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DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />
T A S M A N I A’ S L E A D I N G B U S I N E S S P U B L I C A T I O N . C I R C U L A T I O N 1 2 , 0 0 0 M O N T H LY<br />
$20m Launceston development unveiled<br />
River bank revitalisation<br />
An artist’s impression of the planned $20m redevelopment of the derelict CH Smith site in Launceston’s Tamar River precinct.<br />
By Tom O’Meara<br />
THE revitalisation of Launceston<br />
will receive another<br />
significant boost with a<br />
$20 million transformation<br />
planned for the CH Smith site.<br />
Developer Errol Stewart is<br />
adding to his portfolio in the<br />
river precinct, announcing he<br />
would transform the disused<br />
and controversial site – building<br />
on momentum from his<br />
Northbank Silos hotel currently<br />
being constructed across the<br />
river from his existing Seaport<br />
and car yard facilities.<br />
Combined with the rapidly-progressing<br />
UTas relocation<br />
and Penny Royal and TRC<br />
expansion by fellow developer<br />
Josef Chromy, the northern<br />
end of the city is being given a<br />
major overhaul that has boosted<br />
business confidence.<br />
And, the TBR can exclusively<br />
reveal another<br />
multi-million dollar development<br />
will soon be put to Launceston<br />
City Council to finally<br />
restore the Boland St Cottages<br />
– ending a long-running saga.<br />
They have been delisted<br />
from the Heritage Council<br />
register, sold and a development<br />
application for a significant<br />
project is close to being<br />
submitted, with work to revitalise<br />
the block which fronts<br />
the river close to the site of the<br />
university’s proposed new In-<br />
veresk and Willis St car park.<br />
Progress on the derelict Boland<br />
St and CH Smith sites<br />
has been long awaited, with<br />
the added challenge of maintaining<br />
heritage aspects while<br />
ensuring commercial viability.<br />
The CH Smith site has been<br />
the subject of many grandiose<br />
redevelopment concepts that<br />
have never seen the light of<br />
It’s a sensible<br />
commercial<br />
development that<br />
includes all of the<br />
1830s heritage<br />
buildings<br />
Developer<br />
Errol Stewart<br />
day. But with confirmation the<br />
State Government will have<br />
office space within the new<br />
buildings and the council will<br />
own and operate a 300-space<br />
car park on-site, the Stewart<br />
plan is regarded as a guaranteed<br />
goer.<br />
The LCC will seek a $9m<br />
interest-free loan from the<br />
State Government as part of its<br />
Northern Economic Stimulus<br />
Package to fund the car park.<br />
Other retail spaces on the<br />
site will include a cafe and<br />
restaurant.<br />
Mr Stewart, who unveiled<br />
plans with Launceston architect<br />
Scott Curran, said it was a<br />
subtle development.<br />
“It’s a sensible commercial<br />
development that includes all<br />
of the 1830s heritage buildings,”<br />
he said.<br />
“We will spend $2m on the<br />
heritage buildings alone with<br />
an overall spend of $20m.”<br />
“It will be a development<br />
that people will be proud of<br />
and I’m sure there will be a<br />
loud cheer when we get started<br />
in February.”<br />
The council believes the<br />
new proposal meets a number<br />
of strategic goals for the city<br />
and will provide a better connection<br />
between the CBD and<br />
the waterfront.<br />
“The site is strategically located<br />
to provide convenient<br />
car parking facilities for the<br />
future development of Civic<br />
Square, northern edge of<br />
the CBD and the city’s recreational<br />
riverfront areas,’’<br />
Mayor Albert van Zetten said.<br />
“Through its work on the<br />
Launceston City Heart Project,<br />
the North Bank redevelopment<br />
and the University of<br />
Tasmania relocation, the City<br />
of Launceston is seeking to<br />
fundamentally change the<br />
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NEWS<br />
Tassie honey has Brisbane abuzz<br />
TASMANIA’S Australian Honey<br />
Products Pty Ltd is revelling in<br />
more sweet success, having been<br />
named the <strong>2016</strong> Agribusiness Exporter<br />
Award winner at the 54th<br />
Australian Export Awards in Brisbane.<br />
The accolade is another feather<br />
in the cap for owner Lindsay<br />
Bourke, of Launceston, who was<br />
named the producer of the 2015<br />
‘World’s Best Honey’.<br />
The Australian Export Awards<br />
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outstanding international success<br />
River bank revitalisation<br />
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way our city has been operating.<br />
“Development of the site in a manner<br />
that is visually appealing, restores<br />
the highly-regarded<br />
heritage values<br />
of the buildings and<br />
achieves the strategic<br />
function of the<br />
location is extremely<br />
important both in<br />
real terms and as an<br />
expression of confidence<br />
to residents and<br />
visitors to Launceston.<br />
“In years to come, I think historians<br />
will note that <strong>2016</strong> was the year in<br />
which Launceston finally found a way<br />
forward for the C.H. Smith site, one<br />
in the field of agricultural products<br />
services or technology, including<br />
processed foods and beverages and<br />
the forestry fisheries and fibres industry.<br />
Australian Honey Products beat<br />
out finalists from each state and<br />
territory from fields such as beef<br />
production and processing, vegetable<br />
production and innovation,<br />
coconut industries, allergen sensitive<br />
food production, and another<br />
honey producer from Western Australia.<br />
Mr Bourke started as a<br />
The extensive car park.<br />
which protected the best elements of<br />
our past, and paved the way for a positive<br />
future.”<br />
Treasurer Peter Gutwein said the $9<br />
million application<br />
from council for car<br />
parking would be expedited,<br />
adding that<br />
10 councils had submitted<br />
infrastructure<br />
projects worth $36<br />
million as a result of<br />
the stimulus package.<br />
“This site has been<br />
a hole in the ground for two decades.<br />
This is a fantastic outcome with the<br />
collaboration of government, local<br />
government and developers,” Mr Gutwein<br />
said.<br />
one-man-operation with 200 hives<br />
in 1966. The business has grown<br />
to be a globally-recognised producer<br />
of honey and honey based<br />
products, including honey beverages,<br />
ales, meads and honey nectar<br />
concentrates.<br />
The business boasts more than<br />
3600 hives and employs up to 30<br />
staff during the peak season. It<br />
produces 200 tonnes of honey a<br />
year, and have built a new state-ofthe-art<br />
processing facility in Sheffield<br />
which will be used for the first<br />
time this processing season.<br />
The company exports 70 per<br />
cent of its award winning honey<br />
products to Asia, the UK, Europe<br />
and the Middle East, with its<br />
biggest markets including China,<br />
Hong Kong, Canada, Oman, Korea,<br />
Japan and Taiwan.<br />
It also provides an expert pollination<br />
service for the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
agriculture sector as well as exporting<br />
live bees to Canada, and now<br />
offers the accredited Certificate III<br />
beekeeping training program to<br />
nurture our next generation of apiarists<br />
right here in Tasmania.<br />
Honey producer Lindsay Bourke.<br />
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Below, Speaker Elise Archer, left, Vos chairman Michael Vos and Premier Will Hodgman announce<br />
the $25m One Bournville development, seen in an artist’s impression, above.<br />
VOS Group has unveiled<br />
details of an<br />
idyllic $25m residential<br />
apartment development<br />
on the banks of the River<br />
Derwent, adjacent to<br />
Claremont Golf Course.<br />
The One Bournville<br />
development will be<br />
Vos Group’s second<br />
largest development<br />
currently under construction,<br />
behind the<br />
Mac 1 hotel in Hobart.<br />
Claremont Golf<br />
Club members, local<br />
residents, Vos representatives,<br />
sub-contractors<br />
and Tasmania’s top political<br />
figures, including<br />
Premier Will Hodgman,<br />
were among the 100<br />
people to attend the<br />
launch of the project at<br />
Claremont Golf Club.<br />
Vos chairman Michael<br />
Vos said the development<br />
was a good<br />
news story for Tasmania<br />
and a reflection of<br />
the business confidence<br />
in the state. After the<br />
approval of their de-<br />
Grant helps TCCI to get workready<br />
velopment application<br />
earlier this year, Vos<br />
Group has started site<br />
works in preparation for<br />
construction to begin on<br />
the 16 units making up<br />
stage one early in 2017.<br />
Vos director Darren<br />
Vos said it was an<br />
exciting project and a<br />
wonderful opportunity<br />
for anyone looking to<br />
own a unique piece of<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> real estate.<br />
“The development<br />
consists of 69 contemporary<br />
residential<br />
apartments, 11 of<br />
which have already<br />
been pre-sold,” Mr Vos<br />
said.<br />
“These modern,<br />
low-maintenance<br />
apartments will have<br />
THE <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Government has<br />
provided a $75,000 grant to the<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Industry to deliver independent<br />
support for employers via its<br />
Work Readiness for Growth Industries<br />
Program.<br />
The initiative, part of a twoyear,<br />
$900,000 government Budget<br />
spend, includes:<br />
• a phone and email contact for<br />
employers requesting information<br />
and assistance;<br />
• workplace advice for employers<br />
considering employing a participant<br />
of the program; and<br />
• workplace visits to advise and<br />
mentor participating employers.<br />
panoramic views over<br />
the river while half<br />
of the apartments will<br />
also have views over<br />
the golf course and to<br />
Mt Wellington.’’<br />
The development is<br />
expected to create 100<br />
local jobs and could<br />
double membership<br />
of Claremont Golf<br />
Course.<br />
This support will build on the<br />
TCCI’s expertise and industry-informed<br />
knowledge of work readiness<br />
for our growth industries,<br />
helping participants to develop<br />
greater confidence in recruiting<br />
new employees and learn new<br />
skills to build productivity and create<br />
a great workplace.
