Copies of the March/April and May/June issues of The Good News to be distributed in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Singapore and South Africa came off the presses at Offset Alpine, a printer in Sydney, Australia, on time, on cost and of a very high quality. Around 36,000 to 38,000 copies were printed in this first of a series of trial runs before a final decision to continue printing in Australia is made by the media management at the home office.

It has also been suggested that the approximately 10,000 Good News magazines distributed in the Philippines be printed at Offset Alpine, subject to the printing and distribution costs being lower than the present U.S. printing and shipping costs.

Offset Alpine also handled the mailing and distribution of the magazine in Australia from the same location as the printers, thus lowering shipping costs. The processing of the magazines for mailing also came in at a more economical price than the previous company.

UCG IA Media and Communications Services manager Peter Eddington said, "Your three March-April 2006 samples of the GN that was printed in Sydney arrived today. They look great!... We're really happy with the way it turned out."