> account managers.<br />

a senior account manager at stream for over five years, Kristen<br />

Morrison, is responsible for all <strong>Toll</strong> printing requirements that<br />

go through stream. Working closely with the <strong>Group</strong> Corporate<br />

affairs team, Kristen can manage the printing of a range<br />

of newly branded documents.<br />

Mishae Allan, <strong>Toll</strong>’s account manager is also looking after our<br />

print requirements and has keen working on the <strong>Toll</strong> account<br />

for 10 years. she manages operational and business stationery<br />

printing, including business cards.<br />

as with all design requirements, <strong>Group</strong> Corporate affairs should<br />

be your first port of call. once your document is ready to print,<br />

The delegation was then shown around<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> in2store by Michael Eubanks, sales<br />

and marketing manager at <strong>Toll</strong> ipeC.<br />

The on-hanger facility takes clothes<br />

direct from containers that have been<br />

delivered from the factory, and sorts<br />

them for delivery to the store.<br />

The group was fascinated by the<br />

thousands of bags of clothes flying<br />

around the distribution centre on<br />

hundreds of metres of tracks.<br />

They all agreed that this was a fantastic<br />

and extremely worthwhile trip, with a<br />

wealth of interesting ideas to take back<br />

to their home countries.<br />

The group left <strong>Toll</strong> better informed about<br />

the scope of our global business and<br />

armed with lots of new knowledge and<br />

enthusiasm after an inspiring day. <<br />

update your address book with<br />

new Stream contacts<br />

stream solutions can help you manage the print process.<br />

They can help with a wide range of printed materials including:<br />

• business cards<br />

• business and operational stationery<br />

• brochures and marketing collateral<br />

• banners and displays<br />

• merchandise.<br />

For further information, please contact Kristen morrison<br />

at kristen.morrison@tollgroup.com or mishae allan at<br />

mishae.allan@tollgroup.com<br />

all design requirements should continue to be directed<br />

to gCA@tollgroup.com <<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> GLObAL EXpRESS<br />

AbOvE<br />

The delegation visited<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> in2store (left) and<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> ipeC (right).<br />

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<strong>TOLL</strong> GLObAL FORWARDInG<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding puts<br />

colour into cricket<br />

AbOvE<br />

match day giveaways<br />

on display at the<br />

previous Cricket World<br />

Cup – thanks to <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Global Forwarding.<br />

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if you recently watched the Cricket<br />

World Cup in india, you may have<br />

noticed the number of spectators<br />

sporting colourful jerseys, waving flags<br />

and playing with match day giveaways.<br />

all of these were delivered by <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

Forwarding.<br />

since 2001, <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding’s<br />

Glasgow office has been working<br />

with orB international and sports<br />

merchandise Global, two leading uK<br />

companies that supply merchandise to<br />

sporting events around the world.<br />

as a result of sports merchandise<br />

Global’s involvement in the Cricket<br />

World Cup 2011, <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding<br />

was responsible for delivering some 30<br />

airfreight shipments totalling 1,500kg,<br />

plus another 800kg of ocean freight.<br />

The goods shipped included: bat<br />

bangs, thundersticks, caps, team shirts,<br />

paperweights, medallions and much<br />

more.<br />

preparations began back in september<br />

last year to get everything ready in time.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> teams throughout asia worked<br />

together to ship the finished goods<br />

from the uK, Hong Kong and China, to<br />

mumbai, Delhi, Dhaka and Colombo<br />

ahead of the competition. once in india,<br />

the team managed the storage of some<br />

of the merchandise.<br />

sports merchandise Global’s Commercial<br />

Director, George Richmond, said, “<strong>Toll</strong><br />

understood our needs; 80 percent of<br />

our business is outside the uK so we<br />

needed a business that understood the<br />

complexity of shipping into new and<br />

emerging markets.<br />

<strong>TOLL</strong> GLObAL FORWARDInG<br />

“<strong>Toll</strong> gets it right first time every time. Their<br />

service, professionalism, and willingness<br />

to go the extra mile for us have made <strong>Toll</strong><br />

critical to our business as we continue<br />

to grow on a global scale.”<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> also handled shipments for the<br />

previous Cricket World Cup in the<br />

Caribbean, last year. upcoming<br />

programs that will hopefully also feature<br />

sports merchandise Global products<br />

shipped by <strong>Toll</strong> include a large contract<br />

for the French Football Federation, and<br />

the new Indian Superleague competition<br />

which started on 20 april.<br />

so, next time you watch the riot of colour<br />

in the stands at a major televised sports<br />

event, there’s a good chance it got there<br />

thanks to <strong>Toll</strong>.


uK integration proceeding well<br />

Following the purchases of WT SeaAir<br />

and Genesis Forwarding in 2010, the<br />

process of integration with <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

Forwarding’s existing uK operations has<br />

made significant progress – resulting in<br />

a top six presence in the uK.<br />

The newly-amalgamated business has<br />

over 900 staff, operates in 15 locations,<br />

and offers a service portfolio spanning<br />

air and ocean forwarding, project<br />

forwarding, perishables forwarding,<br />

garment logistics, haulage and high<br />

street fashion distribution.<br />

Heading up the new uK business<br />

is managing Director, Gary Morter.<br />

His senior management team comprises<br />

representatives from all three of the<br />

constituent operations. The uK business<br />

is also strongly supported by <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

Forwarding’s eme managing Director<br />

Hakan Bicil and his team based in zurich.<br />

To ensure the integration process<br />

retains the strengths of all three former<br />

companies, an advisory board has been<br />

established. This is led by former Ceo of<br />

WT, Neil McGlynn, as president and Vice<br />

president Ken Howell, former Director<br />

of Genesis.<br />

Improving our business<br />

through action learning teams<br />

in late 2010, <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding<br />

teams in australia and new zealand<br />

started their first Action Learning Team<br />

(ALT).<br />

alTs are a new and innovative way<br />

to share best practice across the<br />

business. Teams from different areas<br />

of the business come together to share<br />

ideas and learnings, and from these they<br />

develop programs for the business as<br />

a whole.<br />

an alternative to conventional training<br />

programs, alTs are primarily selfdirected<br />

learning teams run over 90 days.<br />

The focus of the first program was how<br />

in four primary locations, the resources<br />

of the three companies have been<br />

merged to create efficiencies. The former<br />

Basildon facility closed in march with the<br />

staff transferred to mountnessing, essex.<br />

in manchester the offices consolidated<br />

into the <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding’s facility<br />

at the city’s airport. Three Heathrow<br />

facilities will become two in June, when<br />

the stanwell facility is vacated and<br />

operations are centred around Feltham<br />

and Harmondsworth.<br />

Finally, a single Birmingham facility<br />

has been created, with excellent<br />

warehousing and value-added service<br />

capabilities.<br />

Behind the scenes, the three companies’<br />

accounting systems are set to be<br />

replaced by a single, uniform package.<br />

meanwhile, the legal work involved in<br />

creating a new uK holding company is<br />

proceeding well. The Genesis and WT<br />

seaair identities are making way for the<br />

one <strong>Toll</strong> philosophy, culture and brand.<br />

The new, bigger <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding<br />

uK business is already signing up more<br />

major customers: Aurora Fashions<br />

to be number one in creating customer<br />

value. The team had to analyse current<br />

work practices and identify ways<br />

they could achieve the breakthrough<br />

changes required.<br />

eleven team members committed up to<br />

10 hours a week for the duration of the<br />

program on top of their normal workload.<br />

While it was a challenging time, they all<br />

enjoyed the experience and felt a sense<br />

of satisfaction at what they had achieved<br />

in a relatively short time frame.<br />

The business is now rolling out<br />

three initiatives to deliver benefits to<br />

customers and employees, and create<br />

a culture with employees at the heart.<br />

(owner of high street brands including<br />

Coast, Warehouse and Oasis) has<br />

handed over its entire uK warehousing<br />

and distribution functions to <strong>Toll</strong>, along<br />

with 300 of its staff.<br />

and a major online fashion and beauty<br />

retailer with a 40,000-strong product<br />

line-up has also given <strong>Toll</strong> its entire uK<br />

logistics business, after a successful<br />

trial with its largest supplier. This work<br />

involves processing goods from some<br />

400 suppliers around the world, each<br />

of which is a potential <strong>Toll</strong> customer<br />

in its own right.<br />

uK mD Gary morter said, “We have<br />

made excellent progress with the<br />

integration, and can all look forward to<br />

exciting times ahead.<br />

“our sales channels are finding significant<br />

opportunities that would have been<br />

more challenging to progress when we<br />

were separate businesses; potential<br />

customers are now more open to<br />

learning about the commanding position<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> has attained in the uK market.<br />

