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Good news for Australian Furniture SME’s
If your annual GST turnover is less than $10 million, you will be transitioned to Simpler BAS reporting from 1 July 2017. The Tax Office has simplified GST reporting for small business by reducing the amount of GST information required in business activity statements...
MX Drawer System from Häfele – Let life come to you
AFA Member Häfele, believe that time and space are two of life’s luxuries and their new concept lets you make the most of both. The MX Drawer System is the forward-thinking alternative to dark cumbersome cupboard spaces. Why? It makes life better by delivering...
‘Future retroism’:
BobhubskiWhen the call came through to transform a rundown studio apartment in Falls Creek into “a 1970s Japanese spaceship,” Rodney Eggleston, director of March Studio, grinned and immediately started conjuring an all-white capsule hotel. Having collaborated with the...
AFA Member Biesse invites you to – Live the Experience
You are invited to this free event at Biesse's offices in Wetherill Park NSW to see over 100 tonnes of high tech machinery performing live demonstrations. In addition, you will enjoy Italian hospitality and chat to leading industry experts. Discover the latest...
Ice and Snow Furniture by Hongtao Zhou
As we head into the long weekend and the official opening of ski season, we thought this might inspire you. Art student Hongtao Zhou from the University of Wisconsin-Madison constructed furniture made from ice and snow on the frozen surface of Lake Mendota, Wisconsin,...
Tasmanian Designer – Geoffrey Marshall’s latest design
Tasmanian Designer - Geoffrey Marshall's latest design Introducing - The Glacier Chair - which was inspired by a study of glacial forms; acute jagged peaks juxtaposed with the smooth curves of the glacier deliberately carving its niche. Monumental landscapes, reduced...
Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012: Furniture and Furnishing Specific Tailored Due Diligence Tools for the Furniture and Furnishing Industry WHY? In recent months the AFA has held a number of meetings with the Department of Agriculture and Water...
Australian Illegal Logging Prohibition Regulation 2012: Furniture and Furnishing Specific Tailored Due Diligence Tools for the Furniture and Furnishing Industry
WHY? In recent months the AFA has held a number of meetings with the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources (DAWR) following the first twelve months of auditing of the due diligence requirements. Alarmingly the AFA learnt that 76% of furnishing related...
Grants and Funding – A Message from AFA Partners, Treadstone
The Victorian Government is supporting business expansion by providing grant funding to lower capital investment expenditure incurred by businesses. The aim of these grants is to increase employment in Victoria and/or increase the competitiveness of Victorian...
Make it Wood
Make it Wood Our friends at FWPA have produced a series of campaigns in partnership with Planet Ark and feature the brand Wood. Naturally Better – which FWPA established in order to promote the advantages of wood to consumers. This campaign promotes responsibly...