Tasmanian Business Reporter June 2017
This month, former state political journalist and government relations expert, Becher Townshend shares his insight on the fourth Hodgman Liberal Government budget. In an exclusive column for the TBR, Shadow Treasurer Scott Bacon, reveals the opposition’s budget reply, spruiking a new correctional facility in the state’s north and eight new Industry Advisory Councils.
This month, former state political journalist and government relations expert, Becher Townshend shares his insight on the fourth Hodgman Liberal Government budget.
In an exclusive column for the TBR, Shadow Treasurer Scott Bacon, reveals the opposition’s budget reply, spruiking a new correctional facility in the state’s north and eight new Industry Advisory Councils.
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8 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - JUNE <strong>2017</strong><br />
NEWS<br />
William Adams milestone<br />
Berriedale facility<br />
marks half century<br />
Sleep rough for those<br />
who are doing it tough<br />
By RICHARD<br />
GERATHY<br />
Operator of William<br />
Adams, Dale<br />
Elphinstone<br />
THERE is an interesting<br />
statistic that only 1<br />
per cent of businesses<br />
last more than 30 years.<br />
It proves that running<br />
a business is as much<br />
about survival as it is<br />
about selling products<br />
and employing people.<br />
William Adams recently<br />
celebrated operating<br />
from their current<br />
facilities in Berriedale,<br />
Hobart for 50 years, with<br />
a cocktail party for past<br />
and present employees,<br />
customers and friends<br />
at the Berriedale plant.<br />
The company was<br />
founded in 1884, and<br />
first registered for trading<br />
in Tasmania in 1920.<br />
William Adams was<br />
appointed the Caterpillar<br />
dealer for<br />
Tasmania in 1934.<br />
William Adams is one<br />
of the major companies<br />
operated by Dale Elphinstone,<br />
with three branches<br />
in Tasmania and 10<br />
in Victoria, employing<br />
about 600 people.<br />
Mr Elphinstone said<br />
over the years William<br />
Adams sold and<br />
serviced the Caterpillar<br />
machines that literally<br />
built Tasmania.<br />
“Over the past 50 years<br />
we have worked hand<br />
in hand with customers<br />
in the mining, forestry,<br />
construction and infra-<br />
structure industries to<br />
build the state,” he said.<br />
“Without Caterpillar<br />
earthmoving equipment<br />
and William Adams staff<br />
selling and supporting<br />
them, the state simply<br />
would not have the standard<br />
of living it has now.<br />
“Over the years we<br />
have employed generations<br />
of <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />
and trained hundreds<br />
of apprentices, making<br />
a huge contribution to<br />
the state’s skills base.<br />
“In fact many of our<br />
former employees have<br />
taken the skills and<br />
experience gained at<br />
William Adams to develop<br />
other successful<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses.<br />
“Tasmania has some<br />
of greatest scenery<br />
in the world, but also<br />
some of the most challenging<br />
working environments,<br />
and Caterpillar<br />
earth moving<br />
equipment was up to<br />
the job of building our<br />
roads, hydro electricity<br />
schemes and cities.<br />
Caterpillar quality and<br />
reliability was backed<br />
up by the William Adams<br />
commitment to service,<br />
and 50 years on,<br />
nothing has changed,”<br />
Mr Elphinstone said.<br />
He added that in the<br />
early 1970s the company<br />
started exploring<br />
supplying and modifying<br />
Caterpillar machines<br />
for the Australian<br />
Antarctic Division.<br />
Since then William Adams<br />
Berriedale has become<br />
one of the world’s<br />
specialist hubs to support<br />
the scientific efforts<br />
on the frozen continent.<br />
“Our customer focus<br />
and research and development<br />
efforts have made<br />
us world leaders, supplying<br />
equipment to almost<br />
all of the countries with<br />
operations in Antarctica.<br />
“We have proved<br />
that <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s are<br />
up to the task of competing<br />
with the best,”<br />
Mr Elphinstone said.<br />
CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society Tasmania, Merleen Cronin.<br />
JUST one night sleeping<br />
rough could help <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />
doing it tough.<br />
That’s the message<br />
from St Vincent de Paul<br />
Society ahead of the<br />
seventh annual Vinnies<br />
CEO Sleepout on<br />
Thursday <strong>June</strong> 22 at the<br />
University of Tasmania<br />
Stadium.<br />
St Vincent de Paul<br />
Society Tasmania CEO<br />
Merleen Cronin said<br />
each year she was overwhelmed<br />
by the support<br />
the event received from<br />
Tasmania’s business<br />
community.<br />
“The event is open<br />
to all business leaders<br />
across Tasmania, not just<br />
CEOs. We encourage all<br />
business and community<br />
leaders, managers and<br />
small business owners<br />
to rise to the challenge<br />
and register for this<br />
year’s event,” said Ms<br />
Cronin.<br />
“Over the six years<br />
of the Sleepout, nearly<br />
$801,000 has been<br />
raised to help provide<br />
care and services to people<br />
experiencing homelessness<br />
in Tasmania,”<br />
said Ms Cronin.<br />
Ms Cronin said every<br />
dollar the Sleepout raises<br />
stayed in Tasmania to<br />
help provide crucial assistance<br />
to people experiencing<br />
homelessness,<br />
with the aim of breaking<br />
the cycle.<br />
“More than ever, St<br />
Vincent de Paul Society<br />
is relying on funds raised<br />
through the Sleepout<br />
to support the services<br />
that provide care and<br />
support to the hundreds<br />
of <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s who are<br />
experiencing hardship.<br />
“Participants attending<br />
this year’s event will<br />
hear first hand the life<br />
stories of two guest<br />
speakers who have experienced<br />
homelessness.”<br />
To register visit<br />
ceosleepout.org.au,<br />
phone 63330822, or<br />
email launceston@<br />
ceosleepout.org.au
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