“<strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding has certainly now<br />

arrived in the uK.” <<br />

a customer centric training program<br />

to all <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding employees<br />

in the region is hoped will contribute to<br />

creating a culture where customers are<br />

truly at the centre.<br />

The team was delighted to be part of<br />

this innovative way of working, and other<br />

colleagues are lining up for the next alT<br />

program. management too have been<br />

pleased with the outcome and look<br />

forward to employing this technique to<br />

develop the business further and solve<br />

future organisational issues.<br />

The next alT is scheduled to start<br />

in July 2011. <<br />

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uK managing Director,<br />

gary Morter.<br />

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Supporting<br />

operations<br />

in Aberdeen –<br />

Europe’s oil<br />

and gas capital<br />

Genesis Forwarding, part of <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding’s<br />

operation in the uK, has been a well established part of<br />

the aberdeen oil and gas scene for the past eight years. offering<br />

a highly specialised service in a time sensitive environment,<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> has quickly made its name in the competitive marketplace.<br />

aberdeen, on scotland’s east coast, is well-known for its role<br />

as the main hub for all supplies for the huge north sea oil<br />

and gas fields, which are located far from land, in one of the<br />

cruellest seas in the world.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding’s office in aberdeen is a full-service<br />

forwarding operation that handles the international sector<br />

for inbound and outbound shipments by air, ocean, road and<br />

rail. The real difference between this and normal <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

Forwarding offices is the nature of much of the traffic, and its<br />

extreme urgency.<br />

so-called exports to rigs and ships in these locations cover<br />

everything from food and clothes, to machinery and spare parts<br />

for the rigs and support vessels. imports are generally drilling<br />

equipment that need to be returned to the mainland for repair.<br />

aberdeen is the gateway for all these shipments; but the final<br />

(or first) sector – the perilous north sea – is handled by the<br />

supply companies themselves, using special vessels that leave<br />

from aberdeen’s ancient quay.<br />

Crews arrive and depart from the rigs in all weather in an endless<br />

stream of helicopters. it’s a dramatic sight on a cold winter’s<br />

day, with a gale force wind and black skies; it’s certainly no<br />

business for the faint-hearted.<br />

To compete in this sector, you need to know the oil and<br />

gas companies, their supply companies, and the special<br />

terminology of their industry (such as knowing your Christmas<br />

trees and your flotation collars).<br />

you also have to know how to handle, pack and route all kinds<br />

of heavy and out-of-gauge cargo. you need to understand<br />

air and ocean charter. and you have to be prepared to go<br />

the extra mile to get things moving and meet tight deadlines:<br />

24/7, 365 days a year.<br />

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a good example of what this means in practice are the case<br />

studies below which illustrates how the team responds to<br />

urgent customer demands. <<br />

Case study 1<br />

at 5pm on Friday, a survey ship operator based in Texas, us<br />

needed emergency spares from newcastle, england for a<br />

vessel sailing from alabama, us the next day.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> despatched a driver to collect the package and handed it to<br />

an on-board courier at Heathrow airport, some 300 miles away.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong>’s Houston office met the courier on arrival in atlanta on<br />

saturday morning, arranged ramp transfer, and delivered it<br />

to the Chief engineer on the ship in alabama on saturday<br />

afternoon in time for the scheduled sailing.<br />

Case study 2<br />

an aberdeen-based supplier had three reels of cable weighing<br />

4,500kg for delivery to Boston, us next day.<br />

The usual forwarder told the shipper the deadline was<br />

impossible and they couldn’t help.<br />

instead, <strong>Toll</strong> loaded the cargo on a truck within 30 minutes,<br />

arranged extended close-out for a flight to the us. The<br />

team then drove 400 miles to london Heathrow where they<br />

pre-cleared cargo in us and loaded the freight on the plane.<br />

The stateside team then collected the cargo from the us<br />

airport and delivered it to the rhode island consignee by 5pm<br />

the very next day.<br />

Working as one <strong>Toll</strong> clearly assists the team in aberdeen to<br />

be able to go that extra mile to service their customers. This<br />

ability to wow customers with a complete end-to-end service<br />

and can-do attitude will stand the business in good stead to<br />

attract new customers and retain their current valued clients.<br />

AbOvE<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> Global<br />

Forwarding team<br />

loading cargo in<br />

aberdeen.


<strong>Toll</strong> board<br />

goes stateside<br />

toll global Forwarding in the us has undergone<br />

some major developments in the past year and<br />

is now proving to be a force to be reckoned<br />

with in the us forwarding sector.<br />

since the acquisition of summit Fmi in 2010 and the ensuing<br />

company-wide rebrand, <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding has grown<br />

its presence in the us, now operating in many of the country’s<br />

major cities and ports.<br />

To monitor the progress of the integration and to meet some<br />

of the staff who have been working on the project in the us,<br />

the <strong>Toll</strong> Board took a trip stateside in april.<br />

arriving in new york, the Board visited the <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding<br />

office and warehouse at JFK airport, the busiest air freight<br />

gateway in the country. Here they got the opportunity to look<br />

around the facility and meet some of the staff who work there.<br />

The Board then went to visit the <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding us head<br />

office in Carteret, new Jersey. Here the us senior management<br />

team gave a presentation on <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding in the us<br />

and an update on the integration project as well as sharing<br />

new plans with the Board.<br />

after catching up with the team in new york, the group<br />

continued onto memphis for a tour around the Fedex world<br />

headquarters.<br />

The Fedex facility is considered to be one of the most stateof-the-art<br />

operations in the world, and was a very informative<br />

visit for the group. Here they met with mike Ducker Coo of<br />

Fedex express, who gave a presentation on the company<br />

to the <strong>Toll</strong> Board.<br />

Their final port of call was long Beach, California where they<br />

checked out <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding’s san pedro ocean port<br />

facility, as well as visiting the mira loma facility.<br />

after the five day trip, the group returned to australia excited<br />

at the progress of the american business, and filled with ideas<br />

for future developments. <<br />

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Financial planning – a n<br />

at <strong>Toll</strong> we recognise that people are all at different stages<br />

in their working lives, and as such will have different<br />

priorities and demands for their money.<br />

For some, the aim may be to save for a home or a car, whereas<br />

others may be keen to pay off existing debts and manage their<br />

finances in the best way possible.<br />

However in the busy world that we live in, often other priorities<br />

get in the way and we find less time to consider our financial<br />

security and planning.<br />

Financial advice can be of assistance in many areas and can<br />

often play an important role in your financial future. Which<br />

is why we are very pleased to introduce financial planning<br />

offerings that are competitively priced making them both<br />

affordable and accessible.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> does not specifically endorse or recommend use of either<br />

of these companies however, both firms have been approached<br />

to provide you with access to a cost effective advice solution<br />

if you wish to access one.


ew look for <strong>Toll</strong> benefits<br />

if you wish to access other providers, or would like more<br />

information on financial planning or how to select a financial<br />

adviser you may contact other industry bodies such as, the<br />

Financial planning association of australia ltd www.fpa.asn.au<br />

or the australian securities and investment Commission (asiC)<br />

on 1300 300 630 and ask for the Getting advice booklet.<br />

To contact either of these two offerings it is simply a matter<br />

of calling or emailing the firm of your choice to find out more,<br />

and how they may be able to help you.<br />

easy access can also be found via the following links on the<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> intranet by going to, quicklinks / employee benefits and<br />

either clicking anz or outlook Financial services.<br />

Bernard McInerney<br />

Company secretary<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> <<br />

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Australian tax summary<br />

With the end of financial year around the corner, it is almost ‘tax time’…again! Australian toll<br />

employees and contractors should be careful when declaring all assessable income and claiming<br />

eligible tax deductions, particularly in light of significant data matching conducted by the AtO.<br />

