Tasmanian Business Reporter October 2017
Leading off this month, Editor Tom O’Meara weighs in on the TasWater ownership debate as the opportunities stemming from a state government takeover continue to prove popular within the Tasmanian business community. You’ll also find Hydro’s exciting plans to double energy production, the lowdown on the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline and national recognition for one of our favourite local honey makers.
Leading off this month, Editor Tom O’Meara weighs in on the TasWater ownership debate as the opportunities stemming from a state government takeover continue to prove popular within the Tasmanian business community.
You’ll also find Hydro’s exciting plans to double energy production, the lowdown on the Tasmanian Gas Pipeline and national recognition for one of our favourite local honey makers.
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OCTOBER <strong>2017</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 />
‘Battery<br />
of the<br />
nation’<br />
Plans to double Tasmania’s<br />
energy production capacity are<br />
gaining momentum.<br />
Full story page 3<br />
Hydro Tasmania CEO Steve Davy, right, and the<br />
Australian Renewable Energy Agency CEO Ivor<br />
Frischknecht.<br />
Backing for<br />
TasWater<br />
takeover<br />
By TOM O’MEARA<br />
THE economic opportunities<br />
created by a State Government<br />
takeover of TasWater has spurred<br />
business to show a united front in<br />
support of the plan.<br />
And in a big coup for Treasurer<br />
Peter Gutwein’s bold bid, the original<br />
architect of the water authority<br />
is also a supporter of the major<br />
change.<br />
Former Labor Treasurer Michael<br />
Aird set up TasWater with<br />
the intention of making it a stateowned<br />
company but pressure<br />
from Local Government resulted<br />
in three regional businesses and a<br />
management organisation.<br />
Now retired, Mr Aird told The<br />
Examiner that state ownership is<br />
best for the company.<br />
“The four organisations was a<br />
sub-optimal outcome to say the<br />
least,” Mr Aird said.<br />
“State ownerships would make<br />
administrative sense and could<br />
lead to better governance.”<br />
While Mr Aird doesn’t believe<br />
there is a crisis with TasWater, he<br />
questions the governance of paying<br />
councils $20m in dividends<br />
which may be better used in the<br />
interests of taxpayers.<br />
Those taxpayers have also had<br />
enough according to a recent<br />
ReachTel survey, which showed<br />
the takeover concept was supported<br />
by more than 50 per cent of<br />
ratepayers.<br />
The ReachTEL survey of 1622<br />
residents revealed that 25 per cent<br />
of ratepayers had a problem with<br />
TasWater on water and sewerage<br />
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NEWS<br />
Hydro’s ‘battery’<br />
plan charges up<br />
THE $5 billion plan to double<br />
Tasmania’s energy capacity<br />
and make the state the renewable<br />
“Battery of the Nation” is<br />
gaining momentum.<br />
A shortlist of about 30 potential<br />
pumped hydro energy<br />
storage sites has been identified,<br />
including four existing<br />
power stations, as experts attempt<br />
to increase the state’s<br />
hydro output to 2,500 mW.<br />
Funding from the $2.5 million<br />
Australian Renewable<br />
Energy Agency of $800,000<br />
has recently been committed<br />
to help narrow the list to between<br />
10 and 15 sites.<br />
Hydro Tasmania CEO Steve<br />
Davy and CEO of ARENA,<br />
Ivor Frischknecht, recently<br />
inspected one of the possible<br />
conversion sites, the Cethana<br />
power station in North West<br />
Tasmania, which has already<br />
been assessed as having some<br />
of the best pumped hydro<br />
potential in Tasmania (up to<br />
1,000mW).<br />
Mr Davy said Tasmania<br />
was uniquely placed to help<br />
lead Australia through its<br />
challenging energy transition.<br />
“The Battery of the Nation<br />
The entrance tunnel to<br />
Cethana Power Station.<br />
is about energy security and<br />
affordable prices,” Mr Davy<br />
said.<br />
“Doubling Tasmania’s renewable<br />
energy capacity addresses<br />
three big challenges at<br />
once,” he said.<br />
“It will lock in full energy<br />
security, help give <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />
some of the nation’s<br />
cheapest power prices and<br />
give us plenty of spare energy<br />
to support mainland Australia.<br />
“At a time when Australia<br />
badly needs flexible and storable<br />
energy to replace the coal<br />
power it’s phasing out, the<br />
Battery of the Nation offers<br />
a future that’s clean, reliable<br />
and affordable,” he said.<br />
Mr Frischknecht said the<br />
Battery of the Nation studies,<br />
e dition<br />
along with feasibility studies<br />
into Snowy Hydro 2.0, would<br />
examine how pumped hydro<br />
energy storage could play an<br />
expanded role in Australia’s<br />
energy mix, and help accelerate<br />
the transition to renewable<br />
energy.<br />
“With these projects we<br />
could double Tasmania’s<br />
pumped hydro capacity and<br />
help power an additional<br />
500,000 households.<br />
“Tasmania could play a<br />
crucial role in helping to provide<br />
secure, reliable – and renewable<br />
– electricity for the<br />
National Energy Market,”<br />
Mr Frischknecht said.<br />
Hydro Tasmania has ruledout<br />
developing any pumped<br />
hydro sites in the <strong>Tasmanian</strong>-<br />
Wilderness World Heritage<br />
Area and is not investigating<br />
new on-river dams.<br />
The State Government welcomed<br />
the ARENA funding,<br />
which will be matched by Hydro.<br />
The entire project could<br />
create up to $5 billion of infrastructure<br />
investment and<br />
up to 3000 construction jobs<br />
across 10 to 15 years.<br />
The Cameron Bay wastewater treatment plant.<br />
TasWater takeover backed<br />
From Page 1<br />
supply, charges and connection.<br />
Of the clients who had a<br />
problem, 45.3 per cent had to<br />
wait longer than four weeks<br />
for TasWater to fix the problem.<br />
The research supports the<br />
complaints from business<br />
organisations that TasWater<br />
generally didn’t understand<br />
the needs and wants of business<br />
and developers at all levels.<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chamber<br />
of Commerce and Industry<br />
has joined with peak business<br />
bodies in the state including<br />
the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Hospitality<br />
Association, <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Small <strong>Business</strong> Council,<br />
Master Builders Association,<br />
Housing Industry Association<br />
and the Property Council – in<br />
support of the takeover in the<br />
interest of Tasmania.<br />
All organisations have received<br />
a flood of complaints<br />
from their members who had<br />
difficult experiences and were<br />
left totally frustrated in their<br />
attempts to work with TasWater.<br />
<strong>Business</strong> organisations also<br />
lodged submissions to the<br />
Legislative Council Select<br />
Committee investigating the<br />
ownership of TasWater and<br />
followed up with public hearings<br />
in Launceston and Hobart<br />
in mid-September.<br />
The overwhelming argument<br />
was the difficulty for<br />
TasWater to perform as a<br />
statewide business with 29<br />
owners – the state’s 29 councils<br />
– who are advocating for<br />
their individual municipal areas<br />
and not the state’s needs<br />
as a whole.<br />
Under the Treasurer’s plan<br />
to set TasWater up as a Government<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Enterprise,<br />
the organisation would act<br />
on a broader state level and<br />
understand its obligations as<br />
a major infrastructure enterprise.<br />
This would also allow for<br />
accelerated spending on infrastructure,<br />
while delivering<br />
cheaper outcomes for mum<br />
and dad consumers.<br />
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Jobs gain leads nation<br />
Shadow Treasurer<br />
TASMANIA has had the fastest<br />
jobs growth in the country<br />
over the past 12 months, with<br />
a four per cent increase in the<br />
number of people employed.<br />
But more needs to be done<br />
to improve full-time employment<br />
rates, say government<br />
opponents.<br />
The recent ABS data shows<br />
that since the election of the<br />
Hodgman Liberal Government,<br />
11,500 jobs have been<br />
created and the participation<br />
rate is the highest since early<br />
2015.<br />
Treasurer Peter Gutwein<br />
said there was still more work<br />
to do to capitalise on the recent<br />
improvement.<br />
“That’s why we have set a<br />
target to reduce youth unemployment<br />
to the national average<br />
and to have the lowest unemployment<br />
rate of any state<br />
by 2022,” Mr Gutwein said.<br />
Scott<br />
Bacon welcomed the “modest<br />
rise” in total jobs and the participation<br />
rate but highlighted<br />
that the unemployment rate<br />
has also been revised up.<br />
“Overall, this is a positive<br />
update though we would have<br />
liked to have seen greater<br />
growth in full-time employment,”<br />
Mr Bacon said.<br />
“The full-time employment<br />
column is the one Labor is focussed<br />
on in the lead up to the<br />
election.<br />
“<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s not only identify<br />
jobs as a key issue but<br />
they talk about the importance<br />
of meaningful, full-time employment,”<br />
he said.<br />
The jobs data was released<br />
just before the results of a<br />
combined Australia Institute<br />
Tasmania and Unions Tasmania’s<br />
jobs survey, which highlighted<br />
underemployment and<br />
unpaid work as key issues for<br />
respondents.<br />
Key findings of the jobs<br />
survey were:<br />
• over 60 per cent said they<br />
wanted more hours to help<br />
make ends meet; and<br />
• 80 per cent said they were<br />
required to sometimes work<br />
extra hours, with 56 per cent<br />
of those saying they weren’t<br />
always compensated or remunerated<br />
for that time.<br />
NEWS<br />
Human<br />
rights<br />
lawyer<br />
honour<br />
Rock lobster industry a world-first<br />
TASMANIA is set to become<br />
the birthplace of a global industry<br />
for rock lobster aquaculture<br />
thanks to world-first<br />
