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News Archive - 2006

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Date	Newsletter	Read More
24 Oct 2006	Trevor Flugge to retire from AWS board at the AGM	View
	In preparation for Australian Wool Services’ Annual General Meeting on November 15, it has been brought to our attention that Trevor Flugge’s three year term of office as a Board Director expires at the end of the forthcoming AGM...
24 Sep 2006	Woolgrowers put in difficult position	View
	The recent press release from the German Wool Federation highlights the difficult position that Australian woolgrowers have been put in with the current Woolpoll vote...
21 Sep 2006	Len Stephens will resign	View
	AUSTRALIAN Wool Innovation (AWI) chief executive officer Len Stephens will resign from his position to make way for a replacement with greater marketing experience...
19 Sep 2006	High capacity scoured wool cleaner	View
	Australian Wool Services’ ANDAR division has developed a “High Capacity Scoured Wool Cleaner”, solving more than one issue for a client operating a wool scouring business...
15 Aug 2006	Woolpoll model is wrong	View
	Woolpoll 2006 will lead to further contraction of the Australian wool industry, regardless of the result in November, according to the Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA)...
05 Sep 2006	Shanghai home textiles show highlights woolmark	View
	The response to The Woolmark Company’s exhibition at the recent InterTEXTILE Shanghai Home Textiles Show in China has been extremely positive, signing new Woolmark interior textile licensees and showcasing wool-based bedding products to thousands of international visitors...
05 Sep 2006	Self‐promotion self‐evident	View
	The AWI chairman’s attack on my recent comments on the Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) lack of performance over the last three years as being “divisive and ill‐informed” illustrates a peak body that is totally in contempt of its grassroots shareholders, and one that will not face the consequences of its own actions...
29 Aug 2006	Australian Wool Poll crucial for survival of wool iIndustry	View
	Having supported the Test Marketing Project of AWI, Woolmark and IWTO both financially and by promoting the project the German Wool Federation strongly believes that the Australian wool growers should be fully aware of what is at stake...
14 Aug 2006	Laurance Modiano Comments on upcoming Wool Poll	View
	I am surprised, although perhaps I shouldn’t be, by the position taken by Woolgrowers and the NSW Farmers’ Association...
05 Aug 2006	The Benetton Affair ‐ A case of marketing failure	View
	The management team at Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) has proved to be sadly lacking in the most basic marketing skills, with the failure to address the real issue surrounding the Benetton affair...
20 Jul 2006	Eyes wide shut	View
	CONSUMERS must open their eyes to wool because the industry has become a shadow of its former self and failed to excite the consumers it depends on...
14 Jul 2006	AWI 7th world merino conference	View
	I have travelled half way around the planet to make a ten minute speech. For me they are ten of the most important minutes in my career...
03 Jul 2006	Dear leaders – where is the strategic plan to grow the merino industry?	View
	With the up coming World Merino Conference in Perth, AWGA challenges Australian wool industry leaders on their collective vision and strategy to grow the Merino industry...
12 Jun 2006	Woolpoll to rescue AWI funding shortfall	View
	The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) rejects Australian Wool Innovation’s (AWI) call for an increase in wool tax to 2.5% at WOOLPOLL 2006...
08 May 2006	We want better wool marketing? Just ask growers	View
	Woolgrowers, Paolo Zegna di Monterubello, Laurence Modiano and marketing leader Michael Kiely “Keeping wool cool” (The Land letters 4.5.06), have one thing in common; we all want a better marketing effort for wool...
03 May 2006	Wool industry coalition backs urgent merger resolution	View
	A top level wool industry meeting has agreed to establish a coalition of wool industry representatives to call on the Federal Government to urgently support resolution of the UK pension scheme legacy which is holding back the merger of Australian Wool Services (AWS) and Australian Wool Innovation (AWI)...
19 Feb 2006	AWGA welcomes AWI abandoning legal claim against animal rights group	View
	The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) welcomes the decision by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) to abandon its allegations under section 45DB of the Trade Practices Act, against animal rights lobbyists...
7 Feb 2006	Australian wool services chairman flugge must step aside	View
	The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) is demanding that Trevor Flugge, Chairman of Australian Wool Services Ltd (AWS), step aside from the Board immediately, until the Cole inquiry into AWB Ltd’s activities is settled...
3 Jan 2006	E i‐Tag NLIS for sheep? No	View
	The reported “E-tag push” by the Victorian Government is misguided and may actually hinder the establishment of a cost effective sheep NLIS system...
3 Jan 2006	New years resolution – get wool marketing right	View
	The opportunity at WOOLPOLL 2006 to improve Australian merino wool’s marketing has never been better according to AWGA Chairman Martin Oppenheimer. Woolgrowers across the nation are desperate for more action and innovation in building the image and desirability of Australian merino...