THE federal government has announced a new $220 million print procurement plan for the Commonwealth’s printing needs, assuring it will save time and money.
08/12/2009
THE FEDERAL Government’s ten per cent Temporary Investment Allowance will be available to graphic arts professionals who visit PacPrint 09.
20/01/2009
PRINTING Industries has welcomed the federal government’s announcement to introduce the Book Industry Strategy Group.
17/02/2010
THE Printing Industries is calling for NSW printers to join a subcommittee to develop a print procurement model to suit the state government’s needs.
23/02/2010
PRINTING Industries has made specific recommendations, urging the federal government to take action to protect industry companies from fraudulent phoenix activities.
19/01/2010
THE Rudd government has announced it will be establishing a new Book Industry Strategy Group to help Australia’s $1.5 billion book industry.
16/02/2010
PRINTING Industries has called the Productivity Commission's draft recommendations to remove restrictions on the parallel importation of books “half pregnant”.
27/03/2009
PRINTING Industries will assess how the federal government’s proposal to change the skilled migration program will potentially impact the printing industry.
18/02/2010
PRINTING Industries has accused the Federal Minister for Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs, Craig Emerson of a “sham” in attempting to retain the territorial copyright provisions in name while ending the 30-day rule.
02/10/2009
THE National Packaging Covenant has announced the federal government supports the new Australian Packaging Covenant (APC) document.
14/12/2009
The federal government will spend $100 million to encourage manufacturers to employ and train 21,000 apprentices including within the printing industry.
02/11/2009
THE Australian Manufacturers Workers Union (AMWU) has lashed out at PaperlinX for closing its Tasmanian paper mills.
09/12/2009
PRINTING Industries has released a statement urging politicians to undergo print awareness communication training to learn better communication and knowledge of the print industry.
11/09/2009
THE PRINTING Industries Association of Australia (PIAA) has condemned the recommendations contained in the final report of the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into book copyright provisions.
15/07/2009
Fuji Xerox Australia welcomes the Australian Federal Government’s announcement to implement a national product stewardship policy to regulate the disposal of e-waste in Australia.
06/11/2009
As winter crept back into Greeley, in Colorado, US, employees at a long-standing Greeley printing company huddled beneath clouds of cigarette smoke and the bright light beaming out to their once-thriving loading dock.
16/11/2009
THE FAIR Work Ombudsman has made claims Melbourne printing company Datasend Australia has breached workers’ rights of freedom of association.
28/09/2009
AN $11,000 BRUMBY Labor Government grant to Mount Waverley company Pageset plan for future growth.
23/07/2009
SINGAPOREAN company, APRIL Fine Paper Trading, has been fined $4 million by the Federal Court for price-fixing in the Australian market.
17/02/2010
SENATOR Kim Carr has voiced his concern the Australian printing industry needs a single association to lobby the government at the Printing Industries CEO Forum in Sydney.
10/08/2009