research in the state.<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> firm PFG has a<br />
world-class pedigree in the<br />
mariculture sector and is now<br />
partnering with the University<br />
of Tasmania to change the<br />
face of the lucrative industry.<br />
The long and complex life<br />
cycle of the lobster has made<br />
it impossible to produce the<br />
species in a commercially-scalable<br />
hatchery until<br />
now, with plans to have a<br />
new hatchery facility operating<br />
in the state within four<br />
years.<br />
The research at the University<br />
of Tasmania’s Institute<br />
for Marine and Antarctic<br />
Studies (IMAS) is supported<br />
by the ARC Research Hub<br />
for Commercial Development<br />
of Rock Lobster Culture<br />
Systems.<br />
PFG has invested in a university<br />
spin-out company to<br />
secure the Australian licencing<br />
rights to the research.<br />
University Deputy<br />
Vice-Chancellor (Research)<br />
Professor Brigid Heywood<br />
said it was an exciting project.<br />
“It is emblematic for us<br />
that a <strong>Tasmanian</strong> firm, led by<br />
a University alumnus (PFG<br />
CEO Michael Sylvester) has<br />
agreed to help us realise what<br />
has been 15 plus years in the<br />
making,” she said.<br />
“We are passionate about the<br />
The university rock lobster research team presents their groundbreaking work to the media in Hobart.<br />
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in providing a platform<br />
for economic<br />
renewal and the creation<br />
of entirely new economic<br />
sectors. This is a very fine<br />
example of that in<br />
action.<br />
“This partnership paves the<br />
way for Tasmania to become<br />
the birthplace of a global industry<br />
for rock<br />
lobster aquaculture.”<br />
In the next two years, scientists<br />
working at IMAS Taroona<br />
will complete the final two<br />
years’ work of the Australian<br />
Research Council-backed hub,<br />
focusing on the optimisation of<br />
technology that will underpin<br />
commercial production. PFG’s<br />
commitment includes the<br />
construction in Tasmania of the<br />
world’s first commercial scale<br />
hatchery.<br />
Mr Sylvester said the partnership<br />
would lead to further<br />
opportunities for its existing<br />
portfolio of world-class<br />
products and services, while<br />
opening entirely new export<br />
markets.<br />
“This arrangement brings<br />
together Government, academia<br />
and industry in partnership<br />
that will create direct<br />
employment within Tasmania,<br />
and allows us to export our<br />
intellectual property to the<br />
world,” he said.<br />
Alice Edwards<br />
THE career of internationally-renowned<br />
human rights<br />
lawyer and humanitarian Dr<br />
Alice Edwards was recognised<br />
with the presentation<br />
of the University of Tasmania<br />
Foundation Graduate Award.<br />
Dr Edwards matriculated<br />
from Fahan College before<br />
graduating from the University<br />
of Tasmania with a Bachelor<br />
of Arts and Laws, with<br />
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of asylum seekers.<br />
She is currently the Head<br />
of the Secretariat for the<br />
Convention Against Torture<br />
Initiative (CTI), in Geneva,<br />
Switzerland – an initiative<br />
dedicated to achieving the<br />
universal ratification of the<br />
United Nations Convention<br />
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Election elephants in the room<br />
Michael<br />
Bailey<br />
TCCI Chief Executive<br />
POLITICS is a tricky game.<br />
We’ve witnessed good governments<br />
fall trying to deliver<br />
structurally necessary but<br />
publicly unpopular policy<br />
changes over the course of<br />
history.<br />
In Tasmania, with the precarious<br />
nature of State Parliament<br />
thanks to representative<br />
numbers and the Hare Clark<br />
system, every vote does count<br />
for politicians wanting to win<br />
another term in government.<br />
It makes me wonder if<br />
this fickle situation is to the<br />
detriment of development in<br />
our state?<br />
Have we lost the courage<br />
to take on structural reform in<br />
Tasmania?<br />
As we head into a state<br />
election and political parties<br />
start to jockey for position, I<br />
notice that the big ticket reforms<br />
are off the agenda.<br />
There is plenty of discourse<br />
about poker machines, health<br />
statistics, school starting ages<br />
and so on, but where is the debate<br />
about the big reforms?<br />
The elephants in the room<br />
are local government reform<br />
and the structure of the State<br />
Public Service.<br />
I have said for some time<br />
that to truly reform the way<br />
that government works in<br />
Tasmania you must undertake<br />
a root and branch review of<br />
local and state government<br />
together.<br />
Both are so intertwined<br />
now that reviewing one without<br />
the other is pointless and<br />
problematic.<br />
What do the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
people need their public ser-<br />
Both [local<br />
and state<br />
governments]<br />
are so intertwined<br />
now<br />
that reviewing<br />
one without<br />
the other is<br />
pointless and<br />
problematic.<br />
vice to do and how much can<br />
we afford to pay for them to<br />
deliver results?<br />
Local government output,<br />
councillor/aldermen numbers<br />
and duplication have been<br />
ongoing issues and, with the<br />
topic seemingly too politically<br />
dangerous to tackle, we are<br />
left waiting for the state’s 29<br />
councils to slowly discuss the<br />
merits of reducing their own<br />
stocks.<br />
It’s a bit like asking your<br />
child whether he wants one<br />
or two lollies after dinner -<br />
we all know what the answer<br />
will be.<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s have the right<br />
to ask these questions and<br />
they should be answered thoroughly<br />
in a comprehensive<br />
review<br />
I believe that such a review<br />
should drive the debate, build<br />
the discourse and create an<br />
Tasmania’s Parliament House where big ticket items are off the agenda.<br />
Help available to expand markets<br />
THE Department of<br />
State Growth has released<br />
details of the New<br />
Market Expansion Program<br />
for the <strong>2017</strong>-2018<br />
grant year.<br />
The NMEP supports<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses<br />
and industry associations<br />
offset the cost of marketing<br />
activities in international<br />
markets.<br />
The program assists<br />
export-ready small and<br />
medium sized enterprises<br />
to grow their business<br />
and is delivered in two<br />
streams – the Enterprise<br />
and Industry.<br />
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the Enterprise Stream<br />
which provides up to a<br />
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to eligible<br />
businesses.<br />
The marketing activities<br />
can include exhibiting<br />
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two levels of government<br />
should provide for <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s.<br />
Strikingly there is no mention<br />
from either of our major<br />
parties about this.<br />
I know that this is difficult<br />
territory but we will have to<br />
reform at some stage - why<br />
not now?<br />
<strong>Business</strong> confidence is<br />
high, jobs data is positive and<br />
Sally<br />
Chandler<br />
Tradestart Adviser<br />
the flow-on effect from that,<br />
anecdotally, suggests that the<br />
general public is also relatively<br />
happy and positive about<br />
their future here in the state.<br />
So why not be strategic<br />
rather that reactive.<br />
There is little doubt that<br />
the way that GST is distributed<br />
will change in Australia,<br />
and that such changes will be<br />
to the detriment to the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
budget –- perhaps<br />
a significant change to the<br />
way the public service and<br />
local government operates<br />
will help us build a buffer in<br />
preparation.<br />
Wouldn’t it be refreshing<br />
to have two leaders willing to<br />
take this on before the March<br />
election.<br />
Let’s hope they’re willing<br />
to take on the big reforms and<br />
leave a legacy well beyond<br />
their Parliamentary careers.<br />
in <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Government-led<br />
trade missions,<br />
undertaking specific<br />
meetings to establish<br />
distribution channels,<br />
promotional activities<br />
to establish commercial<br />
arrangements, hosting<br />
inward buyer visits to<br />
Tasmania, and market<br />
demand evaluations to<br />
enable product refinement<br />
where appropriate.<br />
All activities must relate<br />
to a country or country<br />
subdivision in which<br />
the business has not previously<br />
undertaken similar<br />
export activity.<br />
The Industry Stream<br />
also has allocated funding<br />
of $80,000 and provides<br />
up to 90 per cent<br />
financial reimbursement<br />
to enable an industry association<br />
or groups of<br />
companies working collectively<br />
on eligible international<br />
market activities,<br />
to gain funding.<br />
An enterprise cannot<br />
receive more than $7000<br />
per financial year under<br />
the NMEP and a group<br />
or association cannot receive<br />
more than $10,000<br />
per financial year under<br />
the program.<br />
Should an applicant<br />
under either stream be a<br />
current claimant of the<br />
Austrade Export Market<br />
Development Grants<br />
scheme or any other government<br />
market development<br />
assistance scheme,<br />
then they are ineligible to<br />
apply for the NMEP.<br />
A consultant or intermediary<br />
cannot apply.<br />
To apply, annual sales<br />
turnover for the Enterprise<br />
Stream must be<br />
greater than $300,000<br />
and less than $20 million<br />
per annum.<br />
All applications are<br />
online and must be<br />
lodged before the activity<br />
takes place.<br />
The NMEP opened on<br />
13th September 13 and<br />
will close on April 30,<br />
2018 unless funds are<br />
fully expended before.<br />
For international trade<br />
and investment assistance<br />
contact the TCCI’s<br />
TradeStart Adviser,<br />
Sally Chandler, at sally.<br />
chandler@tcci.com.au or<br />
phone 1300 559 122.