We draw your attention to the eight most common<br />

tax return errors:<br />

• omitting interest income<br />

• understating income<br />

• incorrect or omitted dividend imputation credits<br />

• Capital gains / losses are incorrect or omitted<br />

• Home office expenses<br />

• Depreciation on rental property fixtures and fittings<br />

• Depreciation on income producing buildings, and<br />

• Borrowing costs associated with negative gearing.<br />

This article outlines the key areas of interest and handy end<br />

of year tax hints to assist taxpayers with their ongoing tax<br />

compliance obligations.<br />

Lodgement date – late October 2011 (TbC)<br />

Failure to lodge on time may result in non-deductible late<br />

lodgement penalties. Taxpayers lodging through a registered<br />

tax agent may have a later lodgement due date in line with<br />

tax agent lodgement programs, but should confirm with their<br />

tax advisor.<br />

personal tax rates – no change but includes flood levy<br />

individual taxpayers will pay more personal tax when the new<br />

flood levy applies from 1 July 2011. The resident tax rates<br />

for individuals are as follows:<br />

tax threshold levels – flood levy comparison<br />

Flood levy<br />

Generally, the flood levy will apply to individual taxpayers<br />

who have a taxable income over a$50,000 in the 2011–12<br />

financial year as illustrated below. as a result of the levy, for the<br />

2011–12 financial year, the effective top personal marginal tax<br />

rate will be 47.5 percent (including medicare levy). individuals<br />

are exempt from the flood levy if they were affected by a<br />

natural disaster during 2010 –11 and received an australian<br />

Government Disaster recovery payment (aGDrp) or would<br />

have met the aGDrp criteria.<br />

Tax tips to better manage tax affairs<br />

salary packaging benefits<br />

salary packaging can be a useful way to obtain tax savings,<br />

particularly if you are on the top marginal tax rate. some of<br />

the most common and tax-effective items to consider include<br />

superannuation and motor vehicles.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> is generally entitled to claim GsT credits on taxable<br />

benefits, making the salary sacrificing arrangement more<br />

cost effective. employees should enter an effective salary<br />

sacrifice arrangement to forego salary or bonuses for fringe<br />

benefits or additional superannuation contributions prior to<br />

earning the income.<br />

please be mindful that salary sacrificed fringe benefits may be<br />

reportable on your payment summary. This may impact other<br />

items including medicare levy and superannuation surcharge,<br />

childcare payments, Higher education loan payments (Help)<br />

and government benefits.<br />

Current and from 1 July 2011 (excluding flood levy) From 1 July 2011 (including flood levy)<br />

Taxable income (a$) rate (percent) Taxable income (a$) rate (percent)<br />

0 - 6,000 0 0 – 6,000 0<br />

6,001 – 37,000 15 6,001 – 37,000 15<br />

37,001 – 80,000 30 37,001 – 50,000 30<br />

80,001 – 180,000 37 50,001 – 80,000 30.5<br />

180,001+ 45 80,001 – 100,000 37.5<br />

The above rates exclude 1.5 percent medicare levy.<br />

100,001 – 180,000 38<br />

180,001+ 46


and budget update 2011<br />

Key budget announcements<br />

Fringe Benefits tax (FBt) and cars – flat 20 percent<br />

valuation rate to apply<br />

The FBT treatment of cars will change to eliminate the<br />

unintended incentive for people to drive their vehicle further<br />

than necessary in order to obtain larger tax concessions. The<br />

change will replace the current four-tiered statutory formula<br />

that applies a sliding scale of rates to calculate the taxable<br />

value of car fringe benefits with single flat rate of 20 percent,<br />

regardless of the number of kilometres travelled.<br />

The changes will only apply to new vehicle contracts entered<br />

into after 7.30pm (aesT) on 10 may 2011 and will be phased<br />

in over four years.<br />

The implications for <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> and its people are<br />

as follows:<br />

employees who use their vehicles for a significant amount of<br />

work-related travel should consider using the ‘operating cost’<br />

(or ‘log book’) method. This is particularly relevant for people<br />

who have salary packaged a car with a statutory fraction<br />

below 20 percent.<br />

salary packaging cars may become more attractive for people<br />

where the statutory fraction would otherwise have been greater<br />

than 20 percent (i.e. for low kilometre users).<br />

The Tax, Finance and Human resources functions have<br />

partnered to introduce the employee contribution method on<br />

novated motor Vehicle leases which can increase benefits<br />

to employees who structure a motor vehicle through their<br />

salary package. employees with a taxable income of less than<br />

a$180,000 will receive more after-tax pay in their pocket as<br />

a result of this arrangement. This is because FBT at a rate of<br />

46.5 percent is transferred to the employee’s personal marginal<br />

income tax rate.<br />

Refund of excess concessional contributions<br />

eligible individuals who breach the concessional contributions<br />

cap by up to a$10,000 will be provided with a one-off option<br />

to request any excess contributions to be refunded to them.<br />

This new refund option will only apply to first time breaches<br />

from 1 July 2011. This measure makes the superannuation<br />

system fairer by allowing those who have breached the cap<br />

for the first time, by a$10,000 or less, the option to have these<br />

contributions refunded and taxed at their potentially lower<br />

marginal tax rate rather than the 46.5 percent effective excess<br />

contributions tax rate.<br />

Higher superannuation contribution caps for over 50s<br />

This Budget confirmed the 2010–11 Budget announcement<br />

that a higher concessional contributions cap will apply from<br />

1 July 2012 for people over 50 with superannuation balances<br />

under a$500,000.<br />

Superannuation information on payslips<br />

employees will receive information on their payslips about<br />

the amount of superannuation actually paid into their account.<br />

employees will also receive quarterly notification from their<br />

superannuation fund if regular payments cease, with effect<br />

from 1 July 2012.<br />

Other measures affecting individuals<br />

Other measures in the Budget include:<br />

• Changes to the delivery of the low income tax offset<br />

• increase in the medicare levy low-income thresholds<br />

• phase out of the dependent spouse tax offset<br />

• Changes to Family Tax Benefits. <<br />

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Introducing<br />

Leadership @ <strong>Toll</strong><br />

AbOvE<br />

l-r: neil Lawson,<br />

Mark Hartley,<br />

Wendy Bliss and<br />

Lex Vasdekis.<br />

OppOSITE pAGE<br />

Lesley staples.<br />

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Our people are our most valuable asset, and to help us further develop our industry leading teams,<br />

we have developed our very own bespoke management training program called Leadership @ toll.<br />

initially delivered to all senior management, the program<br />

is gradually being rolled out across the business and will<br />

cover all people managers throughout the business in the<br />

next three years.<br />

The program is delivered through a series of personal coaching<br />

and face to face workshops run throughout australia, nz, asia,<br />

africa, europe and the us. The workshops run over six months<br />

What is the Leadership @ <strong>Toll</strong> program?<br />

Welcome to part one of two articles giving an insight into the<br />

leadership @ <strong>Toll</strong> program.<br />

This is a global program designed to fast track the leadership<br />

skills of our managers to inspire, motivate and empower their<br />

people.<br />

We recently interviewed four managers from different <strong>Toll</strong><br />

businesses who have completed the program; Wendy Bliss,<br />

Head of service Delivery, Global information services; Mark<br />

Hartley, nsW state manager, <strong>Toll</strong> Fast; Lex Vasdekis, Business<br />

manager, Contract logistics, <strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics; and neil<br />

lawson, Victoria state manager, <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding.<br />

They answered a series of questions about the program and<br />

leadership as a whole. Here is the first part of the questions.<br />

1. Tell me about the mechanics of the program<br />

neil: The program was very interactive. lots of sessions where<br />

you would work together in pairs or in threes. you weren’t just<br />

sitting down for long periods getting lectured to. more about<br />

getting involved and learning from others in the group.<br />

Mark: i’d break it down into three key elements. The theory,<br />

the practical and the coaching sessions done outside the<br />

classroom. Coaching was a key element for myself as it allowed<br />

me to go past the boundaries of normal training and learning.<br />

and the program in its entirety over a 12 month period. There<br />

are currently 35 programs running around the world with over<br />

600 managers completing or nominated for the program. For<br />

further information, speak to your Hr representative or visit<br />

the people @ <strong>Toll</strong> portal on the intranet from July where you<br />

will be able to access more information and watch the videos<br />

of the interviews below.<br />

Lex: Basically the program goes for five days in total in two<br />

parts as well as personal coach calls in between. The coach<br />

calls are from an independent person who had an enormous<br />

amount of professional experience so you were able to talk<br />

about things you’d learnt or things going on in your environment.<br />

Wendy: There are two basic parts of the course. one is called<br />

Coach in a Box where you have one on one coaching. it helps<br />

you to focus on issues you may be having. it’s very personal.<br />

There are also two workshops, four or five months apart.<br />

They are a lot of fun, but can be quite confronting for some<br />

people. The group gives you lots of feedback which is helpful<br />

to you to learn and grow.<br />

2. Has the program given you better insights into the<br />

many facets of <strong>Toll</strong> as a large company?<br />

neil: i thought the prime thing out of the program was the fact<br />

we got to work with people from right across australia and<br />

new zealand. To get together for five days and meet those<br />

people and realise you are working together on similar issues.<br />

There’s definitely a lot stronger bond with all those people we<br />

did the course with.<br />

Mark: i believe the 360 degrees element has given me a real<br />

insight into what happens in other business units. To form a<br />

real bond with colleagues in other units. i think it goes a long<br />

way to developing the one <strong>Toll</strong>.