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong> 3<br />
NEWS<br />
Exclusive: Eslake report reveals storm brewing<br />
Ageing population stunts growth<br />
TASMANIA’S ageing population<br />
is creating the perfect<br />
storm to stunt the state’s economic<br />
growth and force a reduction<br />
in work force participation.<br />
The higher the proportion<br />
of workers over the age of 65,<br />
the lower the proportion of<br />
younger people (15 to 65) in<br />
the workforce.<br />
The disproportion of older<br />
workers has also helped create<br />
fewer working hours per<br />
population and the lowest<br />
productivity in the country.<br />
The growing problem is<br />
confirmed by Australian Bureau<br />
of Statistics which reveals<br />
that Tasmania has the<br />
lowest proportion of people in<br />
the 20 to 44 age group and the<br />
highest aged 65 and over, in<br />
the nation.<br />
Respected economist Saul<br />
Eslake will reveal his concerns<br />
and consequences of<br />
the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> demographic<br />
problem when he delivers the<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Industry Tasmania<br />
Report on <strong>December</strong> 14.<br />
Last year’s inaugural TCCI<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Report, supported<br />
by strategic partners, B&E<br />
Personal Banking, TasCOSS,<br />
Chartered Accountants Australia<br />
and New Zealand,<br />
Southern Cross Television<br />
and the Federal Group, highlighted<br />
the challenges and<br />
opportunities in merging economic<br />
and social needs.<br />
Mr Eslake said the ageing<br />
population and economic<br />
challenge wasn’t unique to<br />
Tasmania and was emerging<br />
in many smaller island states.<br />
“In Tasmania, the conundrum<br />
is an unbalanced, aged<br />
workforce which works fewer<br />
hours and has the lowest<br />
labour productivity in the nation.<br />
This means the average<br />
dollar value of goods and services<br />
produced per hour, per<br />
head creates lower average<br />
living standards.<br />
“The ageing population<br />
also makes it harder to off-set<br />
lower labour force participation<br />
by increased work hours<br />
because older workers, understandably,<br />
typically prefer to<br />
work fewer hours than younger<br />
workers.<br />
“The only sustainable way<br />
of offsetting the impact of an<br />
ageing population on living<br />
standards is increased productivity.<br />
“If retired workers have<br />
accumulated assets which<br />
they can run down to fund<br />
higher spending, it may offset<br />
the impact of population<br />
ageing on living standards<br />
“Unfortunately older <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />
typically have less<br />
wealth than mainlanders.<br />
Mr Eslake last year revealed<br />
that Tasmania’s gross<br />
state product (GSP) was<br />
$18,334, or 27 per cent below<br />
national average.<br />
Fewer <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s had jobs<br />
than the national average;<br />
fewer hours were worked and<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s produced less in<br />
dollar value of goods and services<br />
for each hour worked.<br />
Mr Eslake will also expand<br />
on reasons for why Tasmania’s<br />
economic growth rate of<br />
1.3 percent was the lowest in<br />
the nation.<br />
Energy and utilities<br />
dropped 8.6 percent in income<br />
in 2015/16 mainly due<br />
to drought and the Basslink<br />
breakdown.<br />
Agriculture returns also<br />
dropped 4.4 percent through<br />
floods and reduced prices in<br />
the dairy industry.<br />
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Dan kicks off expansion in Launceston<br />
DESPITE an overwhelming response<br />
to the opening of Dan Murphy’s<br />
liquor outlet in Launceston,<br />
plans for a Hobart outlet will be a<br />
case of later rather than sooner.<br />
General Manager of the huge Dan<br />
Murphy’s liquor operation, Campbell<br />
Stott, is keen to consolidate the<br />
inaugural store before considering a<br />
second outlet.<br />
“We have brought an exciting<br />
business model to Launceston and<br />
we want to bed it down before considering<br />
another store in Tasmania.<br />
“We may think about it in the<br />
next couple of years but finding<br />
1000 square metre sites in appropriate<br />
areas takes time,” Mr Stott said.<br />
Mr Stott said the opening weekend<br />
was very exciting and trading<br />
since had been very strong.<br />
“A good example of volumes of<br />
people visiting the site has been<br />
the signed-up members to our free<br />
membership club which provides<br />
additional discounts within the<br />
stores and through the on-line<br />
business and delivery to clients,’’<br />
he said.<br />
“In the first 10 days of trading,<br />
3000 <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s signed up and the<br />
membership rate continues.<br />
“It became obvious when talking<br />
to clients over the opening weekend,<br />
that they were astounded by<br />
the range of product particularly the<br />
wines, spirits and craft beers.<br />
“I was pleasantly surprised by the<br />
volume and quality of <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
craft beers, whisky and wines which<br />
have been very popular with clients<br />
as well as the wider range of products<br />
from Australia and overseas.<br />
City logs on to Internet of Things<br />
Dan Murphy’s general manager Campbell Stott, left, national operations manager Daniel Ellul, Launceston store manager Josh Velthoven,<br />
Victoria and Tasmania area manager Tim Ohem and Victoria and Tasmania state manager Tyson Holberry cut the ribbon at Tasmania’s first<br />
Dan Murphy’s store in Launceston.<br />
Minister Michael<br />
Ferguson with<br />
Definium CEO Mike<br />
Cruse.<br />
LAUNCESTON will<br />
become the first city in<br />
Australia to be covered<br />
by an Internet of Things<br />
(IoT) network.<br />
A $100,000 city-wide<br />
LORA network will provide<br />
a long range, low<br />
power network, similar<br />
to Wi-Fi and ideally suited<br />
to IoT applications.<br />
The project is a collaboration<br />
between the University<br />
of Tasmania’s<br />
Sense-T, Definium Technologies<br />
and CSIRO’s<br />
Data 61.<br />
Minister for Information<br />
Technology and Innovation,<br />
Michael Ferguson,<br />
announced the<br />
commitment, calling it<br />
an exceptional opportunity<br />
to bring together<br />
manufacturing capability,<br />
application development,<br />
community participation,<br />
researchers and<br />
government.<br />
“There are hundreds of<br />
possible applications for<br />
this network. It could range<br />
from simple things like<br />
tracking animals, monitoring<br />
bins, detecting water<br />
levels, or measuring air<br />
quality, to more complex<br />
projects using movement<br />
sensors and accelerometers<br />
in the area of telehealth,”<br />
Mr Ferguson said.<br />
“I expect we’ll see projects<br />
developed and creative<br />
ideas in areas we currently<br />
can’t even anticipate.<br />
“This is a first for Australia<br />
and shows the State<br />
Government’s commitment<br />
to the Smart Cities<br />
project and innovation. It’s<br />
through projects like this<br />
that we’ll see new businesses<br />
and new opportunities.”<br />
“Craft beers sales have increased<br />
from five per cent two years ago to<br />
12 per cent today and rising.”<br />
Mr Stott, is based in Dan Murphy’s<br />
Melbourne headquarters and<br />
The devices used to<br />
run IoT will be made<br />
locally – the network<br />
gateways and sensors<br />
will be manufactured by<br />
Definium Technologies,<br />
a Launceston-based IT<br />
company.<br />
The project will be run<br />
out of the new Enterprize<br />
Innovation Hub.<br />
Professor Brigid Heywo<br />
od Deputy Vice Chancellor<br />
(Research), from<br />
the University of Tasmania,<br />
said the announcement<br />
was very exciting<br />
as it clearly indicated<br />
Tasmania’s intention of<br />
taking one of the critical<br />
next steps in advancing<br />
IoT capability and capacity<br />
in Tasmania.<br />
spends much of his time visiting<br />
and working with the 205 outlets<br />
around Australia.<br />
His management priorities are<br />
culture, systems and employing top<br />
talent. Dan Murphy’s Launceston<br />
outlet on the corner of Bathurst<br />
and York Streets operates seven<br />
days a week and employs 22 <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s.