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 5<br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
Hangover sackings can cause headache<br />
AN interesting case has<br />
been heard about an employee<br />
consuming alcohol<br />
the night before<br />
she was meant to attend<br />
work and rang in sick<br />
for her shift. Her employment<br />
was subsequently<br />
terminated.<br />
The case of Avril<br />
Chapman v Tassal<br />
Group Limited T/A Tassal<br />
Operations Pty Ltd<br />
[<strong>2017</strong>] FWC 4630 was<br />
heard in Hobart on August<br />
8, <strong>2017</strong> and serves<br />
as a reminder to employers<br />
that they need<br />
to carefully consider<br />
whether conduct constitutes<br />
a warning (be it<br />
formal, final or otherwise)<br />
or dismissal.<br />
To summarise the<br />
facts of this case:<br />
An employee was<br />
scheduled to work. The<br />
night before she consumed<br />
too much alcohol,<br />
called work at<br />
4.56pm on April 25 and<br />
left a voicemail that said<br />
she had indulged and<br />
was not fit for work.<br />
On April 27, the employee<br />
returned to work<br />
Abbey<br />
George<br />
Workplace Relations<br />
and was given a letter<br />
that stated in deliberately<br />
consuming alcohol to<br />
the extent she couldn’t<br />
attend work the next day<br />
she had breached the<br />
code of conduct.<br />
A performance management<br />
procedure followed.<br />
There were no meetings<br />
in relation to the dismissal<br />
and it was all done<br />
via written correspondence.<br />
The applicant denied<br />
the allegations and said:<br />
“I feel that contacting<br />
management on the 25th<br />
was the right and responsible<br />
thing to do” (Paragraph<br />
11 of the judgement).<br />
Deputy President Barclay<br />
found:<br />
• The employee had deliberately<br />
chosen to overindulge<br />
in alcohol when<br />
she was due to work<br />
the next day and even<br />
though the conduct was<br />
out of hours there was a<br />
sufficient link to the employment<br />
relationship.<br />
• A previous warning<br />
was about inappropriate<br />
language and was from<br />
some time ago. So, to<br />
take this into account<br />
was harsh given the circumstances.<br />
• Had the employee<br />
contacted the employer<br />
on the morning she was<br />
meant to work and notified<br />
them of her incapacity<br />
then termination<br />
of employment would<br />
have been unlikely.<br />
• Accordingly “another<br />
sanction such as<br />
performance management<br />
or a further, perhaps<br />
even final, warning<br />
was appropriate” and he<br />
awarded the employee<br />
$8,229 (after deducting<br />
25% for her contributory<br />
conduct).<br />
The full judgement<br />
can be found at www.<br />
fwc.gov.au/documents/<br />
decisionssigned/html/<strong>2017</strong>fwc4630.htm<br />
Contact the Helpline<br />
on 1300 765 123 or<br />
the TCCI on 1300 59<br />
122 or workplacerelations@tcci.com.au0<br />
Searoad leads shipping evolution<br />
FOR us folk that work<br />
across borders, moving<br />
goods between countries<br />
- sending whiskey to Japan,<br />
bringing in couches<br />
from China, sending<br />
carrots to the Middle<br />
East, importing engines<br />
from Europe … you get<br />
the idea - nothing is finer<br />
than a shiny new ship.<br />
There is something<br />
about walking through<br />
the engine room of a new<br />
vessel and seeing pristine<br />
metal engines bolted<br />
to the deck with nuts<br />
that Godzilla would be<br />
proud of, seeing white<br />
walls, immaculate quarters,<br />
awe-inspiring control<br />
rooms and the latest<br />
technology all pulling together<br />
to enable trade.<br />
Couple this with an<br />
enthusiastic skipper and<br />
chief engineer and you<br />
have the perfect recipe<br />
for a slick operation.<br />
Standing on the bridge<br />
of the Searoad Mersey II<br />
in Devonport listening to<br />
commentary on the capabilities<br />
of the new vessel<br />
made me stop to think of<br />
how we have evolved in<br />
the shipping world over<br />
the years.<br />
Brett<br />
Charlton<br />
Agility Logistics<br />
Don’t get me wrong,<br />
there is definitely some<br />
dust of antiquity on some<br />
of the operations and<br />
regulations still haunting<br />
our industry, but progress<br />
is being made in<br />
other areas.<br />
The fastening system<br />
on the Mersey II is<br />
interesting – it is a vacuum-like<br />
system that<br />
holds the vessel alongside<br />
– this holds the vessel<br />
off the side of the<br />
wharf without the need<br />
for lines.<br />
There’s no need to<br />
wait for humans to position<br />
themselves while<br />
ropes are fastened, sav-<br />
It is refreshing to<br />
hear “environment”<br />
in a sentence<br />
regarding shipping<br />
ing time and costs (there<br />
is part of me that acknowledges<br />
that this role<br />
going to the machines is<br />
a little sad, but this contemplation<br />
will surely be<br />
the same for the skipper<br />
one day in the future).<br />
The other aspect of<br />
this vessel tour that I<br />
found interesting was<br />
the change from diesel to<br />
LNG to power the vessel<br />
(pending arrival of the<br />
LNG tanks due towards<br />
the end of this year).<br />
It is refreshing to hear<br />
the word “environment”<br />
in a sentence regarding<br />
shipping when usually<br />
the images conjured is of<br />
smoke clouds bellowing<br />
out of the funnel.<br />
While the Mersey II<br />
has been in operation<br />
for over a year now, <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />
should be very<br />
proud of private enterprise<br />
investing in our<br />
trading capability.<br />
Induction first<br />
tool in the kit<br />
By CRAIG<br />
HORTLE<br />
HAVE you started a new<br />
job, walked in the door,<br />
been pointed to you work<br />
station and requested to<br />
start work?<br />
It can be daunting, especially<br />
if you have not<br />
been in the workforce for<br />
very long, are new to that<br />
type of work or simply<br />
lack some confidence.<br />
To assist in this process<br />
some businesses<br />
have introduced an induction<br />
process.<br />
It would be best practice<br />
to ensure that new<br />
Searoad Mersey II makes its way to berth at Devonport.<br />
Searoad has invested<br />
over A$110 million in<br />
the new vessel and are<br />
in talks to order a second<br />
vessel.<br />
Toll has tow vessels<br />
being built now for deployment<br />
at the end of<br />
2018.<br />
employees should be inducted.<br />
The reasons behind<br />
this are obvious. It provides<br />
clear and concise<br />
information to new employees<br />
of your expectations<br />
for them.<br />
It can provide valuable<br />
information to the new<br />
employee for both work<br />
conditions and, just as<br />
importantly, safety and<br />
training.<br />
What are the types of<br />
information that can be<br />
exchanged at the induction<br />
of a new employee?<br />
For example, these<br />
might include:<br />
Continued page 6<br />
Importers in Tasmania<br />
should be thinking now<br />
about their orders from<br />
overseas.<br />
We are entering the<br />
twilight zone of shipping<br />
ex-North East Asia with<br />
holidays slowing orders<br />
in <strong>October</strong> and congestion<br />
pretty much guaranteed<br />
for the next three<br />
months.<br />
We are already seeing<br />
some delays of shipments<br />
in the depots in<br />
Melbourne with truck<br />
waiting times exceeding<br />
five hours on bad days.
