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...
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...