4 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
Scientists<br />
back salmon<br />
farming<br />
WHEN Tasmania was<br />
in the midst of the nasty,<br />
negative forestry war,<br />
there was one value-adding<br />
industry hailed as the<br />
state’s saviour – salmon<br />
farming.<br />
In recent weeks, the<br />
sustainability and environmental<br />
credentials of<br />
the sector were called<br />
into question during an<br />
ABC Four Corners story.<br />
Many environmentalists<br />
were slamming<br />
salmon and calling for a<br />
boycott – quicker than it<br />
took South Africa to rip<br />
through Australia’s Test<br />
batsmen in Hobart.<br />
They rushed to cast<br />
shadows over the industry<br />
with one-liners<br />
suggesting “something<br />
fishy’’ is going on, without<br />
any regard for the<br />
$700 million it pumps<br />
into the economy or the<br />
thousands of people it<br />
helps keep in work.<br />
We prefer to rely on<br />
Michael<br />
Bailey<br />
TCCI Chief Executive<br />
independent scientific<br />
evidence. So, several<br />
members of the scientific<br />
community specialising<br />
in this field provided<br />
us advice at our recent<br />
board meeting at Campbell<br />
Town.<br />
As the TCCI has many<br />
members associated with<br />
the industry, including all<br />
of the big players, we felt<br />
it important to seek independent<br />
advice.<br />
We do not want to give<br />
anyone the chance to say<br />
that our position has been<br />
swayed by the industry.<br />
What we learned follows,<br />
and we are working<br />
on a forum to put the<br />
facts back into the discussion.<br />
• Tasmania has some<br />
of the world’s best researchers<br />
specialising in<br />
wild salmon farming at<br />
the CSIRO, IMAS and<br />
within the industry itself.<br />
Understanding of the impact<br />
of aquaculture on<br />
the environment and the<br />
ability to minimise this<br />
impact, has evolved dramatically<br />
over the last 10<br />
years and is among the<br />
world’s best practice.<br />
• Macquarie Harbour<br />
is a very complex waterway,<br />
industry data showing<br />
that one area is working<br />
well, while another is<br />
struggling, is accurate.<br />
Essentially such a<br />
large waterway has environmental<br />
zones within<br />
zones and the industry<br />
have been reacting to this<br />
for years.<br />
• The move of the regulator<br />
function to Department<br />
of Primary Industries,<br />
Parks, Water<br />
and Environment was a<br />
good move by the State<br />
Government and has<br />
provided a better governance<br />
model.<br />
• The industry is focussed<br />
on sustainable<br />
growth and best practice<br />
animal management.<br />
This includes making<br />
sure that fish food mimics,<br />
as well as possible,<br />
the wild food that the<br />
animal would be eating<br />
and also treating them<br />
with antibiotics if they<br />
become ill. Pink flesh is<br />
an indicator of a healthy<br />
fish, not an industrial<br />
conspiracy.<br />
Any fish that is ill and<br />
treated with antibiotics<br />
(always under the supervision<br />
of a vet) then goes<br />
through a lengthy withdrawal<br />
period to ensure<br />
that there is no residue in<br />
their system at harvest.<br />
By the way, the incidence<br />
of sick fish has<br />
reduced dramatically<br />
in Tasmania as fish<br />
management practices<br />
have continued to improve.<br />
This improvement<br />
has come from industry<br />
reacting to great and<br />
ground breaking scientific<br />
research done right<br />
here in Tasmania.<br />
• The industry downstreams<br />
everything. All<br />
of the value of this product<br />
is held in Tasmania<br />
and shared with a variety<br />
of businesses, functions<br />
and communities. This is<br />
exactly the sort of industry<br />
that Tasmania needs.<br />
• There is a need for a<br />
public zoning process to<br />
map where the industry<br />
should expand in the future.<br />
This would allow the<br />
community and industry to<br />
understand where expansion<br />
is planned.<br />
This will need to be conducted<br />
in 10-year cycles<br />
to react to increasing sea<br />
temperatures making some<br />
Huon<br />
Aquaculture’s<br />
salmon<br />
pens in<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
waters.<br />
areas less and others more<br />
viable.<br />
• The science shows that<br />
the industry is sustainable<br />
and has a long and exciting<br />
future in Tasmania.<br />
My worry is that we are<br />
starting to see an argument<br />
that the whole industry is<br />
dirty and should be shut<br />
down.<br />
The “Boycott <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Salmon” bumper stickers<br />
are already appearing.<br />
What we have learned in<br />
Tasmania is that too often<br />
these arguments are played<br />
out on emotion rather than<br />
fact.<br />
Please listen to experts<br />
and base opinions on science<br />
rather than an emotion-driven<br />
bandwagon.<br />
Mission targets China thirst for craft brews<br />
AUSTRADE is organising<br />
a trade mission to<br />
China for makers of craft<br />
beer, spirits and other<br />
premium alcoholic and<br />
non-alcoholic beverages.<br />
Sally<br />
Chandler<br />
Tradestart Adviser<br />
The trade mission in<br />
the form of a roadshow is<br />
visiting the first and second<br />
tier cities of Beijing,<br />
Shanghai, Guangzhou<br />
and Kunming to access<br />
buyers. Places are limited<br />
to 20 companies.<br />
The roadshow is the<br />
first trade mission designed<br />
to showcase premium<br />
Australian beverages<br />
to select importers,<br />
distributors, traders, corporate<br />
buyers and media<br />
together with top-ranking<br />
hotels, bartenders and<br />
restaurants.<br />
China’s hospitality entrepreneurs<br />
are seeking<br />
to offer an increasing<br />
number of unique and affordable<br />
luxury beverage<br />
choices alongside more<br />
traditional mass market<br />
brands to on-premise<br />
consumers.<br />
The mission will start<br />
in Beijing on Friday,<br />
March 3, 2017 before<br />
travelling to Shanghai on<br />
Monday, March 6, then<br />
Guangzhou on Wednesday,<br />
March 8 and finally<br />
Kunming on Friday,<br />
March 10.<br />
At the end of the mission,<br />
delegates have the<br />
option of attending the<br />
2017 China Wine and<br />
Spirits Fair in Chengdu.<br />
The program in each<br />
city will begin in the<br />
afternoon with an educational<br />
seminar in<br />
a master class style to<br />
demonstrate the attributes<br />
of the exhibited<br />
beverages.<br />
Product displays will<br />
be set up for businesses<br />
to interact with buyers<br />
and the media and each<br />
day will end with a cocktail<br />
function for networking.<br />
Brewers will have the chance to showcase their product in China.<br />
Table wines are not included<br />
in this mission.<br />
In 2015, China’s whisky<br />
imports increased by<br />
19.8 per cent to 15.77<br />
million litres and sales<br />
of imported premium<br />
beer increased by 58.9<br />
per cent to 538.5 million<br />
litres.<br />
Under the China Australia<br />
Free Trade Agreement<br />
(ChAFTA) the 10<br />
per cent tariff on Australian<br />
distilled spirits will<br />
be eliminated by January<br />
1, 2019 and the tariffs<br />
on juice and mineral<br />
water will be eliminated<br />
over the same period<br />
from 20 per cent.<br />
China currently does<br />
not have an import duty<br />
on beer.<br />
Applications to take<br />
part in the mission are<br />
required before <strong>December</strong><br />
15, <strong>2016</strong> and Austrade<br />
will then review<br />
the registrations and the<br />
successful applicants<br />
will be notified accordingly.<br />
Should your company<br />
be interested in taking<br />
part in the mission please<br />
contact me for information<br />
on costs, the payment<br />
structure and financial assistance.<br />
For international<br />
trade and investment<br />
assistance contact<br />
the TCCI’s Trade-<br />
Start adviser, Sally<br />
Chandler, at sally.<br />
chandler@tcci.com.<br />
au or phone<br />
1300 559 122.
