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The following is general advice from the ASGA. You may need to consider how this applies to your unique business. Construction is an authorised industry. https://www.coronavirus.vic.gov.au/authorised-provider-and-authorised-worker-list On any unoccupied site or businesses permitted to be open, any construction is OK. As sign installation falls under the construction banner, signs can be installed. The VBA has confirmed this.…
FAIR WORK ACT 2009 – SECT 524 states that an employer may stand down employees in certain circumstances (1) An employer may, under this subsection, stand down an employee during a period in which the employee cannot usefully be employed because of one of the following circumstances: (a) industrial action (other than industrial action organised or…
Hicksons Lawyers for have prepared the following article for the ASGA on how businesses can plan for the transition to pre-COVID-19 conditions in a COVID-normal world. Key issues The final JobKeeper scheme ends at midnight on Sunday 28 March 2021. Employers should prepare now for how this will impact their business either directly or indirectly. If structural…
The Federal Government has announced an expansion and extension to its Business Events Grants program, which incentivises participation in B2B events like PacPrint, Visual Impact and the Label & Packaging Expo. The $50 million Business Events Grants program, which was introduced earlier this year, allows companies participating in approved events to claim up to 50%…
On 1 February 2021, the Victorian prohibition on the use of High-Risk Cladding product came into effect. This prohibition reduced the percentage of the core of an ACM product that can be combustible from less than 30% to less than 7%. This means even if a product has a Certificate stating that it has achieved…
Congratulations to the winners of the ASGA & FESPA HP 2020 Awards For Excellence. Winning Entries Albert Smith Signs Angel Signs Atomic Signs Blackdog Ink Brisbane Signs & Engraving Cactus Imaging Cunneen Signs CV Media & Signage Danthonia Designs Ecept Forte Signs (Australia) Graphic Effects Image Box Insigns Kingman Visual Kustom Design Studio NZ Liberty…
Click below on each CATEGORY to see all the entries in the ASGA & FESPA Australia 2020 HP Awards: Category 1: DIGITAL MEDIA (LED & LCD) Category 2: DIRECTIONAL & WAYFINDING SIGNS Category 3: ENGRAVING Category 4: FABRICATION Category 5: FABRICATION – LARGE PYLON & SKY SIGNS Category 7: ILLUMINATION – LEDS Category 8: ILLUMINATION – NEON Category 9: INSTALLATION Category 10: LARGE FORMAT DIGITAL PRINT (A)…
The ASGA & FESPA HP National Conference which was scheduled to take place in Sydney on Friday 19 February 2021, has now been cancelled. However, the HP Awards For Excellence will continue to take place and has been rescheduled to 28 September 2021 in Melbourne. As well as being a night of nights to recognise outstanding achievements…