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Wood residue exports poised to resume from southern Tasmania after residue bottleneck
Exports of wood residue could resume from southern Tasmania within months for the first time since the Triabunna woodchip mill was shut down five years ago. Forestry Minister Peter Gutwein announced the State Government is in negotiations with four parties to...
2016-17 Budget Summary
TARGET PRACTICE The 2016-17 Federal Budget is a budget of targets – broad targets to boost business and innovation and the narrow revenue targets of the wealthy and multi-nationals. It’s a big, long-term crafted budget designed to give enough pre-election glow...
Casual employees and dismissal
All AFA Members who employ staff on a casual basis should know that their entitlements including their dismissal rights, change over time. Casual employment is becoming increasingly popular in Australian business with a whopping one in five employees classified...
The NEW Enduro Support Range from Dunlop Foams
Bizruption – with the Hon. Kelly O’Dwyer, Minister for Small Business
This third-party event is for established small businesses who want to grow their business to the next level and achieve its full potential through innovation. Join The Hon. Minister Kelly O' Dwyer MP, Jill Storey from Ready Fund Go, and Dinesh De Silva, CEO of...
Managing Your Credit
Acme Furniture Assemblers (Acme) had a lucrative contract with a manufacturer of premium flat-packed furniture, Larceny Pty Ltd (Larceny). Acme was contracted to install shop displays for Larceny in the showrooms of national furniture retailers, and complete...
AFA Member exhibited to rave reviews in Milan
AFA Member Fabio Biavaschi exhibited and launched his MEK COLLECTION, which includes a chair, stool/side table and the new bookcase during Milan Design Week 2016 at iSaloni Fiera Milano Rho PAD 18 - stand C02-C06 last April and the AFA looks forward to seeing this...
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REACH OVER 40,000 READERS WITH A SPECIAL OFFER for all AFA Members and Subscribers. Be a part of the next edition of Australian Furniture & Furnishing. With FURNITEX & design 2016 just around the corner, we’re filling the last available spots in our...
Inland surf beach to be pitted in western Sydney car park
First, it was Melbourne now Sydney with plans for an an old car park at Sydney Olympic Park to be transformed into an artificial surf beach by surf park developer Wave Park Group and Perth-based architecture practice MJA Studio. Wave Park Group has announced it...
Red Dot Awards
This year's Red Dot Awards for Product Design received more than 5,200 entries the highest number of submissions ever in the 61-year-old design competition—across 31 categories spanning lighting products to fashion accessories to finish materials. Among the...