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong> 5<br />
NEWS<br />
Forest industry turnaround<br />
By Guy Barnett<br />
Resources Minister<br />
IN A remarkable turnaround, Tasmania’s<br />
forest industry is growing<br />
again.<br />
More and more <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s are<br />
finding employment in this great<br />
industry, whereas only a few short<br />
years ago thousands were being<br />
thrown out of work.<br />
Renewed confidence and enthusiasm<br />
is driving investment in new<br />
opportunities that add value to our<br />
wood products.<br />
This resurgence can be seen in<br />
sawmills, processors and other forestry-related<br />
operations across the<br />
state and particularly in regional Tasmania,<br />
where our productive industries<br />
are so critical.<br />
There is much to be excited about,<br />
with investment up, exports up, and<br />
jobs up.<br />
The fightback is being led by a revitalised<br />
business sector, which has<br />
been unshackled by the pro-growth<br />
policies of the State Liberal Government.<br />
In Geilston Bay, one of our leading<br />
fine furniture makers Craig Howard<br />
is showing how value-adding initiatives<br />
can deliver greater returns from<br />
our native timbers.<br />
While this has been a largely boutique<br />
business, Mr Howard is creating<br />
up to nine new jobs by investing<br />
in upgrading his processing equipment.<br />
This will enable the efficient production<br />
of high-value, thick veneer<br />
products from iconic craft wood species<br />
for fine furniture-making and<br />
luxury boat fit-outs, as well as in<br />
building and construction.<br />
Multiplying the value of every<br />
piece of timber used in the creative<br />
process, it will add considerable<br />
worth to the end product, with flowon<br />
benefits that are industry-wide.<br />
An initiative highlighting the opportunities<br />
that exist to grow the productive<br />
value of forestry, it is also an<br />
example of how the Government is<br />
backing the industry because we are<br />
investing $100,000 in the project.<br />
The business was one of 13 successful<br />
recipients of grants from our<br />
recently announced Wood and Fibre<br />
Processing Innovation Program, designed<br />
to encourage exactly this kind<br />
of value-adding.<br />
The $1.25 million program received<br />
strong interest, with 41 applications<br />
for funding, demonstrating<br />
again the industry’s growing confidence<br />
and willingness to invest.<br />
Many of the projects we are funding<br />
involve biomass.<br />
There is<br />
much to<br />
be excited<br />
about, with<br />
investment<br />
up, exports<br />
up, and jobs<br />
up.<br />
An important source of renewable<br />
energy in Europe, biomass has great<br />
potential in Tasmania, not only as<br />
an alternative power supply but also<br />
because it would add value to forest<br />
residues.<br />
Each of the successful applicants<br />
under the program give more reason<br />
for optimism about the future of this<br />
industry.<br />
But there is much good news<br />
across the sector.<br />
For example, SmartFibre, a subsidiary<br />
of the state’s largest native<br />
forest sawmiller, Neville Smith<br />
Forest Products, is investing $3<br />
million in expanding its woodchip<br />
export plant at Bell Bay.<br />
In a ground-breaking partnership<br />
with SFM Forest Products,<br />
the SmartFibre PureForest project<br />
will deliver Tasmania’s first native<br />
forest exports carrying full Forest<br />
Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.<br />
On a related note, and in another<br />
welcome development, Forestry<br />
Tasmania also recently received<br />
FSC Controlled Wood certification<br />
for its plantation operations.<br />
In October I outlined to Parliament<br />
the Government’s plan to deliver<br />
resource and job security to<br />
allow the industry to continue to<br />
grow.<br />
With a new name of Sustainable<br />
Timber Tasmania, Forestry Tasmania<br />
will be put on a sustainable footing,<br />
ending the public subsidies.<br />
I was pleased to also have the opportunity<br />
to speak at a meeting organised<br />
by the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chamber<br />
and Commerce and Industry, with<br />
key stakeholders attending, to explain<br />
our plan.<br />
As I told Parliament, the Liberal<br />
Government looks forward with<br />
confidence to the sunrise industry<br />
of the future, with new directions,<br />
new value-added products, new investment<br />
and new jobs based on our<br />
renewable, sustainable production<br />
forests.<br />
Switching. It’s easy.<br />
It’s where you end up that’s most important.<br />
To get covered<br />
please contact:<br />
Northern Tasmania: Southern Tasmania: North West Tasmania:<br />
Courtney Osborne<br />
0417 563 546<br />
cosborne@stlukes.com.au<br />
Alicia Frankcombe<br />
0417 561 948<br />
afrankcombe@stlukes.com.au<br />
Rebecca Roth<br />
0439 392 453<br />
rroth@stlukes.com.au<br />
Jan Hooper<br />
0459 022 553<br />
jhooper@stlukes.com.au
6 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
Putting value<br />
on valuables<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
A year of contrasts<br />
DIRECTOR,<br />
INSURANCE SOLUTIONS<br />
CHRISTMAS is just<br />
around the corner – hopefully<br />
Santa’s feeling generous.<br />
And if he is, make sure<br />
your home and contents<br />
insurance covers all your<br />
new gifts.<br />
In fact, it’s a good<br />
time to really look at<br />
your sums insured and<br />
your policy to make sure<br />
you’re covered for the<br />
full replacement value of<br />
your home and your contents.<br />
Most policies cover<br />
you “new for old” these<br />
days.<br />
So while you think<br />
your old and beloved<br />
lounge suite is only<br />
worth a few hundred<br />
An active business is<br />
a much more complex<br />
structure than simply<br />
static land and buildings<br />
dollars, it might actually<br />
cost a few thousand dollars<br />
to replace.<br />
We strongly recommend<br />
that you get an<br />
insurance valuation for<br />
your home.<br />
An insurance valuation<br />
is very different from a<br />
market valuation, and<br />
only needs to be done<br />
once every five years or<br />
so.<br />
It’s a much better way<br />
to find out you’re under<br />
insured than at the time<br />
of a claim.<br />
Your building sum insured<br />
should be enough<br />
to cover the cost of rebuilding<br />
your home –<br />
including any sheds,<br />
outbuildings, fences,<br />
driveways and any other<br />
aboveground (or underground)<br />
improvements.<br />
For your contents, it’s<br />
a great idea to go around<br />
each room and take photos<br />
of your furniture,<br />
knick knacks, paintings,<br />
collections etc – and take<br />
photos of your jewellery<br />
and other valuable items<br />
so you have “proof of<br />
ownership” if you have a<br />
claim.<br />
While you’re doing<br />
that, work out the replacement<br />
value of everything<br />
you have in each<br />
room (including the carpets,<br />
curtains and blinds)<br />
to get a better appreciation<br />
of what your contents<br />
sum insured should be.<br />
If possible, email your<br />
photos to your broker to<br />
keep on your file.<br />
It is human nature to<br />
think it won’t happen<br />
to you, and hopefully it<br />
won’t.<br />
But these are a few<br />
easy steps to give you the<br />
peace of mind that if you<br />
do have a claim, you’re<br />
well prepared.<br />
Sally Bevis is a director<br />
at Insurance<br />
Solutions Tasmania<br />
Pty Ltd (AFSL<br />
315540) - brokers<br />
for the TCCI. Information<br />
is general<br />
in nature. Contact<br />
Sally via sbevis@<br />
inssoltas.<br />
There were plenty of highs for shipping in the state in <strong>2016</strong>. The positivity is set to continue with news the world’s<br />
largest shipping line, Maresk, will be calling in Bell Bay in 2017.<br />
DID you blink? That was<br />
<strong>2016</strong> that just went by.<br />
Not an insignificant<br />
year I would say in terms<br />
of freight and logistics.<br />
Let’s recap <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
It marked the year of<br />
the extension to the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Freight Equalisation<br />
Scheme for <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
exporters to be<br />
closer to our northern<br />
cousins in regards to<br />
freight levels.<br />
We have seen great<br />
confidence in the expectation<br />
of trade development<br />
in Tasmania<br />
with Searoad completing<br />
the new build of their<br />
vessel for Bass Strait<br />
trade, Toll confirming<br />
an upgrade of vessels<br />
for 2018, a new service<br />
for King Island, signifi-<br />
Brett<br />
Charlton<br />
Agility Logistics<br />
cant works on the state’s<br />
roads, MSC retaining a<br />
weekly service into Bell<br />
Bay, Swire maintaining<br />
services into Hobart and<br />
Bell Bay, progress on<br />
the Hobart runway expansion,<br />
Launceston airport<br />
winning Australia’s<br />
best airport, the recent<br />
announcement of a new<br />
direct air freight service<br />
to Ningbo, China ex-Hobart<br />
and the recent news<br />
that the world’s largest<br />
shipping line, Maresk,<br />
will be calling in Bell<br />
Abbey<br />
Guilbert<br />
Workplace Relations<br />
Bay in 2017.<br />
Our cup runneth over.<br />
It has not all been beer<br />
and skittles of course.<br />
While the dizzy heights<br />
of expectation for the<br />
extension to the TFES<br />
for exporters were not<br />
reached in the first year,<br />
it has certainly laid some<br />
great stepping stones for<br />
growth in confidence to<br />
enter new markets and<br />
potentially value-add to<br />
our current exports.<br />
There will be some<br />
scrutiny on the extension<br />
to the scheme over 2017<br />
and I would encourage<br />
all that use the TFES<br />
to shout its praises and<br />
provide commentary as<br />
to how it has benefited<br />
trade at every opportunity.<br />
At the beginning of<br />
<strong>2016</strong> we were all switching<br />
off lights and moving<br />
generators around<br />
the state so we could recharge<br />
our iPhones, then<br />
in June we were watching<br />
bridges and ports being<br />
washed away.<br />
We certainly were<br />
shown the forces of<br />
Mother Nature in <strong>2016</strong><br />
and it would be a brave<br />
person to say for certain<br />
what the weather patterns<br />
will be in the future.<br />
Brexit and the results<br />
of the US election have<br />
sent a shock wave of<br />
“perception of reality”<br />
into the ether and I expect<br />
we are all entering<br />
2017 with an underlying<br />
position of optimism<br />
but with a side dish of<br />
“what’s next?”<br />
Thank you for reading<br />
my columns.<br />
I do get some feedback<br />
from time-to-time letting<br />
me know that they are<br />
