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Tasmanian Business Reporter March 2018

This month we have hit the press a little earlier than usual to fit in a comprehensive recap of the key polices from the two major parties before Tasmania votes on March 3. You'll also find details about the coalition of Tasmania's leading peak bodies promising to advocate for community wellbeing in the state, and some sage export advice from the TCCI's Tradestart Adviser, Sally Chandler who warns about trademark squatters in China.

This month we have hit the press a little earlier than usual to fit in a comprehensive recap of the key polices from the two major parties before Tasmania votes on March 3.

You'll also find details about the coalition of Tasmania's leading peak bodies promising to advocate for community wellbeing in the state, and some sage export advice from the TCCI's Tradestart Adviser, Sally Chandler who warns about trademark squatters in China.

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MARCH <strong>2018</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 />

On the campaign trail<br />

Party<br />

time at<br />

the poll<br />

By TOM O’MEARA<br />

THE major policies have been revealed<br />

and record spending has<br />

been promised in key areas, as the<br />

state’s two major parties vie to win<br />

majority government on <strong>March</strong> 3.<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s head to the polls<br />

with billions of dollars in promises<br />

to sift through as they chose who<br />

will govern the state for the next<br />

four years.<br />

The pollsters and bookmakers<br />

are still anticipating a hung parliament<br />

but Liberal Leader Will<br />

Hodgman says his team has been<br />

strong enough and delivered the<br />

positive results required to achieve<br />

the 13 seats it needs to form government<br />

and serve a second term.<br />

Labor Leader Rebecca White<br />

claims underdog status as she tries<br />

to claw the party back from its decimation<br />

at the last election.<br />

She has admitted it is a huge task<br />

to build enough voter support to<br />

almost double the number of seats<br />

Labor currently holds.<br />

Health was the key focus for<br />

Labor, but the Liberals shocked<br />

with an announcement during the<br />

party’s official campaign launch<br />

of an extra $757 million, employing<br />

1,332 more health professionals<br />

over the next six years.<br />

Continued page 2<br />

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2 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - <strong>March</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

STATE ELECTION <strong>2018</strong><br />

Peak bodies align<br />

Joint vision<br />

for fairness<br />

A COALITION of the<br />

state’s leading peak bodies<br />

will hold Tasmania’s<br />

next state government<br />

publicly accountable for<br />

the outcomes achieved<br />

for all <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s by<br />

measuring community<br />

wellbeing.<br />

Local Government Association<br />

of Tasmania<br />

CEO Katrena Stephenson<br />

said the coalition’s<br />

shared vision was of all<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s having the<br />

opportunity to live in vibrant,<br />

resilient, healthy<br />

and safe communities.<br />

“We’ll start issuing<br />

our joint progress reports<br />

quarterly from the<br />

swearing in of the next<br />

state government,” Dr<br />

Stephenson said.<br />

“<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s want a<br />

state government that is<br />

transparent and accountable<br />

against a vision of<br />

the state we know they<br />

want – a strong network<br />

of communities that<br />

work to ensure current<br />

and future prosperity is<br />

within reach of every<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong>.<br />

The coalition includes<br />

Aged & Community Services<br />

Australia, Council<br />

on the Ageing, the Housing<br />

Industry Association<br />

of Tasmania, LGAT,<br />

Master Builders Tasmania,<br />

Regional Development<br />

Australia, Tasmania,<br />

Shelter Tas, the<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chamber of<br />

Commerce and Industry,<br />

the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chronic<br />

Disease Prevention Alliance<br />

and the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

Council of Social Service.<br />

“Together we are saying<br />

to all politicians—all<br />

those who aspire to represent<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s—that<br />

it is time for them to try a<br />

new way of doing things<br />

so that we can achieve<br />

improved outcomes for<br />

every one of us,” Dr Stephenson<br />

said.<br />

“It is time to set our<br />

self interest aside and<br />

focus on our common<br />

interest—the future prosperity,<br />

health and resilience<br />

of all <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s,”<br />

she said.<br />

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Party time at the Tassie poll<br />