Lex: The program was great in the way we were able to<br />

collaborate with <strong>Toll</strong> people, not only from australia but<br />

internationally, particularly asia. i think we had eight or nine<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> businesses together, so sharing ideas with those people<br />

and being able to work on projects going forward was fantastic<br />

and one of the real highlights of the program for me.<br />

3. Was the program what you were expecting – why<br />

and why not?<br />

neil: Certainly working with the people in the program was far<br />

more intense than i thought it would be. it was a great part of it.<br />

Mark: i didn’t go into it with any preconception of what it<br />

would be about.<br />

Lex: it certainly was what i was expecting but of all the courses<br />

i’ve done at <strong>Toll</strong>, this was the most rewarding. it exceeded my<br />

expectations. i can’t speak highly enough of the openness of<br />

the group and the honesty of the group.<br />

Wendy: i have done a lot of management courses in my career<br />

and to come along to a program like this i had quite high<br />

expectations and high standards. it lived up to all of those.<br />

a lot of innovation and interaction between the parties and it<br />

was done in a way that just made you stop and think a little<br />

bit more about it and look at it in a different way.<br />

4. Why do you think you will be a better manager as<br />

a result of the Leadership @ <strong>Toll</strong> program?<br />

neil: i think the program makes you reflect on your own<br />

management style. There were parts of it i found quite surprising<br />

about myself. sometimes you don’t see yourself as others do.<br />

i found that very valuable. i’ll take a lot of that on board and<br />

improve myself based on that.<br />

Mark: i have learnt “me” time is quintessential to being a good<br />

leader, using the time to “climb the tree” more often.<br />

Lex: some of the tools i’ve taken from the program like “see,<br />

Hear, speak” have certainly benefited me and those around me.<br />

identifying mind traps and realising you can’t have your finger<br />

in every pie, so empowering and entrusting those around you<br />

to make decisions and being able to guide them and listen to<br />

them was a benefit to me and made me a stronger manager.<br />

Wendy: as a consequence of this program, i now have a bigger<br />

tool set available to me. i have a whole group of managers<br />

that i have now gone through some programs with and we’re<br />

all now working in the same way with the same ideas and<br />

actually working together to improve things.<br />

the second part of this Q&A series will appear in the next<br />

edition of toll today. if this article has made you interested<br />

in the leadership @ program and you’d like to see video<br />

interviews these managers, you’ll find them on the <strong>Toll</strong> intranet.<br />

Human resources Director,<br />

lesley staples, gives us<br />

an insight into the leadership<br />

@ <strong>Toll</strong> program, and the role of<br />

Human resources at <strong>Toll</strong>. The<br />

full interview will be available on the people @ <strong>Toll</strong> portal,<br />

accessible through the intranet from July 2011.<br />

What is the Lesley Staples story?<br />

Lesley: i started life as a graduate at the anz Bank. Worked<br />

my way through human resources for 15 years. Had a couple<br />

of children whilst i was there. after a restructure i left and spent<br />

a year doing contracting work then joined a global organisation<br />

of consulting psychologists for a couple of years. i was lucky<br />

to get a role at Cadbury schweppes after this where i ended<br />

up head of Human resources for australia and new zealand.<br />

after six years there, paul offered me the role here. i’ve been<br />

here now for two and a half years.<br />

What have been the main differences coming to <strong>Toll</strong>?<br />

Lesley: some wonderful differences to be honest. it sounds<br />

like a cliché but <strong>Toll</strong> does have a can-do attitude. We don’t<br />

get slowed down by meetings, presentations and “death by<br />

powerpoint”.<br />

Tell us about the Leadership @ <strong>Toll</strong> program<br />

Lesley: i could wax lyrical about it. it’s about developing<br />

strong managers. We’ve launched 35 programs, 600 managers<br />

are nominated globally and the program is about managers<br />

taking a look at themselves as leaders. They get feedback<br />

about how others see them, they get to try some new skills in<br />

leading others, and importantly they learn how to listen, see<br />

people differently and have more effective conversations and<br />

relationships.<br />

What goals have you set?<br />

Lesley: We have set five goals. The first goal is to enable<br />

everyone at <strong>Toll</strong> to be great at their job, deliver on their<br />

accountabilities and excel. secondly, we absolutely have to<br />

continuously develop our talent to fill key roles for the future.<br />

Thirdly, i believe we need strong managers who are equally good<br />

at managing their people as they are at managing their business.<br />

We need people managers who select the right people, who can<br />

coach them and develop them, give them feedback, grow them.<br />

Goal four is to grow our core competencies like operational<br />

excellence, commercial and financial capability, and business<br />

development. in so doing, we can encourage people to grow<br />

their career with <strong>Toll</strong>. The final goal is to provide access to<br />

these tools, resources and training for all employees.<br />

What else can we expect in the future?<br />

Lesley: a focus on performance and to get the portal up and<br />

running which can be accessed by any employee in the world<br />

to gain information relevant to their career development at <strong>Toll</strong>.<br />

in that way we can connect everyone within the company. <<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> employee named Supply Chain<br />

and <strong>Logistics</strong> Association’s first<br />

female national board member<br />

AbOvE<br />

PJ gould in centre<br />

(in green) at the<br />

launch of the aCT<br />

and southern division<br />

branch of the sClaa.<br />

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pJ Gould, Government executive Business manager for <strong>Toll</strong><br />

<strong>Group</strong>, <strong>Group</strong> Business Development, australia, is the<br />

first female to be appointed to the Supply Chain and <strong>Logistics</strong><br />

Association of Australia’s (SCLAA) board.<br />

The appointment coincided with the launch of the aCT and<br />

southern nsW division, of which pJ is the inaugural president.<br />

over 140 people attended the launch of the aCT and southern<br />

nsW division at the National Press Club. a range of industries<br />

were represented including federal and state government;<br />

defence, iT & financial industries, Chambers of Commerce,<br />

and various aCT-based organisations.<br />

The launch was a great success, with all presenters being<br />

extremely well received including air Vice-marshal Margaret<br />

Staib, am, CsC, Commander Joint logistics, who discussed<br />

Defence’s Joint logistics capability and future direction.<br />

pJ was thrilled with the success of the event, and her<br />

appointment to the national board. she said, “This is the<br />

first in many events for people in the region who work in<br />

the transport and logistics industry. By setting up this branch of<br />

the sClaa in Canberra, we will be able to deliver training and<br />

networking opportunities to professionals here who may have<br />

otherwise had to travel interstate to take part in these activities.<br />

“i am also delighted to be named the first female member of the<br />

slCaa and i hope to make a lasting impact to the organisation<br />

over the coming months and years”.


nicola Wakefield Evans<br />

joins the <strong>Toll</strong> board<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> recently announced the appointment of Ms Nicola<br />

Wakefield Evans as a non executive Director, making her<br />

the seventh member of the Board and the first female.<br />

nicola, who has been nominated as one of the world’s leading<br />

lawyers, has been working in Hong Kong as managing partner<br />

international and m&a partner for mallesons stephen Jaques.<br />

she has recently returned to australia after four years in Hong<br />

Kong and has already taken up her position at <strong>Toll</strong> attending<br />

the may board meeting.<br />

Chairman of the Board, ray Horsburgh am said, “The Board has<br />

been assessing candidates for some time to ensure appropriate<br />

skill-sets are represented and it’s fair to say ms Wakefield<br />

evans’ candidature was outstanding.<br />

“nicola has worked at the highest levels of her profession<br />

advising some of the world’s largest and most successful<br />

companies in asia, australia and elsewhere around the world.”<br />

ms Wakefield evans said, “The opportunity to join the Board of<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Holdings, asia’s leading transport and logistics company,<br />

is very exciting for me.<br />

“The <strong>Toll</strong> name is well-known in asia. it has made good progress<br />

in bringing professional outsourced logistics to the asian<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> welcomes<br />

new WA chaplain<br />

Ken maley has recently joined the <strong>Toll</strong><br />

<strong>Group</strong>’s chaplaincy team in Wa,<br />

replacing Elizabeth Breakey, who now<br />

covers Victoria and Tasmania. Ken<br />

comes to the <strong>Toll</strong> <strong>Group</strong> as a second<br />

life career, having previously worked in<br />

the media for 25 years, and attributes his<br />

grey hair to raising kids and getting old!<br />

if you are based in Wa and would like<br />

to find out more about the work Ken<br />

maley does, please contact him on<br />

0439 902 554 or 1800 264 930, or email<br />

ken.maley@tollgroup.com. <<br />

marketplace and is an australian company with a particularly<br />

bright future there.<br />

“i am delighted to have the chance to join the Board and be<br />

part of its future growth,” she concluded.<br />

ms Wakefield evans is 50 years old and a qualified lawyer<br />

in australia, Hong Kong and the uK. <<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> HRT announces<br />

v8 endurance racing<br />

team at <strong>Toll</strong> Fleet’s<br />

Altona home<br />

toll HRt’s rising V8 supercar star nick Percat has been awarded the opportunity of a lifetime and<br />

will join Holden’s famous factory toll Holden Racing team for the annual V8 endurance races at<br />

Phillip Island and Bathurst later this year.


