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It’s important young workers know their workplace health and safety rights and obligations. The young workers etoolkit can help. Image: Drobot Dean/stock.adobe.com
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eToolkit for young workers

SafeWork NSW has put together an eToolkit offering a range of resources specifically developed to support young workers’ safety. Read More
Tom FosterApril 15, 2025, 8:32 amApril 15, 2025
Changes to entry-level classifications in Horticulture Award and Pastoral Award took effect on April 01, 2025
Associations, Awards, Government, Landscaping industry, LIAWA, LIAWA, Updates

Horticulture and Pastoral Awards changes

The Fair Work Commission has advised that the Horticulture and Pastoral Awards have new definitions and minimum pay rates for entry-level classifications from 1 April 2025.

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Tom FosterApril 8, 2025, 8:39 amApril 8, 2025
The Australian Taxation Office could move some businesses to month;y GST payments. Image: Matt/stock.adobe.com
Business, Federal government, Government, Landscaping industry, State government, Updates

The Australian Taxation Office moves to monthly GST reporting

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has announced that from April 01, 2025, it will be moving around 3500 small businesses with a history of non-payment, late or non-lodgment, or incorrect reporting, from quarterly to monthly GST reporting to improve their compliance. Read More
Tom FosterMarch 24, 2025, 8:11 amMarch 24, 2025
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The Little Book of Scams

The best way to protect yourself and your business against scams is through awareness and education. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has endorsed a great textbook to help keep Australians clear of scams. Read More
Tom FosterFebruary 19, 2025, 11:34 amFebruary 19, 2025
Employers, workers, unions and industry experts are being encouraged to have their say on changes to the NSW Work Health and Safety (WH&S) Regulation Image ungvar/stock.adobe.com
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Have your say on NSW WH&S regulation

Employers, workers, unions and industry experts are being encouraged to have their say on changes to the NSW Work Health and Safety (WH&S) Regulation (the Regulation). Read More
Tom FosterFebruary 8, 2025, 12:18 pmFebruary 8, 2025
People from around the world can now access digital records of more than one million plants with the launch of the first searchable image archive from the National Herbarium of New South Wales.
Accessibility, Government, Institutions, Landscaping industry, Landscaping innovations, Plant care, State government, Tech, Updates

NSW Herbarium goes global

People from around the world can now access digital records of more than one million plants with the launch of the first searchable image archive from the NSW Herbarium. Read More
Tom FosterJanuary 12, 2025, 3:46 pmJanuary 12, 2025
The Redfern building is adorned with the iconic ‘Welcome to Redfern’ mural, but will soon display local memories, knowledge and histories shared by Aboriginal residents of The Block. Image: Phoebe Pratt/City of Sydney
Architecture, Business, Design, Government, Landscaping industry, Updates

Redfern terrace to become a living museum

The City of Sydney is looking for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists to transform a narrow terrace in Redfern into a living museum. Read More
Tom FosterJanuary 6, 2025, 3:35 pmJanuary 6, 2025
the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) by the Australian Government on 3 December 2024 marks a pivotal moment for industries grappling with workforce shortages
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COSL just the start of clearing skills ‘hurdles’

The Landscape Industries Association of Western Australia (LIAWA) offered comment on the Australian Government’s announcement of the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL)… Read More
Tom FosterDecember 10, 2024, 9:03 amDecember 10, 2024
Landscaping industry company contractors working on interlock driveway.
Accessibility, Associations, Government, Landscaping industry, MLSA, Peak body bulletins, Study, Training, Updates

Landscape industry gains trade recognition in South Australia

In a significant win for the state’s landscape industry, the Government of South Australia has officially declared landscape construction as a trade, with the AHC30921 Certificate III in Landscape Construction to be delivered as an apprenticeship. Read More
Tom FosterNovember 27, 2024, 9:13 amNovember 27, 2024
Madeleine Wilson, apprentice at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Image: NSW Department of Education
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From copywriting to the Royal Botanic Garden

Madeleine Wilson, 38, recently made a significant career change from indoor work copywriting to working outdoors at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. She’s pursuing a prized horticulture apprenticeship at one of the world’s most spectacular gardens, located on the foreshores of Sydney. Read More
Tom FosterNovember 25, 2024, 10:07 amNovember 25, 2024

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