6 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> business backed<br />
WHEN was the last time you<br />
deliberately chose to support<br />
a <strong>Tasmanian</strong> small business?<br />
The small business sector<br />
currently employs more than<br />
100,000 <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s and is<br />
poised for growth.<br />
The ABS reported that September<br />
was the state’s 33rd<br />
consecutive month of growth<br />
in retail turnover, and that<br />
business investment in Tasmania<br />
was leading the national<br />
average with an increase of<br />
4.6 per cent for the June quarter<br />
– and a staggering 13.2 per<br />
cent higher than one year ago.<br />
With small business making<br />
up more than 97 per cent<br />
of <strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses,<br />
these trends point to strength<br />
and growth in the sector.<br />
Indeed, a recent EMRS<br />
study found that about 40 per<br />
cent of <strong>Tasmanian</strong> small businesses<br />
expect to employ more<br />
staff in the next two years.<br />
But we know these trends<br />
aren’t being felt everywhere<br />
and many small businesses,<br />
particularly those in retail and<br />
regional areas, still face stiff<br />
headwinds.<br />
Factors such as rapid<br />
growth in online sales, changes<br />
in traditional industries and<br />
tourism seasonality and dispersal<br />
affect consumer spending<br />
across the state.<br />
That’s why, over the last<br />
three years, the Hodgman<br />
Government has deliberately<br />
targeted regional economies<br />
through policies like the<br />
Northern Cities Major Development<br />
Initiative, and small<br />
businesses through capped<br />
electricity bills, energy efficiency<br />
loans and grants to reduce<br />
the costs of employing<br />
apprentices and trainees.<br />
<strong>Business</strong> conditions are<br />
stronger now, but there is<br />
more work to do.<br />
Our Plan for Your Future<br />
sets out 43 new targets for our<br />
next term of government, including<br />
targets for business in<br />
Tasmania.<br />
By 2022, we aim to increase<br />
employment in small business<br />
by 10 per cent, have 90 per<br />
cent of government contracts<br />
won by <strong>Tasmanian</strong>-based<br />
firms and increase the proportion<br />
of visitors spending a<br />
Roger Jaensch discusses expansion with Nurture by Nature owner Debbie Hingston<br />
and her staff whose innovative small business in Devonport is thriving.<br />
night (and money) in regional<br />
Tasmania to 70 per cent, stimulating<br />
local economies.<br />
We will do what we can<br />
to create the right conditions<br />
for business, including being<br />
its best corporate customer<br />
through our Buy Local policy,<br />
but there is also more that other<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s can do.<br />
One way is for <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
consumers and businesses to<br />
adopt their own buy local policy<br />
and weigh the benefits of<br />
supporting <strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses<br />
against those of other<br />
options – especially online<br />
purchases.<br />
For retail purchases, factors<br />
to consider include customer<br />
service, local product knowledge<br />
and advice, after-sales<br />
care and returns policies.<br />
The benefits to Tasmania<br />
include local jobs and a stronger<br />
economy.<br />
As the Christmas season<br />
approaches, I encourage all<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s to plan ahead and<br />
think about how their Christmas<br />
and holiday spending can<br />
support <strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses<br />
and jobs.<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
Safety’s<br />
place in<br />
worker’s<br />
toolkit<br />
From page 5<br />
• hours of work and pay;<br />
and<br />
• standard required and<br />
training and mentoring.<br />
It is also the very best place<br />
to highlight the business’<br />
WHS standards.<br />
Demonstrating the importance<br />
of safety first up<br />
highlights the culture of the<br />
business - the message “whatever<br />
the work process, safety<br />
comes first”.<br />
During induction;<br />
• read and discuss some of<br />
the more important WHS policies<br />
in the workplace;<br />
• provide a mentor not only<br />
for the work process but also<br />
for WHS;<br />
•. provide training in the activity<br />
that is to be carried out;<br />
and<br />
• explain clearly the standard<br />
of behaviour and the consequences<br />
for not adhering to<br />
policies and procedures that<br />
have been implemented.<br />
If there is any breach of policy<br />
or procedure, it provides a<br />
starting point for re-training.<br />
For more information<br />
please contact Craig Hortle<br />
or Janelle Whitehouse at<br />
the TCCI on 1300 559 122<br />
or safety@TCCI.com.au<br />
170611
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 7<br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
Directors call for diversity in executive ranks<br />
DESPITE a number of reputable<br />
studies finding positive links between<br />
board diversity and various<br />
measures of corporate performance,<br />
representation by women<br />
in Australia’s executive ranks and<br />
in the boardroom continues to lag.<br />
In Australian organisations,<br />
women currently fill only 16.3<br />
per cent of CEO roles and only<br />
28.5 per cent of key management<br />
personnel.<br />
According to the Australian<br />
Institute of Company Directors’<br />
Gender Diversity Progress Report<br />
for March to May <strong>2017</strong>, women<br />
make up 25.4 per cent of ASX 200<br />
boardrooms, up from just 8.3 per<br />
cent in 2009.<br />
The AICD is committed to lifting<br />
representation by women in<br />
the boardroom and runs a range of<br />
initiatives that aim to assist women<br />
to prepare for and to ultimately<br />
become directors.The latest initiative<br />
in Tasmania is the new Ways<br />
Women Lead course, which will<br />
be run in Hobart in November.<br />
The course is a recent addition<br />
to the AICD’s education curriculum<br />
and has been designed to<br />
enhance the leadership skills of<br />
women, providing participants<br />
with the knowledge, frameworks<br />
and tools to excel as directors.<br />
It also examines how boards can<br />
become more effective in integrating<br />
a diverse range of voices so<br />
that they can make better decisions.<br />
Participants will learn how to<br />
leverage the value they bring to<br />
the boardroom, how to find their<br />
voice, and how to deal with the<br />
unconscious bias that may be a<br />
barrier to their full contribution to<br />
the board.<br />
Ways Women Lead is a great<br />
way to hone your leadership skills<br />
and to explore the extraordinary<br />
value that diversity can bring to<br />
the board table.<br />
Australian Institute of Company<br />
Directors<br />
Ways Women Lead<br />
Monday, November 13, <strong>2017</strong><br />
9am – 4.30pm<br />
For more information visit:<br />
companydirectors.com.au/<br />
Increasing power cost a concern<br />
AN increasing number<br />
of businesses and organisations<br />
are approaching<br />
Labor about the cost of<br />
electricity, despite the<br />
Government’s energy rebate<br />
offer.<br />
Labor supports a rebate<br />
but the feedback we<br />
are getting is it doesn’t<br />
offset the large increases<br />
that businesses, clubs<br />
and community groups<br />
are facing.<br />
We’ve been sent membership<br />
letters from<br />
sporting organisations<br />
saying an increase in fees<br />
is directly attributable to<br />
the cost of power.<br />
<strong>Business</strong>es are reporting<br />
increases in the vicinity<br />
of 100 per cent which<br />
understandably having<br />
a significant impact on<br />
their bottom line.<br />
By the Government’s<br />
own admission their rebate<br />
offer only reduces<br />
bills by around 15 per<br />
cent, leaving some businesses<br />
with an 85 per<br />
cent increase to absorb.<br />
Due diligence a vital<br />
part of sale process<br />
IN almost every business<br />
exchange transaction a<br />
due diligence review is<br />
conducted before money<br />
changes hands.<br />
Similar to someone<br />
buying a motor vehicle,<br />
where they will not pay<br />
for it until they are satisfied<br />
the vehicle does<br />
what the salesperson<br />
says it will do, at an<br />
even higher level, buyers<br />
of businesses must<br />
make sure the cash flow<br />
and assets of a business<br />
are what the vendor says<br />
they are.<br />
Due diligence is the<br />
name given to this process<br />
where buyers and<br />
their advisors undertake<br />
an audit to assess the financial<br />
performance and<br />
determine the value of<br />
business assets.<br />
Do the representations<br />
made by the vendor<br />
about the business stack<br />
up?<br />
Usually this is conducted<br />
after both parties<br />
We welcome the deal<br />
struck with Hydro to reduce<br />
the wholesale contract<br />
price but we’d urge<br />
the Minister to continue<br />
to engage with businesses.<br />
The full impact of<br />
power increases might<br />
not be felt until a business<br />
assesses a full 12<br />
months of life under the<br />
increased prices.<br />
With the economy<br />
improving, we need to<br />
make sure businesses<br />
have the confidence to<br />
keep investing and we’d<br />
encourage the Government<br />
to closely monitor<br />
the situation.<br />