From page 1<br />

While the majority of<br />

the funding flows at the<br />

later end of the forward<br />

estimates and questions<br />

were raised about how<br />

that number of staff<br />

could be employed given<br />

there are already vacancies<br />

in the system, it was<br />

well received by those at<br />

the coal face.<br />

Labor’s health policy<br />

involves a $560 million<br />

spend that includes the<br />

recruitment of 500 extra<br />

staff across the state’s<br />

health and hospital system<br />

and a promise to improve<br />

waiting times.<br />

In eduction, the Liberals<br />

are promising $324<br />

million over six years to<br />

employ 250 extra teachers<br />

and 80 teacher assistants.<br />

In contrast, Labor has<br />

promised to spend $196<br />

million over four years,<br />

employing 89 new teachers<br />

and 150 early education<br />

specialists and social<br />

workers. It’s biggest play<br />

for votes came with the<br />

Green light for new way to pay<br />

A NEW mobile banking<br />

system heralds a new<br />

level of payment convenience<br />

for <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s,<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> banking institutions<br />

say.<br />

Bank of us and<br />

MyState have adopted<br />

New Payments Platform,<br />

which provides consumers<br />

and businesses the<br />

ability to:<br />

• transfer money instantly<br />

between accounts<br />

at different financial institutions;<br />

• make these payments<br />

any time of day,<br />

and day of the year;<br />

• include more accompanying<br />

information<br />

with these payments<br />

than ever before;<br />

and<br />

• use PayID, a simpler<br />

way to pay that lets you<br />

plan to dump all school<br />

fees for every public<br />

school student, removing<br />

any means testing.<br />

TCCI Chief Executive<br />

Michael Bailey said he<br />

was pleased to see the<br />

Liberals heed calls from<br />

the peak<br />

business<br />

body to<br />

withdraw<br />

from the<br />

National<br />

Electricity<br />

Market<br />

and also<br />

improve<br />

business<br />

confidence<br />

by<br />

reducing<br />

payroll<br />

tax.<br />

Mr Bailey said he was<br />

relieved the Labor Party<br />

had changed its mind and<br />

committed to leave the<br />

Office of the Coordinator<br />

General in Launceston.<br />

The TCCI is pushing<br />

for majority government<br />

having compared the last<br />

four years of opportunity<br />

see the name of the person<br />

or business you are<br />

paying before sending.<br />

MyState Limited<br />

General Manager Banking,<br />

Sales and Service<br />

Kate Dean said the platform<br />

was set to change<br />

the way we do our banking<br />

and would make<br />

to the disaster of the previous<br />

four years under a<br />

Labor-Green Minority<br />

Government.<br />

The powerful hotel<br />

lobby has given that a<br />

helping hand on the back<br />

of Labor’s pokies policy<br />

to ban the<br />

machines<br />

from all<br />

pubs and<br />

clubs<br />

across the<br />

state.<br />

Venues<br />

across the<br />

state are<br />

brandishing<br />

“Vote<br />

Liberal”<br />

signs in<br />

a protest<br />

against<br />

the policy, which has split<br />

the Labor party nationally<br />

with Victoria locking<br />

into pubs and clubs for at<br />

least 20 years.<br />

Federal Opposition<br />

leader Bill Shorten also<br />

backed away from Ms<br />

White’s policy - telling<br />

the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> media<br />

Bank of us Chief Executive Paul Ranson.<br />

that it was not an issue<br />

for him, a position also<br />

taken by Prime Minister<br />

Malcolm Turnbull.<br />

Both Mr Turnbull and<br />

Mr Shorten have been in<br />

Tasmania for the campaign<br />

but it’s now up to<br />

Mr Hodgman and Ms<br />

White to run the gauntlet<br />

of the often dangerous final<br />

week of posturing.<br />

Both leaders have let<br />

their personal sides show<br />

during the campaign.<br />

The Premier has<br />

picked up the guitar<br />

with international rock<br />

stars and little day care<br />

kids and selfies at the<br />

pub while Ms White has<br />

showcased her one-yearold<br />

daughter Mia, took<br />

part in an arm wrestle<br />

on one commercial radio<br />

program and even<br />

dressed up in racing silks<br />

during the campaign.<br />

It’s been a long but respectful<br />

campaign and<br />

every vote will count in<br />

each of the five electorates<br />

as the state decides<br />

its future.<br />

sending payments to<br />

family, friends or businesses<br />

faster, simpler<br />

and smarter.<br />

Bank of us Chief Executive<br />

Officer Paul Ranson<br />

said it was an historic<br />

development.<br />

“The introduction of<br />

the NPP marks a momentous<br />

change in the<br />

way that payments can<br />

be made,” he said.<br />

“Customers will no<br />

longer need to remember<br />

difficult account numbers,<br />

but only a PayID<br />

like a mobile number,<br />

email address or even an<br />

ABN.”<br />

Responsibility for election comment in this issue is taken by the editor<br />

Becher Townshend, Suite 24, Fourth Floor, Galleria Building,<br />

33 Salamanca Place Hobart Tas 7000.


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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - MARCH <strong>2018</strong> 3<br />

