Remember to leave enough time to make any superannuation payments before 30 June 2016 in order for them to go through the super system and be counted as a contribution for tax purposes in this financial year. To find out more:...
If you’re thinking about installing video surveillance, here are some helpful tips to follow for best practice: Tell your staff and new employees in writing about the surveillance devices. Clearly explain your expectations of staff in the workplace and their...
A workplace code of conduct can set your business’s standards and expectations by clearly documenting your business policies, values and ethics. What is a code of conduct? A code of conduct is a set of guidelines on how staff should act, and what they can and...
The New South Wales Government is streamlining the state’s technical and further education sector, with 10 TAFE institutes to be amalgamated. Training Minister John Barilaro says bureaucratic excesses must be curtailed. He added that it is intolerable...
ANZ Bank CEO Shayne Elliott has predicted the disappearance of credit cards in Australia within the next decade. The bank announced on 14 July 2016 that it has chosen Google’s Android Pay for contactless payments in Australia. Bendigo & Adelaide Bank...
Before AFA Members think about importing or exporting a product, you need to understand how it is classified for customs tariffs and duty in each market of interest. The Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding system is generally referred to as the...
The Biomass mission’s novel space radar will make 3D maps of forests, improving our understanding of how carbon is cycled through the Earth system. Its data will be important for climate research, and will create a baseline for treaties that seek to...
After a busy time at FURNITEX & design and working with QIDA, Greg Natale launched his new furniture range. He posted on Instagram” So pleased to launch #GrangeXGregNatale with @nealewhitaker,@vogueliving and @domoaustralia.” Using in-house...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is warning AFA Members to watch out for scam emails that claim to be from the ACCC but in fact contain links that can infect your computer with malware. In the past week, several businesses have reported...
SELF-confessed lover of wood, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk headed for the Australian Forestry Standard exhibit when she visited FURNITEX & design 2016 in Brisbane in July. Pictured with AFS Ltd CEO Simon Dorries, the Premier remarked on the...
The shortlist for the 2016 World Architecture Festival Awards has been announced. More than 300 projects from 58 countries have been shortlisted. Among them are 24 Australian projects and additional international projects by Australian practices. This year, the...
In the coastal town of Beidaihe near Beijing, there’s a beautiful white chapel that’s both art installation and religious space. Designed by Vector Architects, the Seashore Chapel looks like it’s floating on water – but only when high tide comes around....
We would like to congratulate all the winners of the 2016 Australian Furnishing Industry Awards (AFIA) and the Australian Contemporary Emerging (ACE) Design Awards. With more incredible designs and quality craftsmanship on show than ever before the judges had a...
If you use Xero, AFA Members may be interested to learn that The Commonwealth Bank and Xero have upgraded their data-sharing capabilities. The new automatic bank feed service, which has been available to small businesses since late June 2016, has already more...
If you employ people, it is now compulsory to use SuperStream to pay super contributions to your employees. What is SuperStream? SuperStream is the new data standard you need to use to pay super contributions for your employees electronically. Under the new data...
The AFA was saddened to hear that an Adelaide furniture business that traces its history back to 1861 will close its doors for the final time in six months. Le Cornu was originally founded as a cabinet making business in Adelaide in 1861 and since 2008, has...
A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 37.9 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (7,427,000 people) used Gmail in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016. Meanwhile, 37.6 per cent (7,362,000 people) used a Microsoft email account during the...
