Timber shortages, global challenges and top tips to mitigating any risks associated with importing conflict timber with John Halkett from the Australian Timber Importers Federation
No one knows the Australian Furnishing Industry better than you, but how can we help make it better? Have your say here…
It is not an industry secret that we are currently experiencing challenging times. Navigating the most significant gap between work volumes and availability of skilled labour to date. Without immediate intervention, we can not see our shared low labour woes arresting.
The Australasian Furnishing Association (AFA) is recognised as the peak industry association for the furnishing sector supply chain in Australia. Collectively the industry employs more than 250,000 Australians directly and up to 500,000 indirectly. With an estimated value of $27.4 billion, the furnishing industry is an important contributor to the economic well-being and wealth of the nation.
The ACCC is strengthening product safety online, with a focus on expanding participation in the Australian Product Safety Pledge, online surveillance and contributing to greater consistency of international practice.
In keeping with Australia’s carbon commitments for 2030,,the need to reduce Australian landfill and societal changes since COVID, Australian Commercial Furniture requires a transformational change to a circular economy . The AFA Furniture 360 Project has now developed design principles to enable such a transformation.
Discover the best practice when hiring and firing with Richard Thompson from Archer Thompson Lawyers in this webinar…
Forest and chain of custody certification is underpinned by sustainable forest management. Learn more from Matt de Jongh of Responsible Wood
The federal government has dramatically boosted the share of government procurement earmarked for Australia’s small and medium sized businesses.
Employers may be required to train staff to speak up about workplace sexual harassment with a view to preventing it, or at least intervene earlier, and deal with power imbalances without excluding women, under legislation committed to by the new Labor government.
Global inflation is high. It is being boosted by COVID-related disruptions to supply chains, the war in Ukraine and strong demand which is putting pressure on productive capacity.
To prepare for the opening of Round Two, Austrade has updated the EMDG web pages to provide detailed information about the Grants.
For the furniture manufacturing sector the retail industry is a barometer and catalyst for constant change. But what will happen in 2022 and future years to come?
According to research and intelligence at BlackBerry, criminals are working out how to target consumers better. The infrastructure of the cyber underground has evolved so they can deliver more timely and personalised deceptions to the public.
Chemicals of concern are a growing health and environmental issue.
The AFA Council, Members and Stakeholders are saddened to learn of the passing of a great founder and inaugural Master of the Australian Furniture Industry.