being read.<br />
Please feel free to drop<br />
me a line at bcharlton@<br />
agility.com if you have<br />
any comments or questions.<br />
I wish for all a safe<br />
and enjoyable Christmas<br />
with family and friends.<br />
See you in 2017.<br />
High price of underpaying staff<br />
A RECENT Fair Work<br />
Ombudsman investigation<br />
into a business in<br />
Hobart serves as a timely<br />
reminder that it is always<br />
best to continually check<br />
you are paying the correct<br />
pay rates to staff.<br />
The Fair Work Ombudsman<br />
found that<br />
workers had been paid<br />
$11 to $13 per hour at a<br />
Muffin Break franchise<br />
outlet which resulted in<br />
more than $46,000 in underpayments.<br />
As casuals, employees<br />
had been entitled to be<br />
paid more than $23 for<br />
ordinary hours, weekend<br />
rates of up to $33.24 per<br />
hour and public holiday<br />
rates of up to $52.23 per<br />
hour.<br />
The business was then<br />
sold and it has been made<br />
clear that the current<br />
owner was not involved<br />
with the underpayments.<br />
The Fair Work Ombudsman<br />
is also currently<br />
undertaking inquiries<br />
into:<br />
• Wages and conditions<br />
of people working under<br />
the 417 Working Holiday<br />
Visa Program (<strong>2016</strong>).<br />
• Trolley collection<br />
services procurement<br />
by Woolworths Limited<br />
(June <strong>2016</strong>).<br />
• Procurement of<br />
housekeepers by four<br />
and five-star hotel groups<br />
(May <strong>2016</strong>).<br />
• Identifying and addressing<br />
the drivers of<br />
non-compliance in the<br />
7-Eleven network (April<br />
<strong>2016</strong>).<br />
A full list of inquiries<br />
and information regarding<br />
those can be<br />
found on the Fair Work<br />
Ombudsman’s website:<br />
www.fairwork.gov.au/<br />
about-us/access-accountability-and-reporting/inquiry-reports#dsdbi<br />
and<br />
this does not take into<br />
account the other complaints<br />
that the Fair Work<br />
Ombudsman receives on<br />
a daily basis.<br />
The 2015-16 Fair Work<br />
Ombudsman Annual Report<br />
(www.fairwork.gov.<br />
au/annual-report) shows<br />
that in 2015-16 the Fair<br />
Work Ombudsman had<br />
more than 25 million<br />
customer interactions<br />
which included:<br />
• 15,308,115 website<br />
visits (up 14 per cent);<br />
• 5,024,736 pay tool<br />
calculations (up 66 per<br />
cent);<br />
• 4,417,001 fact sheet,<br />
guide and template<br />
downloads and views (up<br />
13 per cent);<br />
• 415,862 advice over<br />
the phone (down 12 per<br />
cent);<br />
• 60,407 email subscribers<br />
(up 22 per cent);<br />
• 58,543 online enquiries<br />
answered (up 72 per<br />
cent);<br />
• 18,220 online learning<br />
centre courses started<br />
(down 11 percent) ;<br />
• helped customers resolve<br />
more than 29,900<br />
workplace relations matters;<br />
and<br />
• recovered more than<br />
$27.3 million for 11,158<br />
workers.<br />
The message is clear –<br />
if the correct pay rates are<br />
not paid, businesses will<br />
be caught (and potentially<br />
fined).<br />
The good news is that as<br />
a business there are a number<br />
of avenues that you<br />
have to ensure that you are<br />
complying with your minimum<br />
rates of pay as prescribed<br />
in the legislation,<br />
which includes:<br />
• Fair Work Commission:<br />
www.fwc.gov.au/;<br />
• Fair Work Ombudsman:<br />
www.fairwork.gov.<br />
au/; and<br />
• TCCI: www.tcci.com.<br />
au/Home<br />
At TCCI there are a<br />
number of ways which we<br />
can assist with any questions<br />
you have, for example:<br />
• pay and conditions<br />
guides;<br />
• pay rate audits; and<br />
• a partnership with the<br />
Australian Institute of<br />
Management with TCCI<br />
members receiving 25<br />
per cent off remuneration<br />
reviews if they contribute<br />
to the National Salary Survey.<br />
Workplace Assured;<br />
access to our Helpline<br />
and access to consultants.<br />
Contact us via our<br />
website, 1300 559<br />
122 or workplacerelations@tcci.com.au
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong> 7<br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
Macquarie Point call for action<br />
I RECENTLY met Labor’s<br />
Federal Infrastructure<br />
spokesman Anthony<br />
Albanese when he was<br />
visiting Hobart.<br />
He’s no stranger to<br />
Tasmania having visited<br />
dozens of times over<br />
the past 10 years, both as<br />
a Minister and now as a<br />
Shadow Minister.<br />
Our discussion soon<br />
got onto the Macquarie<br />
Point development<br />
which he played a key<br />
role in, way back in June,<br />
2012.<br />
The opening line of<br />
his press statement from<br />
June 22 summed up the<br />
anticipation attached to<br />
the project.<br />
“Every so often an opportunity<br />
comes along as<br />
a Minister to make a decision<br />
that will transform<br />
a community for decades<br />
into the future.” (Anthony<br />
Albanese, June 22,<br />
2012)<br />
More than 40 months<br />
later, he lamented over<br />
the lack of progress on<br />
the site.<br />
“I find it extraordinary<br />
that years later, and<br />
about 20 visits by me to<br />
Hobart, there is so little<br />
action on this site,”<br />
(Anthony Albanese, the<br />
Mercury, November 3,<br />
<strong>2016</strong>)<br />
Mr Albanese noted<br />
the project has the potential<br />
to unlock more<br />
than a billion dollars’<br />
worth of investment.<br />
The lack of progress<br />
has been a major frustration<br />
for many in the<br />
business community<br />
here in Hobart.<br />
It’s clear that nothing<br />
can really happen without<br />
moving the sewerage<br />
works on the site.<br />
It’s a significant spend<br />
($145 million according<br />
to recent reports) but it’s<br />
an inevitable one.<br />
TasWater has rightly<br />
said that it’s not prepared<br />
to stump up for the project,<br />
leaving the responsibility<br />
with the State Government.<br />
Labor has urged<br />
the Premier and State<br />
Growth Minister to engage<br />
with Infrastructure<br />
Australia to try and progress<br />
a solution.<br />
The bottom line is,<br />
something has to happen<br />
soon or the fiveyear<br />
anniversary of Mr<br />
Albanese’s $50 million<br />
announcement will tick<br />
over without a major step<br />
forward.<br />
Now is not the time for<br />
finger pointing it’s time<br />
for a practical way forward.<br />
Hobart’s Macquarie Point awaits a way forward.<br />
Investors need confidence<br />
that the redevelopment<br />
has momentum<br />
and that their ideas can<br />
be properly and transparently<br />
assessed.<br />
This project could be<br />
one the most exciting opportunities<br />
in the country<br />
over the next decade or<br />
so, but we have to get it<br />
right.<br />
Labor stands ready to<br />
work constructively with<br />
all levels of Government<br />
on a way forward.<br />
Make a date with a business matchmaker<br />
MANY people want<br />
to own their own business,<br />
and the majority<br />
of them would prefer to<br />
buy an existing business<br />
so they do not have to<br />
build a business from the<br />
ground up.<br />
The problem is that<br />
many of these potential<br />
business buyers do not<br />
have an idea about what<br />
Identifying workplace hazards<br />
By Craig Hortle<br />
IDENTIFYING hazards<br />
in the workplace is a key<br />
way to ensure that your<br />
workers are safe.<br />
The difficulty is to ensure<br />
that the method you<br />
use to identify hazards is<br />
user friendly.<br />
A simple method to<br />
ensure that all hazards<br />
are identified is to seperate<br />
the worksite into different<br />
aspects of work:<br />
• physical work environment;<br />
• equipment, materials<br />
and substances used;<br />
• work tasks and how<br />
they are performed; and<br />
• work design and management.<br />
To determine the hazards<br />
in each work area,<br />
the hazards themselves<br />
can be divided into common<br />
hazard areas:<br />
• manual tasks;<br />
• gravity;<br />
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kind of business to buy,<br />
so many of them automatically<br />
default to what<br />
• electricity;<br />
• machinery and equipment;<br />
• hazardous chemicals;<br />
• extreme temperatures;<br />
• noise;<br />
• radiation;<br />
• biological; and<br />
• psychosocial hazards.<br />
These common hazards<br />
can be identified in<br />
the work area by implementing<br />
a workplace inspection.<br />
Regularly walking<br />
around the workplace<br />
and observing how<br />
things are done can help<br />
you predict what could<br />
or might go wrong.<br />
Look at how people<br />
actually work, how<br />
plant and equipment is<br />
used, what chemicals<br />
are around and what<br />
they are used for, what<br />
safe or unsafe work<br />
practices exist as well<br />
as the general state of<br />
housekeeping<br />
they know from daily<br />
life and look into retail<br />
businesses, particularly<br />
You can also consult<br />
your workers.<br />
Ask your workers<br />
about any health and<br />
safety problems they<br />
have encountered in doing<br />
their work and any<br />
near misses or incidents<br />
that have not been reported.<br />
Worker surveys may<br />
also be done to obtain<br />
information about matters<br />
such as workplace<br />
bullying, as well as muscular<br />
aches and pains<br />
that can signal potential<br />
hazards.<br />
Finally you may want<br />
review available information.<br />
For example, risks relevant<br />
to particular industries<br />
and types of work<br />
is available from regulators,<br />
industry associations,<br />
unions, technical<br />
specialists and safety<br />
consultants.<br />
Manufacturers and<br />
food retail. For current<br />
baby boomer business<br />
owners, who currently<br />
own more than half<br />
of Australia’s 420,000<br />
small businesses, and<br />
who are looking to sell<br />
their business and retire<br />
comfortably, this can<br />
be cause for worry.<br />
Will they be able to<br />
find a buyer?<br />
suppliers can also provide<br />
information about<br />
hazards and safety precautions<br />
for specific<br />
substances (safety data<br />
sheets), plant or processes<br />
(instruction manuals).<br />
Analyse your records<br />
of health monitoring,<br />
workplace incidents,<br />
near misses, worker<br />
complaints, sick leave<br />
and the results of any inspections<br />
and investigations<br />
to identify hazards.<br />
If someone has been<br />
hurt doing a particular<br />
task, then a hazard exists<br />
that could hurt someone<br />
else.<br />
These incidents need<br />
to be investigated to find<br />
the hazard that caused<br />
the injury or illness.<br />
Contact Craig Hortle<br />
or Janelle Whitehouse<br />
at the TCCI<br />
on 1300 559 122 or<br />
safety@TCCI.com.au<br />
How many people are<br />
looking to buy niche<br />
businesses that require<br />
