NATIONAL: Union officials will join fashion retail chief executives and CSIRO executives in the formation of a new panel charged with driving change within the textile footwear and apparel (TCF) sector.
Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Minister Kim Carr has today (August 14) announced a group of 17 industry representatives who will form the federal government's new TCF Innovation Council.
Members include Phil Butt (J Robins & Sons), Bronwyn Darlington (Rise Up Productions), David Kesby (Cue Design), Daniel Leipnik (Specialty Group), Michele O'Neil (TCFUA), Steve Morton (CSIRO) and Andre Reich (Kmart).
The council, formed as part of the government's $410 million TCF package announced in the 2009 budget, will be chaired by Textor Technologies managing director Phillip Butler.
Among the tasks to be addressed by the council will be the introduction of a voluntary ethical quality mark, voluntary national sizing standards and a national anthropometric database.