STATE ELECTION <strong>2018</strong> STATE ELECTION <strong>2018</strong><br />

Policies and promises<br />

Leader:<br />

Rebecca White<br />

Leader:<br />

Will Hodgman<br />

Health<br />

• $560 million of additional spending on health to employ 500 new health<br />

professionals and rebuild the hospital system<br />

• Allocate $47.5 million to employ more health professionals to clear<br />

bed block and ensure patients can go home when they are ready and be<br />

connected with their community nurse and GP.<br />

• A $75 million strategy to improve waiting times for outpatient appointments<br />

and deliver extra elective surgery - fund an additional 15,000 outpatient<br />

appointments and provide more timely access to elective surgery.<br />

Education<br />

• Labor will provide genuinely free public education by covering the cost of<br />

fees for all <strong>Tasmanian</strong> public school students<br />

• Employ an additional 300 teachers and specialist support staff and restore<br />

pathway planners in our schools.<br />

• Labor will restore the damage done to TasTAFE and stimulate future growth<br />

by offering 3000 targeted scholarships.<br />

• The $1000 scholarships will be used to fill key skills gaps, as identified by<br />

Labor’s new Industry Advisory Councils.<br />

Housing and transport<br />

• $106 million affordable housing packing to build 900 new homes and help<br />

12,800 <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s with housing and rental affordability.<br />

• The plan includes opening up Hobart’s Northern Suburbs Rail corridor,<br />

rezoning it for residential and commercial use.<br />

• Labor’s long term passenger transport strategy will increase investment<br />

in passenger transport by $60 million over ten years and reduce our<br />

dependence on the family car by offering commuters fast and efficient<br />

passenger transport alternatives.<br />

• We will create a new Passenger Transport Corporation with state-wide<br />

responsibility for integration, co-ordination and contracting of mass transit<br />

passenger services.<br />

Energy<br />

• Restoring Tasmania’s renewable energy advantage by investing in<br />

infrastructure to put downward pressure on electricity prices.<br />

• Labor will put control back in the hands of energy users by enabling the<br />

development of distributed energy. We’d set a Distributed Energy Target to<br />

increase on-site energy installations by more than 80 per cent from 120MW to<br />

220MW by 2022.<br />

Social Issues<br />

• Labor will phase out poker machines from pubs and clubs by 2023 to<br />

improve the health of communities.<br />

• A $55 million transition package will help businesses and workers adjust to<br />

the reform and create jobs by investing in the hospitality sector.<br />

Delivering a stronger economy and more jobs<br />

• Payroll tax cut to encourage <strong>Tasmanian</strong> business to employ more people.<br />

• Incentives to attract mainland businesses to set up in regional Tasmania.<br />

• A plan to support jobs for 4,500 new apprentices and trainees.<br />

Investing in health, education and those in need<br />

• Open an additional 298 hospital beds across the state, delivering better<br />

healthcare.<br />

• Employ an additional 250 teachers to provide a better education for our<br />

children.<br />

• At least 1,500 new affordable homes providing more housing for those in<br />

need.<br />

Keeping <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s Safe<br />

• 125 additional police statewide, making Tasmania even safe.<br />

• Tough new laws to tackle the dangerous drug ICE.<br />

• Minimum guaranteed jail time for serious criminals, to protect our children.<br />

Act on the cost of living<br />

• NEM exit – delinking our power prices from the National Electricity Market,<br />

meaning lower electricity bills for <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s.<br />

• An immediate one year freeze on your water bill with no catch up – saving<br />

you up to nearly $700 on your water bill over six years.<br />

• A land tax holiday for newly built long term rental properties, easing the<br />

rental squeeze.<br />

Protect the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> way of life<br />

• Stamp duty holiday for first home buyers less than $400,000 – helping more<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong>s buy their own home.<br />