Dean<br />
Demeyer<br />
<strong>Business</strong> Broker<br />
have executed a conditional<br />
Contract of Sale<br />
and a deposit paid.<br />
Once the buyer is satisfied<br />
by the due diligence<br />
that everything is as it<br />
should be, the Contract<br />
of Sale becomes unconditional<br />
and settlement<br />
and handover occur.<br />
The key for a seller is<br />
to be well prepared. Delays<br />
in providing information<br />
during the review<br />
can turn into deal breakers,<br />
resulting in the buyers<br />
walking away.<br />
<strong>Business</strong> owners may<br />
only ever sell one business<br />
in their lifetime.<br />
This lack of experience<br />
can make the scrutiny of<br />
a due diligence process<br />
Still on energy and<br />
some enthusiastic electric<br />
vehicle users have<br />
put their money where<br />
their mouth is.<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> branch<br />
of the Australian Electric<br />
Vehicle Association hasraised<br />
$500,000 to start<br />
building charging stations<br />
across the state.<br />
This is a concept Labor<br />
backed with a policy<br />
announcement more than<br />
two years ago but unfortunately<br />
the Government<br />
hasn’t seized the opportunity<br />
since.<br />
I commend the AE-<br />
VA’s members on leading<br />
the way and for their<br />
very stressful. Employing<br />
experienced advisors<br />
who understand due diligence<br />
processes, assist in<br />
planning for it, and walk<br />
with the vendors through<br />
it, are invaluable.<br />
Many buyers use their<br />
internal or external accountants<br />
to undertake<br />
due diligence process.<br />
They are always very<br />
thorough.<br />
Let’s assume their client<br />
buys the business<br />
and the business underperforms<br />
or some assets<br />
aren’t up to scratch, the<br />
accountant will be the<br />
first person the buyer interacts<br />
with quickly.<br />
Hence the deep scrutiny<br />
prior to settlement.<br />
willingness to invest in<br />
something they’re passionate<br />
about.<br />
Labor’s policy is to<br />
invest $7.5 million into<br />
alternative fuel transport<br />
options over three years.<br />
We want to look at<br />
how we can transition<br />
away from a heavy reliance<br />
on expensive fossil<br />
fuels and use other sources<br />
of energy to power the<br />
state.<br />
We want to explore<br />
how Tasmania can benefit<br />
from investing in battery<br />
and hydrogen fuel<br />
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8 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
TASMANIAN GAS PIPELINE<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />
FIFTEEN YEARS OF DELIVERING NATURAL GAS<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline is proud to<br />
be playing its part in assisting the state<br />
with its current energy needs.<br />
Commissioned in 2002, the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Gas Pipeline is the only pipeline<br />
supplying natural gas to Tasmania.<br />
Fifteen years on and the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Gas Pipeline is now an integral part of<br />
Tasmania’s economic growth and an<br />
alternative energy source.<br />
During this period of supplying gas to<br />
Tasmania, we have not experienced a<br />
single lost time injury.<br />
We are committed to continuing to<br />
work with industry, Government, the<br />
community and energy providers both<br />
now and into the future.<br />
Lindsay Ward<br />
CEO<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline<br />
THE PIPELINE SUPPLIES:<br />
TAMAR VALLEY POWER STATIONS<br />
GRANGE RESOURCES IRON ORE<br />
PROCESSING FACILITY<br />
BELL BAY ALUMINIUM ALUMINIUM SMELTER<br />
BOC LNG PROCESSING FACILITY<br />
SIMPLOT FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS<br />
CADBURY CHOCOLATE FACTORIES<br />
BOAGS AND CASCADE BREWERIES<br />
NYRSTAR ZINC SMELTER<br />
ECKA GRANULES ALUMINIUM POWDER<br />
PRODUCTION PLANT<br />
BHP TEMCO MANGANESE ALLOY<br />
PRODUCTION PLANT<br />
LAUNCESTON GENERAL AND NORTH WEST<br />
REGIONAL HOSPITALS<br />
TAS ALKALOIDS OPIUM POPPY PROCESSING PLANT<br />
FONTERRA MILK POWDER, CHEESE AND<br />
BUTTER MANUFACTURING PLANTS<br />
TAS GAS NETWORKS FACILITIES IN: BELL BAY,<br />
GEORGE TOWN, LAUNCESTON, LONGFORD (TAS),<br />
WESTBURY, BURNIE, HOBART, ULVERSTONE,<br />
WYNYARD AND DEVONPORT<br />
QUICK FACTS<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline<br />
transports natural gas from Longford<br />
in Victoria, under Bass Strait, to Bell<br />
Bay in Tasmania supplying gas to both<br />
industry and townships in the state.<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline (TGP) is<br />
part of a network of underground<br />
high-pressure gas pipes, which<br />
stretches over 20,000km and serves<br />
all of Australia’s states and territories.<br />
The network brings jobs and<br />
economic growth to the communities<br />
it passes through.<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline is<br />
approximately 740km long.<br />
The pipeline transports gas<br />
predominately from the<br />
Gippsland Basin.<br />
Current capacity of 47 PJ/annum.<br />
(47 peta joules per annum – peta is<br />
a 1 with 15 zeros after it.)<br />
The pipeline transports high pressure<br />
natural gas, up to 15,000kPa.<br />
(Approximately 148 times normal<br />
atmospheric pressure.)<br />
Temperatures of the gas for operation<br />
typically range between 0°C and<br />
50°C. Design temperature limits<br />
range between -30°C and 200°C.
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 9<br />
TASMANIAN GAS PIPELINE<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />
FIFTEEN YEARS OF DELIVERING NATURAL GAS<br />
QUICK FACTS<br />
Gas pipeline a vital<br />
link with the nation<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline<br />
transports natural gas from Longford<br />
in Victoria, under Bass Strait, to Bell<br />
Bay in Tasmania supplying gas to both<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline is proud to<br />
be playing its part in assisting the state<br />
with its current energy needs.<br />
THE PIPELINE SUPPLIES:<br />
TAMAR VALLEY POWER STATIONS<br />
industry and townships in the state.<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline (TGP) is<br />
part of a network of underground<br />
Commissioned in 2002, the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
GRANGE RESOURCES IRON ORE<br />
high-pressure gas pipes, which<br />
Gas Pipeline is the only pipeline<br />
PROCESSING FACILITY<br />
supplying natural gas to Tasmania.<br />
stretches over 20,000km and serves<br />
BELL BAY ALUMINIUM ALUMINIUM SMELTER<br />
all of Australia’s states and territories.<br />
STATISTICS Fifteen show years that not on only and is the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Gas Pipeline playing its part in boosting<br />
BOC LNG PROCESSING FACILITY The lowdown on gas<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
The network brings jobs and<br />
the state’s Gas energy Pipeline needs, it is is now also increasing an integral part of<br />
economic growth to the communities<br />
Tasmania’s Tasmania’s workforce and economic economy. growth and an<br />
• The pipeline is some 740 it passes kilometres through. long and once<br />
SIMPLOT FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS<br />
The decision 15 years ago to develop<br />
infrastructure alternative to transport energy gas from source.<br />
in Tasmania transports gas to Bridgewater in the<br />
Longford<br />
in Victoria, under Bass Strait, to Bell Bay in<br />
CADBURY CHOCOLATE FACTORIES south and Port Latta on The the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> North-West Gas Pipeline Coast is<br />
Tasmania, During provided this a new period competitive of supplying energy gas to<br />
• Over the last 15 years<br />
source previously not available in Tasmania to<br />
approximately<br />
there has not<br />
740km<br />
been<br />
long.<br />
one<br />
BOAGS AND CASCADE BREWERIES<br />
industry Tasmania, and householders. we have not experienced a<br />
single lost time injury<br />
TGP Chief single Executive lost time Officer injury. Lindsay Ward<br />
• The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline is part of a network<br />
said the development has enabled <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
NYRSTAR ZINC SMELTER<br />
The pipeline transports gas<br />
of underground high-pressure gas pipes, which<br />
businesses to compete in Australian and Asian<br />
predominately from the<br />
markets We – which are has committed helped generate to continuing exports to<br />
stretches over 20,000 kilometres<br />
ECKA GRANULES ALUMINIUM POWDER<br />
and increased local employment, while also<br />
Gippsland Basin.<br />
work with industry, Government, the<br />
PRODUCTION PLANT<br />
• A2014 economic study found gas in Tasmania<br />
giving households and small businesses an<br />
alternative community energy source. and energy providers both<br />
helps generate $1.7 billion in Gross State Product,<br />
“By introducing now and gas into Tasmania, the future. the state<br />
BHP TEMCO MANGANESE ALLOY $848 million in household Current income capacity and of 47 some PJ/annum. 11,600<br />
gained further competition in the energy<br />
PRODUCTION PLANT full time equivalent jobs. (47 peta joules per annum – peta is<br />
market and over the last 15 years of operation,<br />
TGP CEO Lindsay Ward<br />
we have not experienced a single lost time<br />
a 1 with 15 zeros after it.)<br />
injury,” Mr Ward said.<br />
LAUNCESTON GENERAL AND NORTH WEST<br />
