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Lawsuits, letters, a Senate debate - print business owners around the country are watching nervously as the battle over double-dipping of casual staff reaches a crescendo.

Printers in NSW will no longer pay for TAFE based apprenticeship training, with the government committing $14,550 for each print apprentice, following lobbying and discussions between the PIAA and the state government.

David Atkinson's Darwin-based printer Action Print has shut its doors and entered voluntary liquidation over a "non-sizeable" debt.

UV inkjet is an up-and-coming technology in the world of digital label printing, and Screen’s L350UV inkjet label press has enjoyed considerable success in Australia and New Zealand, with five installations across the two countries. Now, the upgraded version has arrived.

HP Indigo users are able to take part in a new free recycling programme that will see all used ink cans and ink tubes, as well as all BIDs (ink developers) and rollers, taken away by recycling operation Close the Loop.

An Australian company is printing customised brand labels that consumers can apply to bottles of beer, wine and spirits.

Printers looking to expand their business with additional revenue streams can visit Australia's biggest packaging and processing trade show, AUSPACK 2019, in Melbourne next week.

The weekend's first mental health for men swim-a-thon on Sydney's northern beaches exceeded all expectations of organisers, who are now planning an annual event.

Canon will shut Australian R&D subsidiary Canon Information Systems Research Australia (Cisra) after almost 30 years in operation, with 35 staff to be made redundant.

John Mancini's Jason Signmakers has bought the assets and saved all the jobs at Ron Eacott's stricken Expo Group, the latest print business to hit the skids on the west coast.

US print has bounced back last year from a disappointing 2017, with many businesses reporting a boost in revenue, and saying they are intending to take on more staff.

Marketing gurus teams up to reinforce the power of mail as the Real Digital Disruptor at a significant Printing Industries event in Brisbane. A large turnout of industry professionals came to hear how direct mail has not only retained its power but also increased its effectiveness in the digital age.

Kwik Kopy has been chosen as the official print partner for the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards for another year.

Starleaton and Oki will host an open house event at Oki's showroom in Macquarie Park NSW, to demonstrate Oki's ColorPainter range of wide-format digital printers.

Fibre packaging giant Orora has hosted a visit by Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) members to its recycling plant in Botany NSW to show off its massive B9 paper line.


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The CEO of PIAA Andrew Macaulay says the most powerful trade unionist in the country, ACTU general secretary Sally McManus, will "declare war on the employer if Labor is elected", following her claims that living standards are lower than 25 years ago, and saying the country is in income recession.