Mazenod College – Victoria

Oct 25, 2022

BUSINESS DESCRIPTION Mazenod College is one of Victoria’s leading Catholic Colleges based in the South Eastern suburbs. We strive to live the values of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and emphasise social awareness and compassion for those left out and a desire...

NO. YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER. 

May 19, 2022

But we’d love to have you. More and more, the AFA receives calls on a whole range of topics, but mostly from stakeholders seeking help or advice, usually related to a business crisis. Increasingly the caller has assumed they are an AFA Member, when they are not. What...

Understanding Digital Marketing Gobbledygook

Feb 25, 2020

Blogs. Posts. Likes. SEO. PPC. Analytics. IoT. Is it all gobbledygook to you? Let’s make it short, sharp and simple. An interactive introduction to online digital marketing that won’t make your brain explode. And better still, won’t make you feel like a ‘dummy’. Learn...

Focus on furnishing industry standards now at critical point

Sep 19, 2018

Standards are applied to protect buyers, consumers and users. They are used to demonstrate a commitment to the community’s expectation of a safe and sustainable Australia and are recognised as a value-add to Australia’s economic efficiency, trade and international...

Be Specified! How to get your furnishing products into major projects.

Aug 20, 2018

In this first instalment, architect and designer, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to increase your turnover of locally designed and constructed furniture tenfold…..Or even more! You don’t do it by clinging to an outdated business model where powerful...

Be Specified! How to get your furnishing products into major projects

Aug 20, 2018

PART 1 In this first instalment, architect and designer, Jonathan Muller, shares his expertise on how to increase your turnover of locally designed and constructed furniture tenfold…..Or even more! You don’t do it by clinging to an outdated business model where...

Furniture Retailing in Australia

Aug 15, 2018

Well furnished: Increased residential building construction activity has promoted demand – a summary of recent IBIS World Reports. The AFA has summarised a range of Ibis World Reports on behalf of its Members. This report is in relation to Furniture Retailing in...

Biosecurity and Illegal Logging Free Service

Aug 6, 2018

Did you know, the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has a free service available to confidentially report information about suspected breaches of Australian biosecurity laws? Redline allows callers to report matters that may not be detected, reported or...

An Issue of National Importance

Mar 7, 2018

by Simona Jobbagy, AFCoPN Chair, Director of Business, Design, Media and ICT Programs, Swinburne University “Preparing young people for the new future of work is an issue of national importance” according to the Foundation for Young Australians (FYA, 2015). The fast...

PRIORITY OCCUPATION LIST

Feb 19, 2018

The West Australian Food, Fibre & Timber Industries Training Council needs information from industry about the supply of skilled employees in the following sectors: Textiles Furniture, Wood & related products Forestry & Timber There are specific...

Leading A Culture of Innovation

Feb 9, 2018

by Simona Jobbagy, AFCoPN Chair, Director of Business, Design, Media and ICT Programs, Swinburne University January is always a good time for reflection on the year past, as well as some blue sky thinking to help us deal with the challenges that await us. As our...

If you are in Manufacturing, the NSW Government Needs Your Help!

Jan 25, 2018

Injuries and illness in the manufacturing industry are too high and Safework NSW is working hard to do something about it. If you work in Manufacturing there are free workshops being held in February. Small Businesses who attend may be eligible for the $500 Small...