The 22 year old will co-drive with his<br />

mentor, 2007 V8 supercar Champion<br />

and two-time Bathurst winner Garth<br />

Tander in the #2 <strong>Toll</strong> Holden racing<br />

Team Holden Ve series ii Commodore.<br />

in the other <strong>Toll</strong> HrT car, veteran<br />

Cameron McConville rejoins the team<br />

to drive alongside reigning V8 supercar<br />

Champion James Courtney in the #1 <strong>Toll</strong><br />

HrT Commodore.<br />

The team made the announcement at<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Fleet’s brand new facility in altona,<br />

melbourne where a number of staff from<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Fleet and other areas of the business<br />

had a chance to talk to the drivers, as<br />

well as look around the cars.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> HrT #2 driver Garth Tander is looking<br />

forward to working with nick for the<br />

endurance races which kick off with a<br />

traditional 500km warm-up to Bathurst<br />

at the l&H 500 at phillip island on 16–18<br />

september followed by Bathurst and the<br />

armor all Gold Coast 600 in october.<br />

Garth said, “every time nick has tested<br />

my <strong>Toll</strong> HrT Commodore he has been<br />

right on the money. There won’t be any<br />

extra pressure applied from us. We think<br />

nick is ready, we have absolute faith<br />

in the job he will do and this is a great<br />

opportunity to give a young guy a start.”<br />

a lifetime <strong>Toll</strong> HrT fan, nick said he<br />

was surprised to receive the call up,<br />

AbOvE<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> Fleet team<br />

with the <strong>Toll</strong> HrT V8<br />

endurance drivers.<br />

but promised to make the most of the<br />

opportunity.<br />

nick said, “When i was first told i would<br />

be driving for the <strong>Toll</strong> Holden racing<br />

Team with Garth Tander in this year’s<br />

endurance races i was quite shocked.<br />

“Growing up i always followed <strong>Toll</strong><br />

HrT and now to be driving one of<br />

its Commodores in two of the year’s<br />

most important races with one of the<br />

best drivers in the field is a massive<br />

opportunity, one i will be grabbing with<br />

both hands.” <<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> nZ team get to<br />

meet their v8 heroes<br />

it’s not every day you get to meet your sporting heroes but<br />

for 200 <strong>Toll</strong> staff and customers in auckland, that’s exactly<br />

what they did a few days before the V8 Supercar weekend<br />

in Hamilton.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> HrT’s drivers, Garth Tander and James Courtney, visited<br />

the <strong>Toll</strong> new zealand and <strong>Toll</strong> ipeC site, and hosted a q&a<br />

session for almost two hours.<br />

They signed autographs, chatted with guests and described<br />

their profession with passion.<br />

it was immediately very apparent that the racing drivers of<br />

today must be intelligent, articulate and genial. it’s not enough<br />

any more just to be able to drive a hugely powerful car very<br />

fast, modern sportsmen have to be able to woo their public.<br />

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TOp<br />

l-r: James and<br />

garth signing<br />

autographs for their<br />

new zealand fans.<br />

AbOvE LEFT<br />

The team talking to<br />

the drivers.<br />

AbOvE RIGHT<br />

l-r: James<br />

Courtney, garth<br />

tander, greg Miller<br />

and Murray gardner,<br />

Gm <strong>Toll</strong> new zealand,<br />

north island.<br />

Garth and James certainly did that; their audience was<br />

captivated as they described tactics, performance statistics,<br />

racing circuits and much more. perhaps most illuminating of<br />

all were their personal philosophies of competing and winning.<br />

as sports professionals they fully appreciated the<br />

professionalism that the company brings to the <strong>Toll</strong> Holden<br />

racing Team. The <strong>Toll</strong> approach to competitiveness fits exactly<br />

with that of the drivers.<br />

<strong>Group</strong> General manager Greg miller was delighted to welcome<br />

the duo to new zealand and said, “our team and customers<br />

were delighted to hear first-hand of the trials and tribulations<br />

of these two fine sports professionals as well as the friendly<br />

ribbing and personal q&a session they provided. This was a<br />

great treat for all who attended!”


<strong>Toll</strong> priority staff volunteer<br />

for Kids under Cover<br />

on 20 march, a group of <strong>Toll</strong> priority<br />

employees and their families<br />

volunteered to assist in the Twilight<br />

Running Festival in Brisbane.<br />

The Twilight running Festival raised<br />

money for Kids Under Cover, a not for<br />

profit organisation building homes and<br />

providing scholarships for homeless and<br />

at risk youth.<br />

With a$1 from the entry fee of each<br />

runner donated to the charity, the event<br />

raised over a$10,000.<br />

Kids under Cover is a customer of <strong>Toll</strong><br />

priority DX solutions, using the DX<br />

network and services for the distribution<br />

of internal mail, as well as their annual<br />

report and campaigns throughout the<br />

year.<br />

on the day, 14 <strong>Toll</strong> priority staff members<br />

and their families spent up to six hours at<br />

Automotive runs for the kids<br />

an intrepid group of runners, joggers, striders and shufflers<br />

from automotive, <strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics turned out recently to<br />

participate in the melbourne Run for the Kids fundraising event.<br />

the event assisting the event organisers<br />

with registrations, runner recovery and<br />

water stations, and handing out medals<br />

to the runners.<br />

Shona McNeill, Community Fundraising<br />

and events Coordinator at Kids under<br />

Cover said, “it was so great to meet the<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> team; you all did such a brilliant job<br />

and should be so proud of yourselves!<br />

Thank you so much for making a<br />

difference.” <<br />

Held in the Royal Botanic Gardens, only a hop, skip and a jump<br />

from the <strong>Toll</strong> head offices on st Kilda road, the event raised<br />

money for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.<br />

Decked out in matching caps and T-shirt sporting the new <strong>Toll</strong><br />

logo, with the crunch of autumn leaves underfoot, the team<br />

from <strong>Toll</strong> auto completed the course without reportable incident<br />

(although some members felt a bit stiff the following day!).<br />

some of our more colourful members (wearing pink feather<br />

boas) even flirted with fame appearing both as still and (barely)<br />

moving images on the evening TV coverage of the run.<br />

a beautiful melbourne day and a well organised event combined<br />

to allow a group of work friends to have fun while making a<br />

healthy contribution to an important and worthy cause. <<br />

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AbOvE<br />

Kids under Cover’s<br />

shona Mcneill with<br />

Martin green, state<br />

manager, queensland<br />

and erika newman.<br />

LEFT<br />

l-r: Alison Brain,<br />

suzie evans, Kaylene<br />

Baker and Mandy<br />

davies thomas.<br />

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One <strong>Toll</strong> in action –<br />

working together to help Timor Leste<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> in Timor leste combines the capabilities of <strong>Toll</strong> remote<br />

logistics, <strong>Toll</strong> marine logistics australia, <strong>Toll</strong> nqX and<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding who work together to provide logistics<br />

solutions that connect Timor leste with the world.<br />

in march this year, <strong>Toll</strong> put its combined capabilities to good<br />

use in support of a great cause.<br />

Wayne Leatham of St Vincent’s Hospital in sydney volunteers<br />

his time to help the hospital’s outreach program to the Bairo<br />

pite clinic in Dili, Timor leste. The hospital shares much needed<br />

expertise and medical supplies and had 16 hydraulic hospital<br />

beds to donate to the clinic. The only catch was they weighed<br />

120kg each and needed to get from sydney to Dili. This is<br />

where <strong>Toll</strong> stepped in.<br />

Wayne had seen <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics supporting the Tour de<br />

