Tasmanian Business Reporter November 2017
This month, Editor Tom O’Meara runs us through the competitive advantages of the new Tasmania First Policy, with the measure promising to give Tasmania the lowest regulated power prices in the country by 2022. You’ll also find an exclusive column by St.LukesHealth CEO, Paul Lupo, on significant changes to improve private health insurance affordability, as well as a world-first free, state-wide health program for Tasmanian employees.
This month, Editor Tom O’Meara runs us through the competitive advantages of the new Tasmania First Policy, with the measure promising to give Tasmania the lowest regulated power prices in the country by 2022.
You’ll also find an exclusive column by St.LukesHealth CEO, Paul Lupo, on significant changes to improve private health insurance affordability, as well as a world-first free, state-wide health program for Tasmanian employees.
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8 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - NOVEMBER <strong>2017</strong><br />
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />
www.tcci.com.au<br />
State aids bids for defence spending<br />
TASMANIA has a proud<br />
history of producing<br />
unique, high-quality<br />
products and solutions<br />
for highly specialised<br />
markets.<br />
The Turnbull Government’s<br />
decision to use<br />
its $30 billion annual<br />
defence spend to grow<br />
manufacturing in Australia<br />
is creating exciting<br />
new opportunities for<br />
<strong>Tasmanian</strong> companies<br />
and the Hodgman Government<br />
is helping them<br />
to put their best foot forward.<br />
In October, I attended<br />
the Pacific <strong>2017</strong> international<br />
naval and marine<br />
expo in Sydney with<br />
seven <strong>Tasmanian</strong> companies,<br />
our new Defence<br />
Advocate Rear Admiral<br />
(Retd) Steve Gilmore<br />
and State Growth representatives,<br />
promoting<br />
Tasmania’s unique ca-<br />
pabilities to buyers from<br />
around the globe including<br />
prime contractors<br />
bidding for major Australian<br />
defence contracts.<br />
The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> delegation<br />
included companies<br />
with established reputations<br />
in defence and<br />
others with innovative<br />
new products approaching<br />
this market for the<br />
first time.<br />
Liferaft Systems Australia<br />
supplies marine<br />
evacuation systems to<br />
the US, New Zealand,<br />
Netherlands and French<br />
Navies and has recently<br />
equipped the Royal Navy’s<br />
new Queen Elizabeth<br />
Class aircraft carrier.<br />
CBG Moonraker supplies<br />
communications<br />
antenna systems to the<br />
Italian Navy, and CBG<br />
thermal protection and<br />
signature management<br />
Roger Jaensch, centre, and Rear Admiral (Rtd) Steve Gilmour, right, give Federal Minister<br />
Christopher Pyne the good oil on <strong>Tasmanian</strong> innovation at Pacific <strong>2017</strong>.<br />
products to land and marine<br />
defence and civil<br />
markets.<br />
Taylor Bros is a third<br />
generation <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
company which has already<br />
made its mark in<br />
defence, providing internal<br />
fitout for the Australian<br />
Navy’s submarine<br />
and shipbuilding program<br />
in South Australia,<br />
among other major clients.<br />
The Australian Maritime<br />
College and its research<br />
arm AMC Search<br />
have global reputations<br />
in the maritime sector<br />
and used Pacific <strong>2017</strong> to<br />
launch their new study<br />
centre at the Australian<br />
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National Maritime Museum<br />
on Darling Harbour.<br />
Fiomarine has developed<br />
a remotely activated<br />
marine buoy used to<br />
retrieve assets from the<br />
sea floor; Pivot Maritime<br />
International is<br />
Australia’s only manufacturer<br />
of portable marine<br />
simulators; One Atmosphere<br />
has invented<br />
an emergency buoyancy<br />
system for helicopters<br />
operating over water;<br />
and PFG’s Aquatruck<br />
range includes durable<br />
workboats for police and<br />
coastal patrol work.<br />
Over three days, our<br />
stand hosted ministers<br />
and dignitaries from<br />
Australian and foreign<br />
defence sectors, major<br />
defence suppliers and<br />
manufacturers.<br />
The conversations<br />
started at Pacific <strong>2017</strong><br />
will spread our state’s<br />
reputation in this densely<br />
networked market, having<br />
already resulted in<br />
follow-up visits to Tasmania,<br />
which I am confident<br />
will lead to more<br />
contracts for <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />
firms in coming years.<br />
In September 2016,<br />
I joined a similar delegation<br />
presenting at the<br />
Land Forces 2016 defence<br />
expo in Adelaide,<br />
including Penguin Composites<br />
from the NW<br />
Coast.<br />
One of the conversations<br />
started at that event<br />
has recently resulted in<br />
Penguin Composites<br />
signing a three-year, $8<br />
million contract to supply<br />
composite body panels<br />
for 1100 Hawkei military<br />
vehicles – hopefully<br />
the first of many.<br />
For more on<br />
the defence industry<br />
sector, www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au/<br />
home/sectors/defence<br />
Job figures food for thought<br />
From page 7<br />
Labor would have preferred<br />
to have seen the<br />
public service managed<br />
with less fluctuations to<br />
avoid bulk redundancy<br />
payouts and impacts on<br />
service delivery.<br />
We were very critical<br />
of the Government’s<br />
budget cuts in health and<br />
education.<br />
Labor is committed to<br />
working closely with the<br />
public sector so taxpayers<br />
get maximum value<br />
for money.<br />
We are determined<br />
to find efficiencies that<br />
won’t affect service delivery<br />
and believe the<br />
best way to achieve that<br />
is to work constructively<br />
with the workforce.”<br />
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