Australia Post’s reputation as a convenient and trusted third party has been vital in positioning our business to handle an increasing range of personal identity and verification services. Many of our corporate and government customers also value the fact that all Australia Post staff and licensees are required to undergo police checks.

We currently carry out 100-point identification checks for more than 40 organisations around Australia. And, as a result of having actively pursued this business, we conducted 268,000 100-point checks in 2005/06 – a 200 per cent increase.

During the year we also conducted 1.01 million passport interviews on behalf of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

We have introduced a number of new personal identity and verification services, including in-person proofing and acceptance of applications for national Maritime Security Identification Cards (for 1-Stop Connections Pty Ltd) and Working with Children checks for the Department of Justice in Victoria and the Department for Community Development (DCD) in Western Australia. Post also provides photo capture services for DCD.