special skills?<br />
The key is a good<br />
broker, who will match<br />
a niche business with<br />
the right buyer.<br />
Most people end up<br />
buying a different business<br />
to that which they<br />
initially inquired about.<br />
Understanding what<br />
potential buyers’ goals<br />
and objectives are for<br />
owning a business is<br />
key.<br />
A great broker will<br />
always run a “buyer”<br />
database along side of<br />
their “seller” database,<br />
and proactively match<br />
businesses with buyers.<br />
From the seller’s perspective,<br />
knowing how<br />
to prepare a business<br />
for sale and knowing<br />
how to market it to the<br />
right people is critical.<br />
If you have a niche<br />
business to sell that you<br />
worry will not attract<br />
buyers, rest assured that<br />
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many cases, the perfect<br />
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FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />
Bankers getting down to business<br />
LEADING <strong>Tasmanian</strong> customer-owned<br />
financial institution B&E<br />
Personal Banking has a long and<br />
proud history of putting customers<br />
first.<br />
Not only does B&E help <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />
fulfil their personal banking<br />
needs, it offers a comprehensive<br />
range of business banking products<br />
and services as well.<br />
With nearly 50 years’ experience<br />
between them, B&E’s statewide<br />
business banking team – Kris Wye<br />
and David Ponting – appreciate that<br />
running a business can be both challenging<br />
and rewarding.<br />
Just as financial institutions are all<br />
different, so too are business bankers<br />
and having the right one on your<br />
team can make or break your business.<br />
Whether your needs are simple<br />
(an everyday business account) or<br />
more complex (a business loan), you<br />
should feel confident that you have<br />
a dedicated business banker, who<br />
understands your business and your<br />
long-term business goals and objectives.<br />
So with this in mind, we asked<br />
Kris and David to tell us what they<br />
consider as key attributes of a good<br />
business banker.<br />
Time is money<br />
“A good business banker recognises<br />
that your time is precious,”<br />
said Kris.<br />
“They should be available when<br />
and where you need them. If you<br />
don’t have access to their direct<br />
number or mobile, ask for it! It’s<br />
about being responsive and flexible<br />
in order to help you solve your financial<br />
challenges quickly and efficiently.”<br />
Know how<br />
“Your business banker must have<br />
the experience and expertise to help<br />
you manage risk and build your<br />
business,” said David.<br />
“They will take the time to understand<br />
your business. They may not<br />
be an expert in your field but they<br />
will get to know you and the industry<br />
you operate within.”<br />
“People often don’t look beyond<br />
the ‘friendly banker’,” said Kris. “It<br />
is important that you and your banker<br />
can work together but they should<br />
also offer you superior service, valuable<br />
advice and guidance.”<br />
Support<br />
“When choosing a business banker<br />
it’s important to not only consider<br />
what services you will need now but<br />
what you might need in the future,”<br />
said David. “Have you thought<br />
about how<br />
much support<br />
will you need<br />
as your business<br />
changes<br />
and grows?”<br />
“A business<br />
banker<br />
should see<br />
your growing<br />
business<br />
as an opportunity<br />
to provide<br />
you with<br />
more useful<br />
services and<br />
solutions<br />
along the<br />
way,” added<br />
Kris.<br />
“ T h e y<br />
should be<br />
helping your business thrive at every<br />
stage.”<br />
Nurturing trust<br />
David and Kris both agreed that<br />
banking arrangements are often<br />
long-term.<br />
“A business banker should invest<br />
the time to develop and nurture<br />
your relationship,” said Kris. “Open<br />
and honest communication really is<br />
key,” enthused David.<br />
“It shouldn’t be left up to you to<br />
make a call – your business banker<br />
should initiate contact to build trust<br />
and forge an ongoing relationship.”<br />
One-stop shop<br />
“We see it all the time – business<br />
owners with complex and inter-connected<br />
business and personal banking<br />
needs,” said Kris. “It makes<br />
sense that your business banker services<br />
all your business and personal<br />
banking needs.”<br />
“One of the most important factors<br />
to consider is whether or not<br />
your business banker has the authority<br />
and the discretion to make onthe-spot<br />
decisions,” said David.<br />
“To save time and money, make<br />
sure you are dealing directly with<br />
the person who is making the decisions<br />
and not a go-between.”<br />
Local knowledge<br />
“As locals, Kris and I understand<br />
the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> market,” said David.<br />
“A good business banker is attuned<br />
to local market conditions and will<br />
have a good understanding of market<br />
forces at play in the local and<br />
wider-economy.<br />
“From helping you borrow capital<br />
to planning for the future, a local<br />
business banker is an invaluable<br />
partner to your business – creating a<br />
relationship that is mutually beneficial<br />
is so important,” said Kris.<br />
B&E’s business banking team is<br />
here to help you and your business<br />
succeed.<br />
Contact Kris Wye on 0455 093 421<br />
or David Ponting on 0472 848 938.<br />
we’re big<br />
4 business<br />
banking.<br />
David Ponting<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Banking Manager<br />
(South)<br />
Kris Wye<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Banking Manager<br />
(North)<br />
8034<br />
At B&E, we’re not just Big 4 personal banking, we’re Big 4 business banking too.<br />
From business loans and overdrafts through to everyday banking, our <strong>Business</strong> Banking Team is here to help you. As a leading <strong>Tasmanian</strong> customer-owned financial institution, we<br />
can tailor our products to suit your individual business needs. We offer simple solutions, with fast, local decision making. And of course we can come to you, at a time that suits you.<br />
Meet the team: With 50 years’ combined experience, David Ponting and Kris Wye have helped hundreds of local businesses with their business banking needs. Whether your<br />
business is expanding or you want to take advantage of market opportunities, the team will make your business banking as easy and stress-free as possible.<br />
Call Kris (North) on 0455 093 421 or David (South) on 0472 848 938 for a no obligation chat about your business banking needs today.<br />
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Awards turn up mining gems Course<br />
NEWS<br />
THE 2017 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Women<br />
In Resources Awards has<br />
been launched ahead of April’s<br />
awards ceremony.<br />
The AusIMM Women in Mining<br />
Network Tasmania (WIMnet) are<br />
accepting applications in five<br />
key categories to recognise the<br />
important role women play in the<br />
resources sector.<br />
The categories are Exceptional<br />
Woman in <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Resources, Gender Diversity<br />
Champion in <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Resources,<br />
Excellence in Diversity<br />
Programs and Performance,<br />
Outstanding <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Tradeswoman,<br />
Operator or Technician<br />
and Exceptional Young Woman<br />
in <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Resources.<br />
Dozens of people attended the<br />
launch at QVMAG at Inveresk.<br />
ABOVE LEFT: Tarrisha Simpson,<br />
South32-Temco, left, Ariel<br />
Pasco, Grange Resources, Kelly<br />
Down, Bell Bay Aluminium and<br />
Sarah Courtney, MP<br />
BELOW LEFT: Alison Hilder,<br />
TMEC, left, John Stanton, Atlas<br />
Copco Australia, Sue Stanton,<br />
Jacinta Bradshaw, Ted Bradshaw,<br />
Kimberley Consulting<br />
Group<br />
Pictures:Rob Burnett Images<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
STEM success<br />
THE state’s best and brightest science<br />
and technology minds have<br />
been celebrated with the inaugural<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> STEM (Science, Technology,<br />
Engineering and Mathematics)<br />
Awards.<br />
The awards form part of the<br />
eleventh Science Meets Parliament<br />
event, which brings together the<br />
state’s top scientists and elected<br />
representatives, to celebrate our science-related<br />
achievements.<br />
University of Tasmania Associate<br />
Professor Calum Wilson won the<br />
Premier’s <strong>Tasmanian</strong> STEM Researcher<br />
of the Year Award for his<br />
research on the effects of harmful<br />
pathogens on the agricultural<br />
environment, resources and crop<br />
sustainability.<br />
The Minister for IT and Innovation’s<br />
- STEM Innovation of the Year<br />
Award was won by the CSIRO Data<br />
61 project for its innovative nanotechnology<br />
advances aimed at understanding<br />
bee pollination.<br />
MyState matters<br />
MYSTATE Bank announced today<br />
that it will offer its more than 105,000<br />
customers Apple Pay, which is transforming<br />
mobile payments.<br />
MyState customers across Australia<br />
will be able to use Apple Pay to<br />
make quick and secure purchases<br />
wherever contactless payments are<br />
accepted with a MyState Visa debit<br />
card.<br />
The bank is also partnering with<br />
children’s education charity, The<br />
Smith Family, to help bring the spirit<br />
of Christmas to nearly 15,000 disadvantaged<br />
children across Australia.Until<br />
<strong>December</strong> 14, all MyState<br />
branches around Tasmania will collect<br />
donated new toys and books as<br />
part of The Smith Family’s national<br />
annual Toy & Book Appeal.<br />
Loan standards<br />
THE National Credit Providers Association,<br />
the peak body for small<br />
loan providers in Australia, has started<br />
formulating additional industry<br />
standards.<br />
The NCPA has agreed to develop<br />
a Code of Conduct and has begun<br />
initial consultation in line with the<br />
Australian Securities & Investments<br />
Commission guidelines and standards.<br />
NCPA chief executive Phil Johns<br />
said it was a formal and long-term<br />
plan from the NCPA to self-regulate<br />
the industry it represents.<br />
options<br />
for busy<br />
schedule<br />
FACED with an increasingly<br />
complex and competitive<br />
business environment, it has<br />
never been more important<br />
for directors and senior executives<br />
to invest in professional<br />
development.<br />
However, those same pressures<br />
often make it difficult to<br />