• Increased taxes on foreign purchases of residential and rural property, to<br />

protect <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s interests.<br />

• Free entry to National Parks for <strong>Tasmanian</strong> seniors.<br />

Building the infrastructure our State needs<br />

• A massive program of investment into new roads, bridges, tourism, hospitals,<br />

schools and other public infrastructure.<br />

• Two new, next generation Spirit of Tasmania Vessels.<br />

• A 50% increase in prison space, to keep criminals off the street.<br />

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

www.tcci.com.au<br />

Engineering a better future<br />

Michael<br />

Bailey<br />

TCCI Chief Executive<br />

Vicki<br />

Gardiner<br />

GM, Engineers Australia, Tasmania<br />

WHAT do we want Tasmania<br />

to look like in 10<br />

years … 20 years?<br />

That’s the question<br />

the TCCI and Engineers<br />

Australia want the next<br />

Government of Tasmania<br />

to address.<br />

We need the executive<br />

government to look at the<br />

next five to 10 years, outside<br />

the election cycle,<br />

and “design” the Tasmania<br />

of the future … for at<br />

least the next 20 years.<br />

And that means we<br />

need to plan our infrastructure<br />

carefully, particularly<br />

in a small state<br />

like ours.<br />

Infrastructure is a<br />

multi-faceted word …<br />

transport infrastructure<br />

– roads and public transport<br />

like bus and rail; education<br />

infrastructure –<br />

schools, universities and<br />

TAFE campuses; energy<br />

infrastructure – poles,<br />

wires and generation:<br />

hydro, wind and solar.<br />

As we head to the polls<br />

on <strong>March</strong> 3, <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />

will be making up their<br />

minds about election<br />

promises by the Liberal<br />

and Labor Parties.<br />

But after the election,<br />

what we need is the government,<br />

whatever its<br />

flavour, to outline an “Infrastructure<br />

Plan”.<br />

Engineers Australia<br />

has been lobbying the<br />

A chief engineer would ensure the state developed a long-term vision and plan for infrastructure<br />

development, to align projects such as the University of Tasmania’s Inveresk campus.<br />

Government, Labor and<br />

Greens about the need<br />

for a Chief Engineer,<br />

a role which exists in<br />

NSW and will soon exist<br />

in Victoria.<br />

We think this could<br />

be a role to oversee the<br />

plan, working with existing<br />

entities such as Infrastructure<br />

Tasmania (and<br />

Infrastructure Australia),<br />

as well as the Coordinator<br />

General’s office and<br />

the Department of State<br />

Growth.<br />

When we look around<br />

the state and see the ongoing<br />

development future<br />

– Cradle Mountain<br />

in the North-West, the<br />

University of Tasmania’s<br />

plans for Hobart, Launceston<br />

and Burnie and<br />

the various cranes in the<br />

sky over the capital, it<br />

makes sense to devise a<br />

plan – and stick to it.<br />

Engineers are critical<br />

players in this future<br />

as engineering innovation<br />

is essential to transform<br />

our economy and<br />

to provide solutions to<br />

decisions-makers about<br />

practical problems and<br />

challenges facing Tasmania.<br />

Tasmania needs to establish<br />

a clear cut project<br />

assessment methodology<br />

that is widely promulgated<br />

and understood by everyone<br />

putting forward<br />

projects.<br />

Infrastructure Australia<br />

has this methodology,<br />

which should include<br />

benefit cost analyses.<br />

We cannot accept that<br />

in a small jurisdiction<br />

this analysis is too complicated<br />

– it is precisely<br />

what we need where<br />

funds are constrained.<br />

We need to plan and<br />

...after the<br />

election,<br />

we need the<br />

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whatever its<br />

flavour, to<br />

outline an<br />

“Infrastructure<br />

Plan”<br />

assess both public sector<br />

and private sector infrastructure<br />

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well find ways to leverage<br />

public sector money<br />

to encourage greater private<br />

sector investment.<br />

Put simply, the right<br />

infrastructure delivered<br />

in the right place at the<br />

right time, and for the<br />

right price, plays a key<br />

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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - MARCH <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

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Sweet deals for export assistance<br />