The top Lindsay 20 business Ward users of natural gas • about 11,600 full-time-equivalent REGIONAL HOSPITALS jobs gas driven Tamar Valley Power Station.” Gippsland Basin, with a current capacity of<br />
account for about 81 per cent of natural gas which represents six per cent of the estimated Mr Ward said the foresight of the Government’s<br />
decision in the late 1990s to connect In Tasmania, the pipeline comes ashore<br />
The pipeline 47 peta transports joules per annum. high pressure<br />
use in Tasmania CEO outside of consumption from employment for Tasmania (198,410).<br />
TAS ALKALOIDS OPIUM POPPY PROCESSING PLANT natural gas, up to 15,000kPa.<br />
the Tamar <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Valley Power Gas station, Pipeline and the top Mr Ward said the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline Tasmania to mainland gas supplies was at Five Mile Bluff, north of Bell Bay and<br />
11 business users account for 75 per cent of was proud to play a role in ensuring both jobs reinforced during the energy crisis and again (Approximately further along 148 the times Tasmania normal River to the Bell<br />
total usage.<br />
and investment in Tasmania. FONTERRA MILK POWDER, highlighted CHEESE the AND strategic benefit of having atmospheric Bay Meter pressure.) Station.<br />
An economic assessment of the benefits “The immeasurable however, BUTTER MANUFACTURING is the energy<br />
security benefit of the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas state to ensure energy security.<br />
becomes the Southern Pipeline Extension,<br />
alternative PLANTSbase load energy sources in the At Bell Bay, the pressure is reduced and<br />
of TGP in 2014 highlighted the direct and<br />
indirect contribution of the top 11 natural gas Pipeline which was highlighted in the 2016 The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline is part of Temperatures a which continues of the gas south for for operation approximately 210<br />
users in Tasmania:<br />
energy crisis,” Mr Ward TAS said. GAS NETWORKS FACILITIES network IN: of underground BELL BAY, high-pressure gas kilometres. At Rosevale, the Northern Pipeline<br />
range Extension between splits 0°C and continues and west for<br />
• $1.7 billion in Gross State Product, or seven<br />
“With low rainfall resulting GEORGE in TOWN, record low LAUNCESTON, pipes, which LONGFORD stretches (TAS), over 20,000 kilome-<br />
typically<br />
per cent of the state’s total ($24.4 billion); Hydro water storages compounded WESTBURY, by BURNIE, the HOBART, tres and ULVERSTONE,<br />
serves all of Australia’s states and 50°C. Design 181 kilometres temperature to Port limits Latta in North-West<br />
• $848 million in household income, which failure of the Basslink interconnector for territories.<br />
Tasmania.<br />
WYNYARD AND DEVONPORT<br />
represents six per cent of total estimated several months, an imminent ‘‘lights out’’<br />
range between -30°C and 200°C.<br />
The pipeline is about 740 kilometres long In June 2014, the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Gas Pipeline<br />
household income ($13.9 billion); and disaster was avoided by firing up the natural and transports gas predominantly from the opened its office in Launceston.
10 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />
Team creates business links<br />
Introducing Hobart’s newest<br />
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man behind the business,<br />
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It rewarded consumers<br />
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developments in Thailand,<br />
with global company,<br />
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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 11<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />
Benefits of workplace diversity<br />
AN INCLUSIVE and diverse<br />
workforce can positively impact<br />
and influence business to<br />
grow, remain competitive and<br />
relevant.<br />
That was the key message<br />
from the Rio Tinto Women in<br />
Resources National Awards<br />
and Forum held in Launceston<br />
on August 31.<br />
With the theme “Why Diversity<br />
and Inclusion is Good<br />
for <strong>Business</strong>” more than 100<br />
of the country’s best and<br />
brightest came together to<br />
discuss and learn about what<br />
business leaders, governments<br />
and women can do to<br />
address the current imbalance.<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Minerals and<br />
Energy Council President Ray<br />
Mostogl said the resources<br />
sector recognised the benefits<br />
that increased diversity can<br />
bring to business.<br />
“The sector is increasingly<br />
improving practices that support<br />
fairer and more flexible<br />
policies focussed on recruitment,<br />
retention and promotion<br />
of women,” Mr Mostogl<br />
said.<br />
“Women also need good<br />
role models and these awards<br />
reflect the commitment and<br />
leadership shown by women<br />
in the sector.”<br />
Mr Mostogl said it was<br />
LEFT: Ray Mostogl, GM BBA and President TMEC presents the Exceptional<br />
Young Woman in Australian Resources award to Rachel Leong, Lead Surveillance<br />
Engineer, Woodside Energy Ltd (WA). ABOVE: TCCI CEO Michael Bailey<br />
and the Golden Diversity team from Queechy High in Launceston.<br />
clear from the quality of finalists<br />
and award winners that<br />
there had been growth in the<br />
exceptional achievements and<br />
strength of women working in<br />
what has traditionally been a<br />
male dominated sector.<br />
An example of how the<br />
sector was developing for the<br />
better was the presentation<br />
by Golden Diversity from<br />
Queechy High School – the<br />
first ever all-female team to<br />
take out the top prize as National<br />
Champions in the <strong>2017</strong><br />
F1 in Schools Technology<br />
Challenge.<br />
The Women in Resources<br />
National Awards is a partnership<br />
between the Minerals<br />
Council of Australia and its<br />
Northern Territory and Victorian<br />
branches, the Chamber<br />
of Minerals and Energy Western<br />
Australia, the Queensland<br />
Resources Council, the New<br />
South Wales Minerals Council<br />
and the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Minerals<br />
and Energy Council,<br />
supported by various state<br />
Women in Mining Network<br />
branches.<br />
Winners of the <strong>2017</strong> Rio<br />
Tinto Australian Women in<br />
Resources National Awards<br />
were:<br />
Gender Diversity Champion<br />
in Australia Resources<br />
Fiona Robertson, Non-Executive<br />
Director, Heron Resources<br />
(NSW)<br />
Excellence in Company<br />
Diversity Programs and Performance,<br />
St Barbara Limited<br />
(Vic).<br />
Outstanding Tradeswoman/Operator/Technician<br />
in<br />
Australian Resources, Carolyn<br />
Dobson, diesel fitter,<br />
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance<br />
(BMA) (Qld).<br />
Exceptional Young Woman<br />
in Australian Resources,<br />
Rachel Leong, Lead Surveillance<br />
Engineer, Woodside<br />
Energy Ltd (WA).<br />
Exceptional Woman in<br />
Australian Resources, Vanessa<br />
Torres, Vice President,<br />
Operational Infrastructure,<br />
BHP Iron Ore (WA).<br />
Special Judges Awards:<br />
Andrew Bigg, Operations<br />
Manager Mining and Mobile<br />
Maintenance, South32 GME-<br />
CO (NT).<br />
Industry Achievement<br />
Award, Michelle Keegan,<br />
Vice President Strategy, Incitec<br />
Pivot Limited (Vic).<br />
THE MINERALS INSTITUTE<br />
Tasmania Branch<br />
WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPONSORS OF THE<br />
WOMEN IN RESOURCES NATIONAL AWARDS <strong>2017</strong><br />
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12 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />
Your chance to get involved<br />
This <strong>October</strong>, WorkSafe<br />
Tasmania is offering many<br />
ways for you to get involved<br />
with WHS and wellbeing.<br />
WorkSafer<br />
Expo<br />
THE inaugural WorkSafer<br />
Expo will be held on<br />
<strong>October</strong> 23 and 24 at<br />
Princes Wharf 1 in Salamanca,<br />
Hobart. The expo<br />
will showcase products,<br />
services, new technologies<br />
and innovations vital<br />
to WHS and wellbeing.<br />
There’ll be interactive<br />
learning opportunities,<br />
seminars, forums, networking<br />
sessions and<br />
keynote speakers, all addressing<br />
issues vital to<br />
your workplaces and industry.<br />
This free event offers a<br />
one-stop-shop for WHS<br />
and wellbeing.<br />
Regional<br />
forums<br />
INDUSTRY, professionals,<br />
decision makers<br />
and the community<br />
will have the opportunity<br />
to join in a facilitated<br />
discussion<br />
around engaging the<br />
community in WHS<br />
and wellbeing.<br />
These free forums<br />
will be held in:<br />
• Launceston: <strong>October</strong><br />
19 at the Hotel<br />
Grand Chancellor<br />
• Hobart: <strong>October</strong> 23<br />
at Princes Wharf 1 (at<br />
the WorkSafer Expo)<br />
• Ulverstone: <strong>October</strong><br />
31 at Pier 01<br />
Function Centre.<br />
Walk for<br />
Wellbeing<br />
THIS new initiative<br />
will get you moving<br />
away from your desk<br />
and onto the footpath.<br />
Join the community<br />
to celebrate<br />
WHS and wellbeing.<br />
Workplace<br />
tours<br />
BETTER Work Tasmania<br />
members are inviting<br />
you into their workplaces<br />
during WorkSafe<br />
Month to learn about<br />
their workplace initiatives<br />
and solutions.<br />
The initiative is built<br />
Training and passing on knowledge is the key to a safer workplace.<br />