Timor cycle race that he had participated in. so he contacted<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> to see if there was any way they could assist. The next<br />

day Barry Drape from <strong>Toll</strong> nqX was on the phone asking “how<br />

can we help?”<br />

Wayne outlined the challenge and shortly afterwards got a<br />

call from <strong>Toll</strong> nqX operations manager Craig Dunscombe<br />

to arrange pick-up on <strong>Toll</strong>’s daily B-double curtain side road<br />

transporter. Coincidentally, it had been Craig who while working<br />

as a driver had delivered the same beds to the hospital some<br />

years earlier.<br />

in preparation for the pick-up, Wayne called in his mates<br />

from the BlG cycle group to provide the person-power to<br />

get the beds packed up from the hospital and into storage<br />

ready for pick up.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> nqX transported the beds from sydney to Darwin by road<br />

Scott sheds his locks and raises<br />

over A$7k for leukaemia research<br />

big congratulations to Scott Van Loon, <strong>Toll</strong> energy’s senior<br />

a operations manager in Darwin who very bravely took part<br />

in The World’s Greatest Shave on saturday 12 march.<br />

Daring scott raised over a$7,000 for the Leukaemia Foundation<br />

by having his luscious locks shaved off!<br />

Hygiene rules prevented any participants from having anything<br />

less than a “number one” but as you can see from the before<br />

and after pictures, scott took a trip to the barber’s after the<br />

main event to finish off the new look off.<br />

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where Rod Clarke from <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’ Darwin supply<br />

chain office made customs and shipping arrangements, while<br />

Fiona Goulding from <strong>Toll</strong> marine logistics australia arranged<br />

for the consignment to be packed and loaded onto one of their<br />

vessels headed for Dili.<br />

on arrival in Dili, <strong>Toll</strong> remote logistics’ supply Chain manager<br />

Robert Lachmund took delivery of the beds and handled the<br />

customs clearance and port duties before delivering the beds<br />

to the Bairo pite clinic where they were gratefully received by<br />

Dr Dan Murphy.<br />

With the hard work of Wayne leatham and the support<br />

of a range of <strong>Toll</strong>’s great can-do staff, an opportunity had<br />

been translated into a great outcome for the community<br />

of Timor leste.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> would like to thank Wayne for all of his efforts and are<br />

pleased that we could help. <<br />

as we go to print, scott was the top fund raiser in nT for solo<br />

and team donations. a fantastic job for a very worthwhile<br />

cause; well done scott. <<br />

AbOvE<br />

Robert Lachmund<br />

delivering beds to<br />

dr dan Murphy.<br />

LEFT<br />

scott before and after.


<strong>Toll</strong> teams battle<br />

it out on the<br />

green for charity<br />

it’s no secret that our employees love playing golf, and when<br />

a charity is the good cause, it’s easy to get volunteers<br />

to take part.<br />

earlier this year, golfers from <strong>Toll</strong> people, <strong>Toll</strong> nqX, <strong>Toll</strong><br />

intermodal, <strong>Toll</strong> ipeC, <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding, Contract logistics<br />

and automotive from the <strong>Toll</strong> Global logistics division, <strong>Toll</strong><br />

energy and <strong>Toll</strong> express took part in the Wa <strong>Toll</strong> Golf Day.<br />

Held at the Burswood Golf Club in perth, <strong>Toll</strong> staff invited their<br />

clients to take part and together raise cash for the Princess<br />

Margaret’s Children’s Hospital.<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> people was also involved in the motor industry Foundation<br />

golf day in Wa, where state manager, Tony O’Donnell won the<br />

top prize of a$5,000. He kindly donated this back to the charity<br />

to help provide families in need with vehicles.<br />

Jason Holmes from <strong>Toll</strong> intermodal did a great job of organising<br />

the day and has already started to plan the event for 2012.<br />

if you would like to take part, please contact Jason at<br />

jason.holmes@tollgroup.com<br />

The team in <strong>Toll</strong> new zealand also raised money for charity<br />

by playing their favourite sport.<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> nz team raised over nz$8,500 for victims of the<br />

Christchurch earthquake.<br />

The winners on the day were:<br />

• Best gross – Ross Allan, Kiwirail interislander<br />

• Best single stableford – Garth Deenik, DB Breweries<br />

• Best Ambrose group – Stephen Thomas, Branch<br />

manager Tauranga; Steve Davies, 2D Consulting;<br />

Andrew Smith, pakline marketing and sales; and<br />

Shane Storrie, scott’s seafoods<br />

• Best Lady – Judy Fawdray, <strong>Toll</strong> new zealand.<br />

The support of sponsors for this event is much appreciated<br />

and most have been involved for a number of years. a big<br />

thank you must go to them all. <<br />

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<strong>Toll</strong> going ‘over the top’<br />

to fight prostate cancer<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> energy is proud to be supporting the extraordinary<br />

expedition of two brothers boating from sydney to perth<br />

to raise awareness and funds to fight prostate cancer.<br />

Peter and Philip Jenkins are set to embark on a voyage<br />

stretching more than 9,500km across the top of australia’s<br />

rugged coastline in an 8.6m rigid inflatable boat – more<br />

commonly referred to as a ‘rubber duck’.<br />

The trip is part of the Honda Over The Top Expedition, developed<br />

by the brothers to raise funds and awareness of the relatively<br />

unknown killer of men – prostate cancer. The expedition will<br />

stop at 26 locations along the australian coast, where the pair<br />

will conduct special presentations at yacht and boating clubs.<br />

as part of their commitment to the cause, <strong>Toll</strong> energy will lend<br />

its services to transfer the expedition’s boat from perth to<br />

sydney for the International Boat Show on 28 July to 1 august,<br />

where the brothers’ 10 week journey will begin. <strong>Toll</strong> will also<br />

assist the team with transporting other materials.<br />

each year in australia, close to 3,000 men die of prostate cancer<br />

– equal to the number of women who die from breast cancer.<br />

The expedition mission is to raise in excess of a$200,000 for<br />

the Cancer Council australia.<br />

With a family history of prostate cancer, peter is passionate<br />

about sharing his story with boating enthusiasts.<br />

“i was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2008,” said peter.<br />

“i have always been active and healthy, so to hear that i had<br />

cancer at 61 years of age was quite a shock. Thankfully,<br />

i detected it early and was able to receive treatment in the<br />

least invasive method with brachytherapy.”<br />

“my hope for this expedition is that we can educate other<br />

australian men through our story and encourage those who<br />

may be reluctant to visit their Gp, to book an appointment and<br />

at least get checked.” peter is amazed by the overwhelming<br />

support the expedition has received from the boating fraternity<br />

and industry.<br />

“When we approached <strong>Toll</strong> for their support, the company was<br />

open and enthusiastic from the outset,” said peter.<br />

“They immediately recognised the importance of what we’re<br />

trying to achieve and have been willing to do whatever is<br />

required to help the cause, so i can’t thank them enough,”<br />

he said.<br />

During the expedition, the brothers will have on ground support<br />

from Honda dealers and the Cancer Council Australia, who will<br />

be the beneficiaries of funds raised on behalf of the expedition.<br />

Cancer Council Western australia education and research<br />

Director, Terry Slevin, believes the unique event will help raise<br />

awareness on the importance of men to seek medical help in the<br />

early signs of disease and to have regular medical check-ups.<br />

“There is no doubt we still have a lot to learn about how to<br />

prevent, identify, diagnose and treat many cancers. But blokes<br />

in particular have a lot to learn about looking after themselves,”<br />

Terry said.<br />

“Do what you can to reduce your cancer risk, and don’t delay<br />

when early signs of health problems crop up,” he said.<br />

To follow the expedition, find out more about prostate cancer<br />

or donate online, please visit www.overthetop.com.au


<strong>Toll</strong> gang takes part in<br />

Whitelion bail out<br />

Whitelion is one of our most effective and efficient second<br />

step partner programs. We work with them in four<br />

states across australia (ViC, Tas, sa and nsW) to assist<br />

disadvantaged youth to become ‘work ready’ for employment<br />

within <strong>Toll</strong>’s second step program.<br />

on 13 may Whitelion ran their inaugural nsW ‘Bail out’<br />

fundraiser at yasmar, previously a juvenile detention centre in<br />

nsW. Two weeks later the annual Victorian ‘Bail out’ was held<br />

in the old melbourne Gaol. in stark contrast to traditional charity<br />

fundraising events there were no five course meals, auction<br />

items or black ties. as participants arrived at the facilities they<br />

were greeted by not so friendly ‘guards’, made to hand over all<br />

belongings and were given prison overalls to wear. They were<br />

then fingerprinted, photographed and escorted to their cells.<br />

The nsW ‘<strong>Toll</strong> Gang’ consisted of Roger Antochi, Danny Brady,<br />

