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Fair Work Increases Minimum Wage Rates
The following information has been released by the Fair Work Ombudsman. Get set for a 3.3% increase to base rates of pay The Fair Work Commission has announced a 3.3% increase to minimum wages following its 2017 Annual Wage Review. The increase will apply to base...
Snapshot of Furnishing Industry Skills Forecast and Proposed Schedule of Work on the Furnishing Industry Training Package
As Chair of the Industry Reference Committee for the Federal Government’s Furnishing Sector IRC, AFA CEO, Patrizia Torelli can report that great progress is being made in the review of ALL training packages in this industry sector. The Furnishing Industry Skills...
EOFY Accounting Services for AFA Members
As the end of financial year approaches all AFA Members can access accounting services from the AFA’s preferred partner supplier Hansens. AFA Members receive - Initial accounting and/or financial advice, by telephone or in a conference room, provided free of charge*....
GST- free Threshold removed
Australian retailers will have to wait another year before the GST-free threshold is removed for online purchases bought from overseas, after the Federal Government passed an amendment to the Bill, proposed by the Labor Party, for the Productivity Commission to...
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...
32nd Hong Kong Houseware Fair
AFA Corporate Communications Manager, Vivienne Forbes, attended the 32nd Hong Kong Houseware Fair and the eighth Hong Kong International Home Textiles and Furnishings Fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC). The two fairs were...
Women designers display objects of protest and empowerment at New York’s Chamber gallery
New York gallery Chamber is hosting a domestic-focussed showcase that features work by only women designers – the second all-female exhibition to open in the city this week. For her final exhibition in Chamber's Collection #3 series, curator Matylda Krzykowski has...
Scholarships for Women
Women in the furniture and textiles sector are advised that a residual pool of scholarship funding is currently available to participate in a range of leadership development programs commencing in the second half of 2017. The funding batch has been provisioned by...
Man About the House, London 2017.
Are you heading to London for the Festival of Architecture in June? If so you may be interested in the Man About the House From June 9 to 16 some of the cities architectural icons will be taken over and be turned into temporary theatres. These include: * A return to...