on the previous Better<br />
Work Tasmania mentoring,<br />
peer-to-peer learning<br />
and sharing initiatives.<br />
Betty the<br />
Asbestos Bus<br />
BETTY is making<br />
her maiden voyage to<br />
Tassie during <strong>October</strong><br />
to deliver asbestos<br />
awareness to the<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> community.<br />
If you’re a DIY renovator<br />
or tradie and<br />
see Betty, be sure to<br />
stop in and get some<br />
asbestos safety information.<br />
Virtual<br />
seminars<br />
SAFE Work Australia<br />
will again broadcast free<br />
online seminars that showcase<br />
the latest thinking, research,<br />
developments, and<br />
best practice in WHS.<br />
Watch these at www.<br />
safeworkaustralia.gov.au.<br />
HSR<br />
Conference<br />
THIS year’s free health<br />
and safety representative<br />
conference will be held<br />
in:<br />
• Hobart: <strong>October</strong> 17 at<br />
the Hobart Function and<br />
Conference Centre; and<br />
• Launceston: <strong>October</strong><br />
25 at the Tramsheds<br />
Function Centre.<br />
If you’re a HSR, come<br />
along to:<br />
• build your knowledge<br />
about your role in the<br />
workplace;<br />
• increase your knowledge<br />
of WHS and wellbeing,<br />
workplace mental<br />
health and supporting injured<br />
workers; and<br />
• get tools and resources<br />
to improve WHS and<br />
wellbeing in your workplace.<br />
Register now<br />
It’s not too late!<br />
For details of all these<br />
events and to register to<br />
attend, go to www.worksafe.tas.gov.au<br />
and follow<br />
the links for Work-<br />
Safe Month <strong>2017</strong><br />
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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 13<br />
NEWS<br />
Tassie<br />
trio best<br />
in the<br />
business<br />
THREE <strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses<br />
have earned recognition<br />
at the AHA National<br />
Awards.<br />
Riversdale Estate, 9/11<br />
Launceston City and The<br />
Henry Jones Art Hotel<br />
were awarded the top<br />
gongs in their categories,<br />
in a major coup for the<br />
state’s hospitality industry.<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Hospitality<br />
Association General<br />
Manager Steve Old said<br />
it was exciting to have<br />
three businesses deemed<br />
the best in Australia,<br />
“With hospitality being<br />
the third-largest employing<br />
industry in the<br />
state with about 10 per<br />
cent of the workforce,<br />
it is vitally important to<br />
our state that we have a<br />
strong and vibrant industry”<br />
Mr Old said<br />
“Tasmania did extremely<br />
well in all categories<br />
and feedback from<br />
the judges suggested that<br />
we were not far from<br />
winning many more<br />
awards on the night with<br />
several of our venues<br />
running a close second in<br />
their chosen categories”.<br />
Riversdale Estate was<br />
deemed the Best Regional<br />
Restaurant in the<br />
country while the Henry<br />
Jones Art Hotel took<br />
out Overall Hotel of the<br />
Year – Accommodation<br />
Division and 9/11 Launceston<br />
City claimed the<br />
Best Retail Liquor Outlet<br />
in Australia award.<br />
TOP LEFT: Dominic<br />
Baker from Federal Group<br />
accepts the Award for<br />
Excellence on behalf of<br />
9/11 Launceston City.<br />
ABOVE: Ross Boobyer<br />
from Saffire Freycinet,<br />
accepts on behalf of The<br />
Henry Jones Art Hotel.<br />
LEFT: Tom Darke from<br />
Riversdale Estate<br />
accepts their award.<br />
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14 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
APPOINTMENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
Success for<br />
Dress For Success<br />
DISADVANTAGED women are<br />
being assisted by business to<br />
thrive in work and life.<br />
Aurora Energy has helped<br />
launch a brand new <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
not-for-profit organisation, Dress<br />
for Success, which aims to empower<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> women to break<br />
existing cycles and seek safer and<br />
better futures.<br />
Professional attire, a network<br />
of support and the career development<br />
tools are provided by the<br />
organisation, which is based in<br />
Hobart but has seen success internationally<br />
over 20 years.<br />
Aurora Energy CEO Rebecca<br />
Kardos said as a key employer<br />
in Tasmania, Aurora Energy<br />
recognised the importance of<br />
providing opportunities to all<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s, especially so when<br />
it was someone’s first attempt at<br />
finding work.<br />
“Aurora Energy indeed often<br />
finds itself as the first employer<br />
for a number of <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s,”<br />
Mrs Kardos said.<br />
“We are confident Dress for<br />
Success will encourage more<br />
women to secure employment<br />
within our industry by equipping<br />
them with the confidence and<br />
support network to do so.”<br />
For more information or to donate<br />
visit hobart.dressforsuccess.<br />
org.<br />
Dress for Success founding member Amanda French, left, Aurora<br />
Energy CEO Rebecca Kardos and TasCOSS CEO Kym Goodes sit<br />
alongside panel facilitator Caroline Pillans at the Dress for Success<br />
fundraising breakfast in Hobart.<br />
Industry award<br />
for Insight<br />
HOBART-based mapping and location<br />
intelligence company Insight<br />
GIS won the People and Community<br />
Award at the SIBA|GITA<br />
Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence<br />
Awards, that recognises products or<br />
projects that make a difference to<br />
issues that affect communities via<br />
grassroots initiatives.<br />
Insight GIS was awarded for its<br />
input in the Kingborough Council’s<br />
Local Links project, which was<br />
designed to encourage and support<br />
walking and a healthy lifestyle within<br />
the community.<br />
Insight GIS Managing Director<br />
Robert Rowell said that the team<br />
was incredibly honoured.<br />
“It’s an amazing recognition of<br />
the work we’ve done, but also how<br />
we’ve been able to impact the lives<br />
of people living in Kingborough,”<br />
Mr Rowell said.<br />
“Residents are now able to access<br />
information on the location of the<br />
closest bus stops, parks, schools,<br />
playgrounds, public toilets, fresh<br />
food outlets and community<br />
services, and how long it will take<br />
to walk there, within a 10 or 20<br />
minute timeframe,” Mr Rowell said.<br />
“What makes it unique is that<br />
it identified more than 140 ‘urban<br />
links’ such as footpaths and cutthroughs<br />
that aren’t highlighted on<br />
other sources such as Google Maps.<br />
“It’s great that the APSEA Awards<br />
are recognising us, and we’re looking<br />
forward to the National Awards<br />
next year.”<br />
Accounting<br />
partnership<br />
ACCOUNTING and advisory firm<br />
Synectic has been named Xero’s<br />
TAS Accounting Partner of the Year<br />
<strong>2017</strong>.<br />
Robert Rowell of Insight GIS accepts the People and Community<br />
Award at the SIBA|GITA Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.<br />
The award commends Synectic’s<br />
commitment to offering value and<br />
innovation to their clients.<br />
Director Gareth Atkins said that<br />
being <strong>Tasmanian</strong>-owned and operated<br />
allowed Synectic to deliver a<br />
personal, client-centric service but<br />
were also innovative, being early<br />
adopters of cloud technologies.<br />
“The Xero award recognises our<br />
investment in industry-leading technology,<br />
systems and people, which<br />
allows us to combine our very personal<br />
service with high-level client<br />
solutions more commonly associated<br />
with much larger firms,” he said.<br />
NDIS service<br />
delivery sought<br />
APPLICATIONS are now open for<br />
consultants wishing to be part of<br />
an Expert Panel to deliver services<br />
through the NDIS Providers Development<br />
Fund.<br />
The fund seeks to provide<br />
NDIS-registered providers with<br />
access to consultants with expertise<br />
in the areas of:<br />
• technology – including the<br />
interface of financial systems with<br />
NDIS systems, client databases and<br />
audio-visual technology;<br />
• assistive devices – including<br />
the use and assistance with maintenance<br />
of assistive devices and aids;<br />
• participant investment and<br />
training – including person-centred<br />
approaches and participants<br />
informing provider policy and<br />
practice;<br />
• marketing – with a focus on analysing<br />
and understanding providers’<br />
specific markets;<br />
• Small business operation -<br />
including HR, finance and governance;and<br />
• the use of evidence-based<br />
programs and practice – including<br />
review and evaluation.<br />
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APPOINTMENTS<br />
Hobart Airport CEO<br />
A FORMER pilot will touch down<br />
at Hobart Interational Airport on<br />
November 6 as Chief Executive<br />
Officer.<br />
Sarah Renner was previously the<br />
Executive General Manager for ISS<br />
Facility Services Pty Ltd, accountable<br />
for the Aviation and Transport<br />
business portfolio for Australia.<br />
Ms Renner commenced her<br />
career as a commercial pilot while<br />
completing a Bachelor of Aviation<br />
degree.<br />
She joined Melbourne Airport<br />
as a graduate, working there for 18<br />
years, ultimately in the executive<br />
planning and development role.<br />
