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Superstream is now compulsory for all AFA Member Employers
If you employ people, it is now compulsory to use SuperStream to pay super contributions to your employees. What is SuperStream? SuperStream is the new data standard you need to use to pay super contributions for your employees electronically. Under the new data...
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...
Do you use Google’s services?
A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 37.9 per cent of Australians aged 14+ (7,427,000 people) used Gmail in an average four weeks during the year to March 2016. Meanwhile, 37.6 per cent (7,362,000 people) used a Microsoft email account during the...
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...
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...