Nerrel Schmidt and Michael Dorgio. The ‘inmates’ at yasmar<br />

spent a cold and unpleasant night experiencing what ‘detention’<br />

really means to the 500 young people who reside in juvenile<br />

detention centres across nsW. along with the other ‘inmates’<br />

they enjoyed prison style food, cleaned their cells, attended<br />

drug and alcohol counselling and appeared at a bail hearing.<br />

Automotive employee saves the day<br />

automotive employee, Dave Grant, was busy mowing his<br />

lawn on a day off just before Christmas, when he was<br />

called upon to perform an act of bravery.<br />

He saw a couple go into his neighbour’s backyard, and worried<br />

that they may be uninvited guests, Dave called his neighbour<br />

to alert him.<br />

When his neighbour confirmed he was not expecting visitors,<br />

Dave alerted the police and apprehended the intruders as<br />

they left the property with arms full of Christmas presents,<br />

jewellery and cash.<br />

Determined to get away with the crime, the burglar pulled a<br />

knife on Dave. However he was able to escape unharmed<br />

For those who did manage to fall asleep, a 2am wake up<br />

from the guards reminded them of where they were!<br />

saturday morning brought the nsW attorney General, the<br />

Honourable Greg Smith, who paid a visit to the site and gave<br />

an official pardon to all inmates and sent them on their way.<br />

as a reward for their ‘good behaviour’ and recognising their<br />

commitment to the event, exhausted inmates were rewarded<br />

with a champagne breakfast. perhaps not typical prison fare,<br />

but a well-earned reward for the ‘<strong>Toll</strong> Gang’.<br />

The melbourne ‘inmates’ were locked up for a less daunting four<br />

hours during which time they were harangued and taunted by<br />

hostile guards! Elizabeth Breakey, Marie Scotson, Kane Pitman<br />

and stella misiti – the ‘you’ve Been <strong>Toll</strong>’d’ Gang – having raised<br />

their bail were released to enjoy the rest of the evening with<br />

entertainment provided at the old melbourne Gaol Crime and<br />

Justice precinct.<br />

Together our <strong>Toll</strong> inmates, supported by business units, family<br />

and friends raised over $8,500 for Whitelion.<br />

Well done to the participants and business units for this great<br />

effort for a wonderful organisation. <<br />

and trapped the criminal until the police arrived to arrest him.<br />

Thankfully Dave escaped the ordeal in one piece, and has since<br />

been dubbed a local hero by his community, appearing in the<br />

Penrith Times in recognition of his act of bravery.<br />

His workmates at automotive are also proud of him, and<br />

pleased to have such a community conscious colleague on<br />

their team.<br />

manager Andrew Hawes said, “Dave showed the importance<br />

of being a good neighbour, and did his friend, his community<br />

and the police a favour ahead of the festive season.<br />

“We’re pleased to have such a good samaritan on the team!” <<br />

AbOvE LEFT<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> Gang.<br />

l-r: stella Misiti,<br />

Marie scotson,<br />

elizabeth Breakey<br />

and Kane Pitman.<br />

COMMunITY<br />

AbOvE RIGHT<br />

The <strong>Toll</strong> Gang.<br />

l-r: Roger, nerrel,<br />

Michael and danny.<br />

June–auGusT 2011<br />

45


WELLbEInG<br />

46 tOLL tOdAY<br />

Men’s Health Week<br />

The transport industry is a key employer of men of all ages,<br />

shapes and sizes, and <strong>Toll</strong> is no different. so when Men’s<br />

Health Week approached us to ask for our support in promoting<br />

the message of health and wellbeing to our workforce, we were<br />

delighted to be involved.<br />

Typically men visit the doctor and dentist less than women,<br />

talk about their health concerns less, and are less likely to<br />

seek advice when they do have a problem. men’s Health Week<br />

encourages men to face up to their health issues and points<br />

out the places where help is available.<br />

The week raises awareness of health issues that men face,<br />

and make them aware of a number of ways they can improve<br />

their fitness.<br />

a good place to start is with a health assessment, and men’s<br />

Health Week has launched a survey this year to do just that. The<br />

‘What’s Your Score’ questionnaire is a simple health assessment<br />

which asks questions about diet, exercise patterns and stress.<br />

after completing the quick survey online, participants can<br />

then check their score against famous people who have also<br />

taken the test, including a number of sports stars, to see how<br />

well they are doing.<br />

For those who want to improve their health and wellbeing,<br />

there are resources and links on the site for more information<br />

about a range of issues from early diabetes detection and<br />

weight management, to prostate screening and mental health.<br />

Visit www.whatsyourscore.com.au to take the test and find<br />

out more about improving your health.<br />

Supporting men’s (and women’s) health at <strong>Toll</strong><br />

Throughout men’s Health Week, <strong>Toll</strong> express worked with the<br />

organisers to host a number of breakfast and health information<br />

sessions.<br />

The teams were treated to a healthy breakfast while they<br />

listened to health professionals and sports stars talk about<br />

the benefits of keeping healthy, and giving them some great<br />

tips to leading a healthier lifestyle.<br />

there are some important ways you can reduce your risk<br />

of illness and disease:<br />

• quit smoking or help a mate quit<br />

• Take care in the sun<br />

• aim for a healthy body weight<br />

• Be physically active<br />

• reduce your alcohol intake<br />

• Get age-appropriate check-ups<br />

The men’s Health Week team visited the following sites during<br />

the week’s celebrations:<br />

tuesday 14 June – altona north, melbourne<br />

Wednesday 15 June – eastern Creek, sydney<br />

thursday 16 June – richlands, Brisbane<br />

Friday 17 June – regency park, adelaide<br />

photos and a full report of the week’s events will be in the<br />

september-november edition of <strong>Toll</strong> Today.


Staff milestones<br />

10 years’ service<br />

Alana Grima – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Alex Siscos – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Allen Walton – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Michinbury, NSW<br />

Angela Villegas – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Anthony Rhook – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Laverton, VIC<br />

Arthur Ioannidis – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Brian Connor – <strong>Toll</strong> Fleet, Perth, WA<br />

Corina Furlong – <strong>Toll</strong> Transitions, Brisbane, QLD<br />

Christopher Angwin – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Darren Farr – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Whangarei, NZ<br />

Darren Williams – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Burnie, TAS<br />

David Morgan – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

David Thomas – Automotive, Altona North, VIC<br />

Edward Cassar – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Ed Tidmarsh – <strong>Toll</strong> Inventory Capital Solutions, North Ryde, NSW<br />

Elizabeth Wilding – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Chullora, NSW<br />

Ernst Stocher – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Eugene Louis – <strong>Toll</strong> Fleet, Dry Creek, SA<br />

Frank Galea – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Funaki Talanoa – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Bankstown, NSW<br />

Gary Jones – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Chullora, NSW<br />

Gavin Barlow – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Whangarei, NZ<br />

Gregory Liebig – Automotive, Kewdale, WA<br />

Graham Wakefield – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Grant Boyle – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Hiep Van – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Ian McDonald – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Jason Fuller – Automotive, Queanbeyan, ACT<br />

Jim Koutsiouroumpas – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Justin Hogg – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Kevin Johnson – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Lorene Smith – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Perth Airport, WA<br />

Marius Smith – <strong>Toll</strong> Inventory Capital Solutions, North Ryde, NSW<br />

Mark Rainey – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Matthew Reichelt – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Dandenong, VIC<br />

Metin Karademir – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Michael Liptak – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Michelle Bright – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Neil Sharrocks – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Nick Jones – <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding, Murarrie, QLD<br />

Paul Giotas – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Peter Calland – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Petros Koutros – <strong>Toll</strong> Corporate, Dandenong South, VIC<br />

Rabih Chami – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Raymond Lawson – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Rene Kaji – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Robert Mulcahy – <strong>Toll</strong> Refrigerated, Morningside, QLD<br />

