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Free books for Victoria's toddlers

Victoria’s toddlers will receive around 280,000 free books over the next four years, thanks to a $2.1 childhood literacy program from the State Government. A literacy pack containing a rhy...

Budget 07-08: what's in it for the book industry?

Like many other industries the Australian book trade will be awaiting with interest next week's announcement of the federal 2007-08 budget. While an early announcement by former minister for the Arts ...

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Budget 08: ABA, ASA response

The 2008 federal budget contained no ‘significant new measures' that would affect booksellers, according to the new CEO of the Australian Booksellers Association (ABA) Malcolm Neil Neil to...

In brief

Retail sales figures fall in April and MayAfter ten consecutive months of growth, retail sales slipped 0.1% in May and 0.3% in April, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statisti...