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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...
‘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...
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...
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,...
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...