Robyn Sanchez – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Rose-Marie Wyllie – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Welshpool, WA<br />

Ross Longmire – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Ruth Ahern – Parts <strong>Logistics</strong>, Altona, VIC<br />

Sandra Didus – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Sharon Carrarini – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Simon Hall – <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding, Melbourne, VIC<br />

Simon Mountford – Automotive, Arndell Park, NSW<br />

Stuart Power – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Tamara Oades – <strong>Toll</strong> Refrigerated, Ingleburn, NSW<br />

Timothy Raymond Noble – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Perth Airport, WA<br />

Trevor Bamford – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Troy Czyzewski – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Wayne Patterson – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Wayne Van Der Poel – Parts <strong>Logistics</strong>, Altona, VIC<br />

Ziya Karademir – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

15 years’ service<br />

Adrian Coles – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, DX Adelaide, SA<br />

Angelo Papadam – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Erskineville, NSW<br />

Anthony Attard – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Bradley Boyle – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Silverwater, NSW<br />

15 years’ service – Continued<br />

Brett Carter – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Brett Schinck – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Carroll Kingi – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Claudio Buttafuoco – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Dawn Bunting – Automotive, Altona North, VIC<br />

David Gillespie – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Canberra, ACT<br />

David Jolley – <strong>Toll</strong> Refrigerated, Morningside, QLD<br />

Dean Barr – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

Dexter Ireland – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Laverton, VIC<br />

Edward Matthews – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Erskineville, NSW<br />

Gail Stokely – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Gary Sutton – Automotive, Dandenong, VIC<br />

Georgina Fiorentino – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Helen Felicity Jackson – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Cairns, QLD<br />

Ian Didlick – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

James McPhee – <strong>Toll</strong> Refrigerated, Morningside, QLD<br />

Jeffrey Brown – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Arndell Park, NSW<br />

John Brabemder – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Perth, WA<br />

Joseph Bonnici – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Kenneth Lee – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Kevin Farrell – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Girraween, NSW<br />

Kevin Rugg – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Mascot, NSW<br />

Koro Whitinui – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Kaitaia, NZ<br />

Lance Coleman – Automotive, Arndell Park, NSW<br />

Les Mayne – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Magdaline Holden – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Mark McCormack – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Martin Handley – <strong>Toll</strong> Global Forwarding, Melbourne, VIC<br />

Mary Woodyard – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Michael Jordan – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Whangarei, NZ<br />

Michael Lavender – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Homebush, NSW<br />

Michael Nolton – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Michael Salakas – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Erskineville, NSW<br />

Neil Wick – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Greymouth, NZ<br />

Nian Mau – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Perth, WA<br />

Nicole Anne Ferguson – <strong>Toll</strong> People, Archerfield, QLD<br />

Patricia May Mccrone – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

Paul Hughes – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Kewdale, WA<br />

Paul Colquhoun – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Archerfield, QLD<br />

Paul Sleep – Automotive, Dry Creek, SA<br />

Peter Lapham – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Welshpool, WA<br />

Peter Stewart Philip – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

Peter Sumner – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Welshpool, WA<br />

Phillip Eric Johnson – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Cairns, QLD<br />

Phillip Standring – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Robert Symons – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Burnie, TAS<br />

Rodger Doorn – Automotive, Arndell Park, NSW<br />

Rodney Nadudvary – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Hastings, VIC<br />

Roslyn Marr – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Sam Debrincat – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Stephen McKenzie – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Stephen Rowe – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Brisbane, QLD<br />

Stephen Saliba – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Stuart De Bomford – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Burnie, TAS<br />

Vincent Feehan – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Hallam, VIC<br />

Warrick Garrigan – Automotive, Dry Creek, SA<br />

Wayne Howells – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Hobart, TAS<br />

Wayne Whye – Automotive, Hamilton, QLD<br />

20 years’ service<br />

email your staff milestones to editor@tollgroup.com for publication<br />

in the next edition of <strong>Toll</strong> Today.<br />

Adrian Davis – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Alan Pickens – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Brian Izzard – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Townsville, QLD<br />

Bruce Butler – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Regency Park, SA<br />

David Gilmore – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

Douglas Jarman – Automotive, Yeerongpilly, QLD<br />

George Karkanis – <strong>Toll</strong> Corporate, Doveton, VIC<br />

Giuseppe Scarmozzino – Automotive, Somerton, VIC<br />

Glen David Binney – Parts <strong>Logistics</strong>, Campbelfield, VIC<br />

20 years’ service – Continued<br />

Glen Pershouse – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

Graham Dalman – Automotive, Altona North, VIC<br />

Jason Cappadona – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

John Beckwith – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Laverton North, VIC<br />

Linton Cunnington – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Laverton North, VIC<br />

Lorna Patricia Clarke – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Perth Airport, WA<br />

Michael Mancini – Automotive, Campbelfield, VIC<br />

Michael Flude – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Hobart, TAS<br />

Mika Suominen – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Brisbane, QLD<br />

Neil Anderson – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Wingfield, SA<br />

Richard Nelson – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Townsville, QLD<br />

Norman Kermaghan – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

Patrick Haydon – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Moolabin, QLD<br />

Peter Tyson – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Regency Park, SA<br />

Raymond Hobman – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Raymond Walker – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Rhona Hopkins – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Homebush, NSW<br />

Robert Bourke – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Silverwater, NSW<br />

Robert Campbell – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Eastern Creek, NSW<br />

Robert Dibbs – Automotive, Thornbury, VIC<br />

San Juan Isagani – Automotive, Yennora, NSW<br />

Sharyn Kemp – <strong>Toll</strong> in2store, Altona North, VIC<br />

Sue Tulk – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Erskineville, SA<br />

Tony Antoniou – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Adelaide Airport, SA<br />

Victor Lee – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Silverwater, NSW<br />

25 years’ service<br />

Andrew Angelo – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Minchinbury, NSW<br />

Bruce Robert Hunt – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Perth Airport, WA<br />

Garry Falkner – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Ballarat, VIC<br />

Graham Griffiths – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Burnie, TAS<br />

Graham McHenry – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Hobart, TAS<br />

Grant Shadbolt – <strong>Toll</strong> Tasmania, Burnie, TAS<br />

Ian Stewart O’Brien – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Mackay, QLD<br />

Ingemar Johansson – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

James Beamish – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Burnie, TAS<br />

John Manduca – <strong>Toll</strong> Express, Altona, VIC<br />

Lori Richey – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Lynette Harris – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Hastings, VIC<br />

Theo Papagianopoulos – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Sunshine, VIC<br />

Peter Crameri – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Shane Thompson – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Canberra, ACT<br />

Steve Shannon – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Port Melbourne, VIC<br />

Wayne Newett – <strong>Toll</strong> Shipping, Burnie, TAS<br />

30 years’ service<br />

Angela Billett – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Adelaide Airport, SA<br />

Avon Anderson – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Ashburton, NZ<br />

Denise Truscott – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Mackay, QLD<br />

Fillia Mavrikakis – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Adelaide, SA<br />

Francis Terrance Reily – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Heathwood, QLD<br />

Geoffrey Henderson – <strong>Toll</strong> Chemical <strong>Logistics</strong>, Laverton North, VIC<br />

John Alderman – <strong>Toll</strong> Corporate, Doveton, VIC<br />

Peter Knight – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Silverwater, NSW<br />

Steve Hende – <strong>Toll</strong> Intermodal, Laverton, VIC<br />

35 years’ service<br />

Keith Worthing – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Mark McDonough – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Silverwater, NSW<br />

Milton Park – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Moorebank, NSW<br />

Nigel Patel – <strong>Toll</strong> New Zealand, Wellington, NZ<br />

Robert Hall – <strong>Toll</strong> Priority, Adelaide Airport, SA<br />

Zeki Guzel – <strong>Toll</strong> IPEC, Altona North, VIC<br />

40 years’ service<br />

Martin George Degn – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Yeerongpilly, QLD<br />

Trevor John Maguire – Contract <strong>Logistics</strong>, Yeerongpilly, QLD<br />

STAFF MILESTOnES<br />

June–auGusT 2011<br />

47


Help us fill this space<br />

<strong>Toll</strong> has a rich history spanning over a hundred and twenty years.<br />

We are opening a museum this year in Melbourne to capture the<br />

many stories which have shaped the company.<br />

The museum will showcase items from <strong>Toll</strong> and acquired<br />

companies including vehicles, uniforms, memorabilia and<br />

photography.<br />

In bringing our history to life, we are looking for submissions<br />

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