fit learning into busy schedules.<br />
The Australian Institute of<br />
Company Directors<br />
helps to solve<br />
this problem by<br />
providing flexible<br />
learning options<br />
that suit the busy<br />
schedules of <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
directors,<br />
The Company<br />
Directors<br />
Course is now<br />
available in a<br />
variety of<br />
formats<br />
executives and<br />
business owners.<br />
Traditionally<br />
offered as an intensive<br />
five-day<br />
course in Hobart,<br />
the AICD’s Company<br />
Directors<br />
Course is now available in a<br />
variety of formats: five days<br />
intensive, one day per week<br />
over five weeks, five days<br />
over two weeks and the fiveday<br />
intensive in Launceston<br />
in January 2017.<br />
The Company Directors<br />
Course is designed to help<br />
develop the skills and knowledge<br />
of directors and senior<br />
executives, ensuring they<br />
understand key regulations<br />
and current good governance<br />
practices.<br />
Christine Edwards, former<br />
CEO of the Myer Foundation,<br />
a recent graduate of the<br />
Company Directors Course,<br />
said: “I wanted to understand<br />
governance through rigorous<br />
learning, and to do that<br />
through the AICD, given its<br />
high professional standing in<br />
this area.<br />
“The most outstanding benefits<br />
from the course were<br />
making the critical shift from<br />
executive leadership to directorship,<br />
and understanding the<br />
complex responsibilities<br />
of directors.”<br />
The flexibility<br />
of course formats<br />
proved invaluable<br />
for recent participant,<br />
Stephanie<br />
Van Brecht, Operations<br />
Manager<br />
of Eskleigh Foundation<br />
Inc.<br />
“Completing<br />
the course in the<br />
split format was<br />
fantastic. It allowed<br />
time, during the remainder<br />
of the week, to reflect<br />
on the course content as well<br />
as to catch up on work that<br />
had mounted up in your absence,”<br />
Ms Van Brecht said.<br />
“When you commence the<br />
second week you are fresh,<br />
ready and enthusiastic to<br />
jump back into it.<br />
“It was also very easy to<br />
manage and maintain family<br />
commitments with this format.<br />
If you get the option I<br />
would highly recommend this<br />
course and particularly the<br />
split format in which it can be<br />
delivered.”<br />
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APPOINTMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />
Baby steps<br />
modernise<br />
Parliament<br />
Chris Elliott Nic d’Emden Camille O’Meara<br />
Carolyn Ranson<br />
Finance duo<br />
promoted<br />
CROWE Horwath has<br />
appointed Chris Elliott<br />
as Managing Partner in<br />
their Launceston office.<br />
Chris is highly regarded<br />
in the financial<br />
services sector, having<br />
spent the past 30 years<br />
focussed on delivering<br />
expert wealth planning<br />
advice to assist his clients<br />
in achieving their<br />
lifestyle and financial<br />
aspirations.<br />
Crowe Horwath has<br />
also promoted Nic<br />
d’Emden as Associate<br />
Partner.<br />
In 2014, Nic was<br />
awarded the FPA Certified<br />
Financial Planner<br />
Professional of the Year<br />
Award for Tasmania.<br />
In 2012 and 2013 he<br />
was also named in the<br />
AFR Smart Investor<br />
Masterclass for Financial<br />
Planning, ranked in the<br />
top 10 financial advisers<br />
from around Australia.<br />
O’Meara joins<br />
CCF Board<br />
THE Civil Contractors<br />
Federation in Tasmania<br />
has welcomed Stornoway<br />
General Manager, <strong>Business</strong><br />
Services, Camille<br />
O’Meara, as their newest<br />
branch board member.<br />
Camille has a passionate<br />
interest in the civil<br />
construction industry,<br />
working in construction<br />
and manufacturing her<br />
entire career.<br />
This includes time<br />
with Shaw Contracting,<br />
Stornoway (twice<br />
in her career), 10 years<br />
in manufacturing with<br />
Cadbury and working<br />
as a consultant to the<br />
industry.<br />
“My passion for involvement<br />
in the CCF<br />
stems from a belief<br />
that I can contribute to<br />
assisting the industry<br />
in dealing with issues it<br />
faces, and be a positive<br />
advocate for our industry,”<br />
Camille said.<br />
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THE University of Tasmania<br />
has appointed James<br />
McKee as director of<br />
the Northern Expansion<br />
Project.<br />
The project will<br />
deliver new inner-city<br />
university campuses in<br />
Launceston and Burnie,<br />
and a strengthened Australian<br />
Maritime College<br />
at its existing Newnham<br />
location.<br />
Mr McKee arrives in<br />
the role from the Office<br />
of the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Co-ordinator<br />
General, key<br />
partners in the design and<br />
delivery of the Northern<br />
Expansion Project.<br />
“This truly is a<br />
once-in-a-generation opportunity<br />
for Launceston<br />
- it will fundamentally<br />
change the community<br />
and economy for the<br />
better,” Mr McKee said.<br />
“I’m very excited by the<br />
opportunity to be part of<br />
that.”<br />
Lawyer<br />
joins MyState<br />
SIBYLLE Krieger will<br />
join the board of MyState<br />
Limited.<br />
MyState Chairman<br />
Miles Hampton said Ms<br />
Krieger had 35 years of<br />
broad commercial experience<br />
as a lawyer, economic<br />
regulator and non-executive<br />
director.<br />
She was a partner in<br />
two large commercial law<br />
firms for 22 years.<br />
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CAROLYN Ranson has<br />
joined B&E Personal<br />
Banking as Retail<br />
Manager for Northern<br />
Tasmania, bringing over<br />
27 years extensive retail<br />
banking experience to<br />
the role.<br />
Mrs Ranson will lead<br />
B&E’s regional retail<br />
team to deliver superior<br />
customer service,<br />
ensuring the home and<br />
personal finance and<br />
everyday transactional<br />
needs of <strong>Tasmanian</strong> customers<br />
are met. Most<br />
recently, Mrs Ranson<br />
was Service Quality<br />
Manager with ANZ.<br />
B&E Chief Executive<br />
Officer Paul Ranson<br />
said: “We have invested<br />
significant resources to<br />
review and improve our<br />
retail model over the last<br />
12 months and Carolyn’s<br />
role will be crucial<br />
support for this evolution<br />
and the company’s overall<br />
growth strategy.”<br />
Fastway gets<br />
local owners<br />
FASTWAY Couriers’<br />
Launceston franchise is<br />
under new management.<br />
Now locally owned<br />
and operated by new<br />
regional franchisees<br />
Tom Wendt and<br />
Rob Cadwallander,<br />
the Launceston team<br />
services the greater<br />
Launceston region,<br />
including Ulverstone,<br />
Devonport and Burnie.<br />
Fastway offers personalised<br />
courier delivery and<br />
pick-up services for large<br />
and small businesses.<br />
Fast firm<br />
recognised<br />
LAUNCESTON architecture<br />
and design firm S.<br />
Group has been listed at<br />
54th spot on the <strong>2016</strong><br />
Australian Financial<br />
Review’s Fast 100 list.<br />
The annual list recognises<br />
business across the<br />
country and is determined<br />
by the annual growth of<br />
each company over a fouryear<br />
period – S. Group’s<br />
growth listed as 61.3 per<br />
cent.<br />
S.Group is inolved<br />
with the 75-metre tall,<br />
20-storey, four-star hotel<br />
proposed for 2-6 Collins<br />
Street, Hobart.<br />
SOLUTIONS<br />
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Speaker Elise Archer<br />
CHANGES have been made to the House of<br />
Assembly Standing Orders in a move to modernise<br />
the Parliament.<br />
Tasmania’s first woman Speaker Elise Archer<br />
said she was proud have led the push to<br />
change rules dating back over a century that<br />
didn’t contemplate female members, which<br />
meant the House was strictly reserved for<br />
elected members only.<br />
This meant a nursing mother was unable<br />
to enter the chamber to vote or participate in<br />
debates at short notice without an accompanying<br />
infant being declared a “stranger in the<br />
House” and ordered to leave.<br />
More than 60 years after a woman MP<br />
was first elected to the House of Assembly in<br />
Tasmania, proposed changes to our House’s<br />
Standing Orders will remove this outdated<br />
categorisation for a child under 12 months of<br />
age, allowing a nursing mother to enter into<br />
and to participate in the proceedings of the<br />
House free from discrimination.<br />
Existing provisions still remain allowing<br />
the Speaker to maintain control over the<br />
Chamber at all times and the member also has<br />
the option of a “pair” to ensure they are not<br />
disadvantaged during a vote.<br />
A final recommendation being put forward<br />
is the automatic entitlement of a member<br />
to 12 weeks’ maternity leave without needing<br />
the formal consent of the House. Under<br />
current rules, members can be held guilty of<br />
contempt if they are absent for more than 14<br />
days without this consent.<br />
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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong> 11<br />
EVENTS NEWS<br />
EVENT:<br />
<strong>2016</strong> Innovative<br />
Tasmania Awards<br />
LOCATION:<br />
Wrest Point<br />
Casino Hobart<br />
DATE: Friday<br />
October 28, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
ABOVE: Luke Scott, left, and Emma Price from the City of<br />
Launceston with Kim Evans from the Department of State Growth.<br />
ABOVE: Co-presenter of the Innovative Region Award, TCCI chair Susan<br />
Parr, left, Sue Sherriff of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and<br />
co-presenter Jen Newman of Regional Development Australia, Tasmania<br />
Committee.<br />
LEFT:<br />
Joris Roell of<br />
Linii Tasmania,<br />
left, with<br />
Rosanna<br />
Coombes of<br />
NRM North,<br />
presenter<br />
of the Innovative<br />
Environment<br />
Award.<br />
ABOVE: Martin Dingemanse of Mode Electrical, left, and Carol<br />
Harding of Australian Innovation Research Centre, presenter of<br />
the Innovative Service Award.<br />
LEFT:<br />
Dr Sukhwinder<br />
Singh Sohal,<br />
left, with<br />
Assistant<br />
Minister of Industry,<br />
Innovation and<br />
Science, Craig<br />
Laundy,<br />
presenter of the<br />
Innovative<br />
Science and<br />
Technology<br />
Award.<br />
ABOVE: Aksael Wachter of NANOPROTECH, left, with Ben<br />
Lovitt of Bellamy’s Organics, presenter of the Innovative<br />
Product Award.<br />
LEFT:<br />
Darren Cundy<br />
of UTAS,<br />
left, presenter<br />
of the Young<br />
Innovator of the<br />
Year with Jodie<br />
Snooks from<br />
the House of J.<br />
ABOVE: John Hislop, left, and Gilda Sorella from Deviant Distillery and<br />
Bill Woodworth of Bell Bay Aluminium, presenter of the<br />
Innovative Process Award.
