Corporate News
Do you have a code of conduct for your business?
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...
Marketing &;amp; Media Madness – How To Invest Your Marketing Dollars Wisely $$
Advertising. Digital Media. Exhibitions and Trade Shows. It’s all too much. So how do you decide where to spend your valuable marketing bucks for the best return on investment? Marie Kinsella is the CEO of newly formed International Exhibition & Conference...
Augmented Reality Technology comes to the Furnishing Industry
Augmented Reality is a cutting-edge technology that adds layers of digital information – videos, 3D models, live streams, images, audio – directly on items in the physical world. AR allows brands, publishers and agencies to create immersive and interactive experiences...
The Australian Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture
The Design Files this week checks out Australia’s national pavilion in Venice, which was designed by Melbourne based Denton Corker Marshall, and was constructed last year. Within this structure is a new exhibition, ‘The Pool‘, designed this year by young Sydney...
British Industry to Lead the Construction of a Satellite that will Weigh the World’s Trees
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 monitor the...
Greg Natale
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 Grange...
Scam Email Alert
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...
Australian Projects Shortlisted in 2016 WAF Awards
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...
A Chapel in China Appears to Float at High Tide
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....
John Wardle Architects Wins Design Competition for the New University of Melbourne’s $105 Million Conservatorium of Music
The building will be a new addition to the Melbourne’s arts precinct in Southbank. Situated at 33 Sturt Street, it will be adjacent to the Melbourne Recital Centre designed by 2016 Gold Medallists ARM Architecture. The site, currently a car park, is leased from...
2016 AFIA &;amp; ACE Winners Announced
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...
Adelaide Furniture Closure
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...
NSW TAFE Amalgamations
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 that...
The Demise of Credit Cards?
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 and ING...
Understanding Tariffs for Import and Export
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...
Dangerous Designs Competition – open for entries NOW!
Dangerous Designs Competition – open for entries NOW! WoodSolutions challenges designers, architects, craftsmen and builders to design differently and imagine products, spaces and buildings that incorporate and highlight the aesthetics, durability and...
Maton and Biesse – Making Music Together
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Compliance – Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2014 (ILPR)
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Learn about R&D Tax Incentive rebates for innovative Businesses
Have you thought about applying for the Research and Development (R&D) tax incentive? R&D Tax Incentive provides targeted cash offsets designed to encourage more companies to engage in R&D. It can be applied to companies with an end of...
Australia is a serious contender in the global business of furniture and furnishing
The Australian Furniture International Pavilion will be located at CIFF, Shanghai from 7-10 September, 2016 in International Hall 1; 1D24. For information contact membership@australianfurniture.org.au For full PDF version of...
World Furniture Outlook from the Australian Perspective
The Australian Furniture Association will be exhibiting under the banner of Australian International Pavilions in Shanghai in September, showcasing a small number of Award winning Australian designs, recently announced at FURNITEX & design 2016. As a result...
AFA Announces Inaugural Head of Education Network Group
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New Protection for Small Businesses Against Unfair Contract Terms
Currently, the Australian Consumer Law contains terms that provide consumers with protections against unfair contract terms in standard form contracts for the supply and sale of goods. In November this year these protections will be extended to small...