textiles and fabrics

Bangladeshi workers have burnt their garment factory in a protest over the bonus they received before an important Muslim festival.

Australian Weaving Mills will close its factory in Devonport and move its manufacturing operations to its plant in Wangaratta, Victoria.

The shares of clothing maker Billabong were up sharply yesterday in response to a debt refinancing deal.

Australian Defence Apparel has said that 72 employees made redundant earlier this week would receive their full entitlements.

Australian retailers need to develop clear labour and human rights policy in order to ensure that the rights of overseas workers are protected.

Claims by Bangladeshi workers that their garment factory is haunted by a ghost may be a sign of a mass psychogenic illness.

Over 140 workers from two garment factories near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have taken ill. It is not known which clothing brands were produced at the factories.

Terry Davis, the managing director of Coca-Cola Amatil, has spoken of the pressures facing food manufacturers during a speech to the Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce.

Fourth-generation bedding and mattress manufacturer AH Beard will open a factory in Shanghai, China next month.

Around 450 workers at a Bangladeshi garment factory became ill while working in a sweater factory near Dhaka.

Now its 101st year and fourth generation, the Australian hat-maker still makes its iconic felt hats in much the same way as always has. Brent Balinski talks to company secretary Roy Wilkinson about tradition and how demand for Aussie-made quality is catching on in China.

It’s been almost a month since the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, resulting in the deaths of 1100 garment workers.

A workroom in a factory north of Phnom Penh, in Cambodia, collapsed on Thursday, killing at least two people and injuring at least a dozen more.

As part of our new Q&A series we interview you, and find out what your job is day to day. This edition features Roy Wilkinson, Company Secretary/Director at legendary Australian hat maker Akubra.

The Bangladeshi textile industry’s main trade body has closed down hundreds of the country’s garment factories indefinitely.

At least eight have been killed in a garment factory in Bangladesh. This news of the fire comes as the death toll from the recent collapse of another factory outside Dhaka has passed 900.

More than 80 workers in Queensland’s clothing manufacturing industry have received back-pay totalling $50,500.

Australian fashion labels are being forced to think about where their clothes are made in the wake of the garment factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which has killed over 380 people.

Oxfam Australia has urged Australian brands to review their manufacturing processes following the death of at least 330 workers at a garment factory in Bangladesh last week.

The Barrett Group has defied pessimism in regional manufacturing and expanded, opening a new facility at Orange, with innovation being cited as a factor in the saddler company’s success.