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong> 12<br />
PROPERTY MATTERS<br />
Tassie’s East Coast on the up<br />
Scott Newton<br />
Property Matters with<br />
Knight Frank<br />
Our column this month comes from Adele Plunkett<br />
and Leanne Dann with a rundown of the residential<br />
market conditions on the East Coast. If you have<br />
been considering a sea change or a weekend getaway,<br />
read on.<br />
THE 2015/<strong>2016</strong> financial year has<br />
seen great improvement in the real<br />
estate market on Tasmania’s central<br />
east coast, with property settlement<br />
numbers being the strongest since<br />
2009/10.<br />
Contributing factors for this have<br />
been low interest rates, improved<br />
confidence levels in the state economy,<br />
and the tourism marketing of<br />
the Great Eastern Drive Tasman<br />
Highway.<br />
Days on market have decreased<br />
and a sure sign that the market is<br />
turning is multiple offers occurring<br />
on a regular basis.<br />
Most local businesses reported<br />
great trading for 2015 and are now<br />
indicating <strong>2016</strong> YTD has been even<br />
better.<br />
The majority of property sales in<br />
the last few years have been to re-<br />
Coles Bay is the ideal place for a sea change.<br />
tirees and those wanting a second<br />
home holiday property to utilise<br />
now, with the aim of retirement in<br />
due course.<br />
Over the last 12 months we have<br />
noticed a new enquiry base, investors<br />
looking for houses with potential<br />
for holiday letting.<br />
Astute owners and good marketing<br />
can generate excellent rental returns<br />
with the bonus of being able<br />
to have a holiday home which pays<br />
for itself and some personal use<br />
when time allows.<br />
Expat <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s are also keen<br />
to own their little piece of the state<br />
again, most appreciating the beauty<br />
of our coast and value for money<br />
compared with interstate and international<br />
markets.<br />
The temperate climate and beautiful<br />
scenery of the East Coast offers<br />
a great lifestyle, which is continually<br />
being improved with better<br />
services for residents.<br />
Health services are well provided<br />
for through May Shaw Health Centre<br />
located in Swansea and local GP<br />
and paramedic services in other locations.<br />
As well as providing an excellent<br />
aged care facility, May Shaw have<br />
a number of specialists visiting on a<br />
regular basis providing regular access<br />
for coastal residents.<br />
Fast growing visitor numbers to<br />
the East Coast have underpinned the<br />
confidence of many local businesses.<br />
Beautiful national parks, unspoilt<br />
coastal waterways and beaches together<br />
with our excellent vineyards<br />
and local seafood are major draw<br />
cards for our growing economy.<br />
Active coastal communities also<br />
offer a variety of cultural activities<br />
including the arts and music, theatre<br />
groups and a range of sporting clubs<br />
including fishing, golf and bowls or<br />
for those wanting a quiet peaceful<br />
lifestyle - magnificent nature walks<br />
in three national parks within easy<br />
reach.<br />
Residential subdivisions are back<br />
in focus with several to enter into<br />
the market in early 2017.<br />
The 2015 change to the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Interim Planning Scheme has<br />
The temperate<br />
climate and<br />
beautiful scenery<br />
of the East Coast<br />
offers a great<br />
lifestyle, which is<br />
continually being<br />
improved with<br />
better services for<br />
residents.<br />
allowed many to take up the option<br />
to subdivide their small acreages<br />
with the minimum area changing<br />
from 2ha to 1ha.<br />
This in turn has created more activity<br />
for tradespeople both locally<br />
and statewide with building applications<br />
on the increase.<br />
A great positive vibe is alive and<br />
well on our Central East Coast at<br />
present. Mariners, fish farms, subdivisions<br />
and golf courses have all<br />
been mentioned in the headlines and<br />
even if just a few of those mentioned<br />
go ahead, this will add to confidence<br />
and property value on the coast.<br />
We are booming and open for<br />
business.<br />
PROPERTY VIEW<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2016</strong><br />
For sale or lease by Expressions of Interest<br />
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT<br />
168 Collins Street, Hobart<br />
Knight Frank is pleased to present this<br />
exceptional property to the market. Features<br />
include:<br />
• Central CBD position<br />
• Attractive fit-out to remain<br />
• Outstanding street presence<br />
• 9 secure undercover parking spaces<br />
• Leaseback until 1 July 2017<br />
• NLA: 836sqm (approx)<br />
• Land area: 379sqm (approx)<br />
For sale by Expressions of Interest<br />
LANDMARK RETAIL OFFERING<br />
10 Derwent Park Road, Derwent Park<br />
• Rare opportunity to acquire a landmark<br />
property of substantial proportions within<br />
Hobart’s preferred showroom precinct<br />
• Retail warehouse complex with a gross<br />
building area of 5,290sqm (approx) and<br />
100 (approx) customer car parks; large yard/<br />
hardstand to the rear; zoned ‘Commercial’<br />
• Includes 7 Linear Court, Derwent Park:<br />
land area of 1,503sqm (approx); zoned<br />
‘General Industrial’; improved with concrete<br />
hardstand<br />
Scott Newton: 0409 186 261<br />
Hayden Peck: 0412 766 395<br />
View at Knightfrank.com.au/3306446<br />
For sale by Expressions of Interest<br />
SIGNIFICANT OFFICE INVESTMENT<br />
162 Macquarie Street, Hobart<br />
• Offered for sale in one line are all 6 strata<br />
titles in this quality office building, set over 5<br />
levels plus basement car park for 34 cars<br />
• Outstanding location within Hobart’s<br />
traditional Macquarie Street office precinct;<br />
Salamanca & Parliamentary Precinct nearby<br />
• NLA: 3,443sqm (approx); total strata area:<br />
4,381sqm (approx); zoned ‘Central <strong>Business</strong>’<br />
• 96% of tenancies leased with estimated net<br />
income of $671,025<br />
Scott Newton: 0409 186 261<br />
Richard Steedman: 0408 559 046<br />
View at Knightfrank.com.au/3290876<br />
For sale from high $400,000s to early $700,000s<br />
‘WATERmarque’<br />
38 Waterworks Road, Dynnyrne<br />
The WATERmarque residential development<br />
presents a rare opportunity to purchase a<br />
brand new home in sought-after Dynnyrne.<br />
• Architecturally-designed 2 and 3 bedroom<br />
townhouses<br />
• Style and comfort in a peaceful setting<br />
• Professionally styled interiors<br />
• Contemporary open plan living.<br />
• Secure double garage<br />
• Go to www.watermarquetas.com.au to<br />
register your interest<br />
Matthew Wright: 0458 290 588<br />
Richard Steedman: 0408 559 046<br />
View at Knightfrank.com.au/3291202<br />
Pam Corkhill: 0419 103 867<br />
Anne Boman: 0409 571 542<br />
View at Knightfrank.com.au/HBT160444<br />
KnightFrank.com.au PH: 03 6220 6999 5 Victoria Street, Hobart