The Association has been an active member of the Group since its inception and has already indicated its support to the Federal Government to help shape the book industry’s future.

Hagop Tchamkertenian, national manager for Policy and Government Affairs at Printing Industries says the opportunity to make submissions should be taken up not only by dedicated book printers but also by other printing businesses as some of the issues faced by book printers, such as digital content management, were not confined to just the book printing sector.

He says, “The industry should be grateful that we have in Minister Carr a person dedicated to the future economic sustainability of the local book production sector. It is important that book printing businesses as well as others engaged in book production, but on a less regular basis, participate in the current submission process.”

Tchamkertenian also encouraged printing business to either prepare their own submissions or forward their material to him for inclusion in an industry submission.

He continues, “While there are specific issues that feedback is being sought on, I encourage the industry to approach the opportunity from a strategic point of view and provide the appropriate feedback to us for inclusion in an overall industry submission.”

In addition to the questions that are being asked by the submission process, Printing Industries is interested in obtaining additional information to gain useful industry insights.

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