Hobart Airport Chairman Hugh<br />
Fitzsimons said the appointment of<br />
Ms Renner marks the start of the<br />
next stage of growth for Hobart<br />
Airport.<br />
Crowe Horwath role<br />
INDUSTRY veteran Lending Adviser<br />
Les Warden has been appointed<br />
within the Crowe Horwath Finance<br />
and Lending team.<br />
Mr Warden has joined the company’s<br />
Launceston office after almost<br />
40 years working in senior lending<br />
roles across all four major banks,<br />
as well as successfully running his<br />
own business.<br />
Commissioner Ellis<br />
NEROLI Ellis has been appointed<br />
Commissioner and Deputy President<br />
of the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Industrial<br />
Commission.<br />
Ms Ellis has been State Secretary<br />
of the Australian Nursing and<br />
Midwifery Federation for the past<br />
15 years, and has previously been a<br />
manager in the State Service, and a<br />
director on a number of boards.<br />
Her appointment will be for five<br />
years.<br />
Ms Ellis replaces Nicole Wells,<br />
whose term expired last month.<br />
TDB head stays on<br />
BRIAN Scullin has been reappointed<br />
as Chair of the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Development<br />
Board for a three-year term<br />
after his initial appointment in 2014.<br />
Mr Scullin’s previous positions<br />
include President of the Japan<br />
Bankers Trust Company Limited<br />
and regional head of Asia/Pacific,<br />
Deutsche Asset Management.<br />
He is a Director of OAK Possability,<br />
a not-for-profit provider<br />
of services in the disability<br />
sector, Chair of Propel Funeral<br />
Partners, Hastings Funds Management,<br />
the Macquarie Point<br />
Development Corporation and<br />
Director of Tasplan Super Fund.<br />
The TDB supports the industry<br />
development activities of<br />
the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Government by<br />
driving the creation of investment<br />
and associated employment<br />
through supporting the<br />
implementation of government<br />
policies.<br />
Road safety role<br />
FORMER newspaper executive<br />
Garry Bailey has been appointed<br />
as the Chair of the Road Safety<br />
Advisory Council for the next three<br />
years.<br />
Mr Bailey is a former editor of<br />
the Mercury newspaper and was<br />
most recently a member of the<br />
RACT’s southern regional advisory<br />
committee.<br />
RSAC is charged with developing<br />
the Government’s road safety<br />
policy, providing recommendations<br />
and advice to reduce the number<br />
of fatalities and serious injuries on<br />
Tasmania’s roads to zero by 2050.<br />
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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 15<br />
EVENTS NEWS<br />
EVENT:<br />
Australian Leadership<br />
Excellence Awards<br />
LOCATION:<br />
The Old Woolstore<br />
Apartment Hotel, Hobart<br />
DATE:<br />
Thursday,<br />
September 14, <strong>2017</strong><br />
ABOVE:George Duckett, left, and Tim Duckett from <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
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ABOVE: Waqas Durrani from the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
Audit Office and Hina Durrani from<br />
the Federation of Ethnic Communities<br />
Councils of Australia.<br />
LEFT: Chris<br />
McGregor from<br />
First National<br />
McGregor, left, Bart<br />
Vanderaa from<br />
Jenny Nominees<br />
and Ray Quinn from<br />
WJ Quinn<br />
Consulting.<br />
ABOVE: Di Aldous from Health Services Consulting Australasia,<br />
left, and Amanda Quealy from The Hobart Clinic.<br />
RIGHT: Jacqui Hansson,<br />
left, and Wendy Joy Quinn<br />
from WJ Quinn<br />
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LEFT: Jane Melross from<br />
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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong> 16<br />
PROPERTY MATTERS<br />
Energy efficiency pays dividends<br />
Scott Newton<br />
Property Matters with<br />
Knight Frank<br />
Liam Coyle, Senior Asset Manager at Knight Frank<br />
Tasmania, discusses the importance of building<br />
efficiency and changes in regulation in this month’s<br />
editorial.<br />
RECENT regulatory changes, spiraling<br />
utility costs, ever-increasing<br />
tenant expectations and the advent<br />
of green leases has made it more<br />
critical than ever to focus on building<br />
efficiency.<br />
While the Commercial Building<br />
Disclosure program has been in operation<br />
for a number of years, the<br />
duty of disclosure has become far<br />
more onerous on property owners<br />
and agents from July 1, <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
The CBD program requires owners<br />
and agents to disclose energy efficiency<br />
information in most cases<br />
when commercial office space over<br />
1000sqm is offered for lease or sale.<br />
The CBD assessment is a twopart<br />
process and must be completed<br />
by an accredited CBD assessor.<br />
The first component of the assessment<br />
is the completion of a NA-<br />
BERS star rating, which is a measure<br />
of a building’s energy use in<br />
operation – the greater the number<br />
of stars, the more efficient the building.<br />
The second component involves<br />
an assessment of the lighting configuration<br />
in the relevant area offered<br />
for sale or lease.<br />
A CBD rating must be in place<br />
prior to the space entering the market,<br />
and the NABERS rating must be<br />
disclosed on all advertising material,<br />
including any signage erected on a<br />
building’s facade. Failing to disclose<br />
the rating may result in fines being<br />
imposed for non-compliance.<br />
The CBD program is intended to<br />
shine a spotlight on building efficiency<br />
and reward savvy building<br />
owners and managers and also empower<br />
potential purchasers and tenants<br />
to make informed decisions.<br />
While the environmental benefits<br />
of an energy efficient building<br />
are obvious, it is also important to<br />
Solar panels are part of the move towards energy efficiency.<br />
note that an efficient building is also<br />
a cost effective building, generally<br />
experiencing lower operating costs<br />
and greater reliability of plant and<br />
equipment.<br />
The advent of green leases has<br />
also forced building owners and<br />
managers to undertake building upgrades<br />
and more rigorous building<br />
efficiency monitoring.<br />
Knight Frank has certainly seen a<br />
trend towards more complex and intelligent<br />
building management systems<br />
as well as capital investment<br />
in products like solar panels, LED<br />
lighting, and the employment of<br />
efficiency specialists to constantly<br />
monitor and tweak building performance.<br />
In many cases, blue chip tenants<br />
require a minimum NABERS rating<br />
of four stars for any space they occupy.<br />
This requirement is forcing building<br />
owners to invest in various<br />
building modernisation vehicles to<br />
ensure their buildings remain on the<br />
short-list of potential tenants.<br />
There is certainly greater awareness<br />
in the market that a higher-rated<br />
building corresponds to lower<br />
occupation costs, particularly as<br />
electricity costs continue to rise and<br />
put pressure on many tenant’s operating<br />
budgets.<br />
Certainly, we are seeing savings<br />
of upwards of 50 per cent in energy<br />
costs on a modern or “modernised”<br />
office building when compared to<br />
traditional stock.<br />
For a landlord with a gross lease<br />
arrangement, these savings directly<br />
translate to greater returns.<br />
Efficient building technology has<br />
expanded at a rapid rate over the<br />
past 10 years and continues to do so<br />
every year.<br />
With various schemes offering assistance<br />
with the cost of upgrades,<br />
such as the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Energy Efficiency<br />
Loan Scheme, there has<br />
never been a better time to review<br />
efficiency to ensure it remains competitive<br />
and indeed compliant in an<br />
ever-evolving market.<br />
PROPERTY VIEW<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
For sale by Expression of Interest<br />
WELL SERVICED INVESTMENT<br />
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• Solid lease to long term business – Specialist<br />
Auto Group servicing Hobart for over 20 years<br />
• 5+5+5 year terms, CPI or 2.5% increases,<br />
market review at options<br />
• High exposure CBD site, substantial land<br />
holding with well-maintained buildings and<br />
excellent car parking<br />
• Zoned ‘Central <strong>Business</strong>’<br />
• Land size 1,235sqm (approx); building size<br />
775 sqm (approx)<br />
• Net rent $120,000 pa plus GST<br />
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View at KnightFrank.com.au/3866325<br />
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For sale by Expression of Interest<br />
BELLERIVE BOARDWALK<br />
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“Watermark”, 14-22 Cambridge Road, Bellerive<br />
• Brand new, flexible commercial property.<br />
• Strata area of 318sqm (approx) which<br />
comprises of a building area of 254sqm<br />
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• Remarkable opportunity for owner occupiers<br />
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• With excellent exposure this would suit<br />
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View at KnightFrank.com.au/3850283<br />
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