Tag: Australia Post

PrintSoft Launches DeskDirect Global Service at Post Expo 2007 for Worldwide e-Posting and Local Print and Delivery of Mail

Posted by | Oct 1, 2007 | |

PrintSoft, a business of Australia Post and established leader in hybrid mail technology and personalized mail solutions, today launches a new service, DeskDirect Global, to provide e-delivery of mail worldwide. The service operates using a central backbone of high-speed servers that collect and aggregate mail from mail originators anywhere in the world and route it to certified mail fulfillment centers as close as possible to the mail’s delivery destination. The result is printed mail that gets to recipients faster, is easier and cheaper to send, and is truly “green,” with an enormously reduced carbon footprint for printed and delivered mail.

PrintSoft is unveiling DeskDirect Global to the postal market and is showcasing its other innovative postal solutions at the International Postal Technology Exhibition – Post Expo 2007 in Barcelona, Spain.

DeskDirect Global offers easy access and new business opportunities to mail originators, mail fulfillment centers and postal administrations in a truly revolutionary business model. The service is backed by the experience of Australia Post and established PrintSoft technology for hybrid mail management. PrintSoft will continue to offer hybrid mail technology solutions, including award-winning PrintSoft DeskDirect, for direct sale and implementation, expanding its leading position in this market. Mail originators, mail fulfillment and delivery providers, and postal administrations now can choose the PrintSoft hybrid mail software solution or service that best meets their needs.

DeskDirect, PrintSoft’s award-winning hybrid mail solution originally introduced in October 2005, has been implemented by postal administrations in multiple countries, and has proven its worth with a return on investment of over 50 pct for ad hoc document production at the majority of installations. Australia Post and its eLetter Solutions mail house, for example, experience millions of dollars in new revenue while providing additional savings to customers in the production and delivery of desktop mail.

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OZtion extends online identity verification via Australia Post 100 point check

Posted by | Sep 29, 2007 | |

OZtion, Australia’s second largest online auction site (http://www.oztion.com.au), has today announced an expansion of their online identity verification program, which covers both people buying and selling products online at OZtion.

Philip Druce, Managing Director for OZtion commented, “Online scams and fraud are still a common problem faced by Australians when they are shopping online. The Federal Government offers software that is supposed to make the Internet safer for Australians, but it doesn’t stop you from being ripped off when buying products online. Many popular online sites make it easy for scammers to setup fake identities, and rip people off. The Australian Government should be doing more to stop scammers.”

In partnership with Australia Post, OZtion is now offering an optional 100 point identity verification service. The new service allows Australians shopping online to be confident that they are dealing with a legitimate person, rather than a scammer using a fake identity.

The new 100 point identity verification service is available to any OZtion user, and costs $20 inc GST. The identity check is carried out by Australia Post, and confirms the user’s date of birth, identity, current residential address, and signature. Once the identity check has been completed, a special icon is displayed next to the user details on to signify that the user has been verified by Australia Post.

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Posties lodge complaint against Australia Post

Posted by | Sep 26, 2007 | |

The union representing Tasmania’s postal workers has lodged a complaint against Australia Post in the Industrial Relations Commission in Hobart, relating to a secret ballot for protected industrial action.

The Communications Union says up to a fifth of its members didn’t receive ballot papers, and there was a week’s delay in the delivery of the documents after their lodgment in Melbourne.

The union’s Tasmanian secretary, Peter Miller, says the process under the Federal Government’s new workplace laws has been a sham.

A spokesman for Australia Post, Ian Cropper, has rejected the union’s claims.

“There’s no evidence to suggest that the ballot papers have been delayed and for the union to infer that Australia Post is to blame just doesn’t add up,” he said.

“The ballot process is handled entirely independently of Post by the Australian Electoral Commission.”

The union has rejected Australia Post’s offer of a 12 pct pay rise over two and a half years and a USD 500 performance bonus, while locking in all existing award entitlements and conditions.

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Australia Post defends current pay offer

Posted by | Aug 29, 2007 | |

Australia Post says its 12 per cent pay offer to postal workers is generous, rejecting unions claims that it fails to keep up with CPI.

Australia Post said it was offering a 12 per cent pay increase over two and a half years, plus a one-off USD 500 performance bonus to workers under a new enterprise bargaining agreement.

Australia Post spokesman Rod McDonald said the agreement also locked in all existing award entitlements and conditions.

The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU) has rejected Australia Post’s offer and lodged an official application with the Australian Industrial Commission (AIRC) in Sydney for a secret ballot of members on an industrial campaign in support of more pay.

CEPU federal secretary Ed Husic said the AIRC would on Thursday hold a hearing to process the application for a secret ballot.

Mr Husic said the ballot, if approved, would be conducted by the Australian Electoral Commission with union members voting via a postal ballot.

Australia Post said that it would encourage staff to vote against strike action if such a ballot took place.

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Australia Post 'not forcing' APEC holiday shift

Posted by | Aug 27, 2007 | |

Australia Post has rejected union claims mail sorters are being forced to work on the APEC public holiday next week, even though there will be no mail deliveries until the following Monday.

The Communications, Electrical and Postal Union say 600 employees are expected to turn up for work at 40 mail centers across Sydney on Friday September 7.

The union’s Ed Husic says while the workers will be paid double-time-and-a-half, they will be faced with a “nightmare” drive home after their night shift.

“The order itself from Australia Post will put pressure on our members to get into the city and navigate through the security zones on a day where sorting that mail will end up nowhere at any rate,” he said.”

But Australia Post says while mail is not being delivered on that day, sorting needs to continue to ensure services for Monday.

It says working public holidays is a normal part of the roster for full-time night sorting staff.

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