We’re taught from a young age to praise orderliness and balance. Staying within the lines of a colouring book is preferred to careening outside. Skies are blue and grass is green. You get the picture. While regimented systems make sense in many aspects of life...
What better way to say I love you Mum with a beautiful piece of Australian Furniture? Australian made furniture will last and last, doesn’t your Mother deserve a gift like that? Our web site has a list of the Australian Furniture Association Members, to help...
Department Production Position QUALIFIED FURNITURE UPHOLSTER FULL TIME & PART TIME Prepared by Kate Anderson Approved by Anthony Paterra Date 20 April 2016 Hours To be discussed at interview Salary Based on experience Molmic Furniture, are a leading manufacturer...
The Australasian Furnishing Association (AFA) is continuing to push for stronger legislation since the announcement of IKEA’s alert re toppling furniture and subsequent child deaths. This issue is not exclusive to the IKEA incident, and the AFA is aware of a number of...
Each Australian State and Territory has occupational health and safety (“OHS”) legislation which imposes certain obligations on companies. In any workplace OHS is a significant issue because when an accident or injury occurs there can be serious reputational...
The new business.gov.au is coming in May! The website you see in May will continue to grow and change based on the needs of businesses in Australia. It will include: Coloured icons throughout the site so that you’ll quickly see related information. Most...
Match the Maker and WIN! Check out the video below and see if you can Match the Maker to the amazing Australian Designer Furniture featured in the recent Wood Solutions campaign. Two major prizes are up for grabs so enter NOW! Competition prizes include a one-on-one...
It goes without saying that furniture plays an important role in our lives. With many people spending more or equal time away from home, functional, ergonomic and aesthetically pleasing furniture design is equally important in our homes, our offices, boardrooms,...
With a resurgent economy and a weaker Aussie dollar, the United States is well and truly back on the radar of Australian exporters as the world’s largest economy and by far the largest consumer market. And exporters to the market received a major shot in the...
Good news for Members, Roy Morgan Research’s Business Confidence rose again in April (up 6.4% to 123.1) and has now risen 12.5 pts over the last three months since a 2016 low of 110.6 in January. The rise in Business Confidence comes after more improvement on...
Exports of wood residue could resume from southern Tasmania within months for the first time since the Triabunna woodchip mill was shut down five years ago. Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein announced the State Government is in negotiations with four parties to...
TARGET PRACTICE The 2016-17 Federal Budget is a budget of targets – broad targets to boost business and innovation and the narrow revenue targets of the wealthy and multi-nationals. It’s a big, long-term crafted budget designed to give enough pre-election glow...
All AFA Members who employ staff on a casual basis should know that their entitlements including their dismissal rights, change over time. Casual employment is becoming increasingly popular in Australian business with a whopping one in five employees classified...
This third-party event is for established small businesses who want to grow their business to the next level and achieve its full potential through innovation. Join The Hon. Minister Kelly O’ Dwyer MP, Jill Storey from Ready Fund Go, and Dinesh De Silva,...
Acme Furniture Assemblers (Acme) had a lucrative contract with a manufacturer of premium flat-packed furniture, Larceny Pty Ltd (Larceny). Acme was contracted to install shop displays for Larceny in the showrooms of national furniture retailers, and complete...
AFA Member Fabio Biavaschi exhibited and launched his MEK COLLECTION, which includes a chair, stool/side table and the new bookcase during Milan Design Week 2016 at iSaloni Fiera Milano Rho PAD 18 – stand C02-C06 last April and the AFA looks forward to seeing...
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First, it was Melbourne now Sydney with plans for an an old car park at Sydney Olympic Park to be transformed into an artificial surf beach by surf park developer Wave Park Group and Perth-based architecture practice MJA Studio. Wave Park Group has announced it...
This year’s Red Dot Awards for Product Design received more than 5,200 entries the highest number of submissions ever in the 61-year-old design competition—across 31 categories spanning lighting products to fashion accessories to finish materials. Among...
The Australian Institute of Architects Victorian Chapter has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Victorian Architecture Awards. From 198 entries, 14 juries carried out an extensive schedule of site visits and have shortlisted 70 individual projects across 15...