Brett<br />

Charlton<br />

Agility Logistics<br />

I HAVE recently been<br />

meeting with some of our<br />

exporting champions in<br />

Tasmania – this in itself<br />

is a privilege that I never<br />

take lightly – we have<br />

some incredible people<br />

and diverse companies in<br />

Tasmania that are exporting<br />

to points all over the<br />

globe.<br />

That said, it has surprised<br />

me that a number<br />

of these companies have<br />

not taken advantage of<br />

the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Freight<br />

Equalisation Scheme for<br />

exports.<br />

If you export ex Tasmania<br />

and cross that<br />

stretch of water between<br />

us and the big island and<br />

then transship onto an international<br />

vessel or an<br />

international aircraft to<br />

one of those points on<br />

the globe, you can claim<br />

money from the Federal<br />

Government.<br />

A lot of effort from a<br />

lot of people went into<br />

securing support for the<br />

extension of the TFES<br />

to cover export shipments<br />

and while there<br />

has been good take-up of<br />

the scheme, all exporters<br />

should be taking advantage<br />

of this opportunity.<br />

The <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Logistics<br />

Committee has been<br />

assisting Regional Development<br />

Australia in a paper<br />

that will be released<br />

soon with case studies<br />

that show how exporting<br />

companies in Tasmania<br />

have been able to continue<br />

trading, expand on<br />

export markets, research<br />

and develop export markets,<br />

invest in their business<br />

and generally grow<br />

their business with the<br />

confidence of the TFES<br />

scheme in place for exporting<br />

cargoes.<br />

If you are not claiming<br />

TFES for your export<br />

cargoes, please contact<br />

me and I will put you<br />

in touch with those who<br />

can guide you on how to<br />

access these funds – it is<br />

not that hard and you are<br />

entitled.<br />

Speaking of export<br />

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highly prized<br />

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FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />

Beware of Chinese IP squatters<br />

Sally<br />

Chandler<br />

Tradestart Adviser<br />

OVER a casual dinner<br />

with friends recently, I<br />

learnt of a horrible experience<br />

in China.<br />

A company from<br />

Queensland manufactures<br />

a range of cosmetics<br />

using an ingredient<br />

sourced through their<br />

long-term contact with<br />

aboriginal people in the<br />

Kimberley.<br />

Wishing to grow their<br />

business internationally,<br />

they exhibited at<br />

a trade show in Hong<br />

Kong.<br />

They had not registered<br />

their trade mark<br />

for China and China has<br />

a “first-to-file” rule.<br />

That means a business<br />

has no rights to<br />

their own trade mark<br />

unless they register it in<br />

China first, before anyone<br />

else registers it.<br />

AN article published by<br />

HR Daily* states that<br />

the Fair Work Commission<br />

has been taking a<br />

“very hard line” against<br />

employers seeking legal<br />

representation, putting<br />

the onus on HR professionals<br />

to argue their cases.<br />

Historically, in 90 per<br />

cent of cases brought<br />

by employees, employers<br />

received leave to be<br />

represented by lawyers<br />

or paid agents, but for<br />

the past 18 months it<br />

has been going the other<br />

way, HWL Ebsworth<br />

partner Brad Swebeck<br />

told HR Daily.<br />

So what does this<br />

mean for employers on a<br />

practical level?<br />

Unlike the Supreme or<br />

Magistrates Courts, the<br />

Fair Work Commission<br />

is designed for parties<br />

to represent themselves<br />

during proceedings.<br />

So if you do wish to<br />

have a lawyer or paid<br />

agent represent you, then<br />

the FWC will need to<br />

be satisfied before they<br />

grant permission for<br />

them to appear.<br />

This means that you<br />

could have been instructing<br />

a lawyer for some<br />

time (and cost) only for<br />

it to come to the day of<br />

the conference or hearing<br />

and the FWC refuses permission<br />

for them to assist<br />

you.<br />

Section 596 of the Fair<br />

Work Act 2009(2) sets<br />

out the circumstances<br />

in which the FWC may<br />

The company followed-up<br />

on the enquiries<br />

they received at the<br />

trade show after returning<br />

home from Hong<br />

Kong.<br />

They identified a suitable<br />

business they wanted<br />

to appoint as a distributor<br />

for certain regions of<br />

China but when the time<br />

came for product registration<br />

in China prior to<br />

market entry, their China<br />

partner advised them their<br />

trade mark had already<br />

been registered by someone<br />

else.<br />

Unbeknown to the<br />

company, some-one visiting<br />

or passing by their<br />

stand from China or even<br />

cruising their exhibitor<br />

profile on the trade show’s<br />

website, had noticed the<br />

unique ingredient in the<br />

cosmetics and registered<br />

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their trade mark in China.<br />

The company retained<br />

a lawyer and contact was<br />

made with the person who<br />

registered their trade mark<br />

– a trade mark squatter –<br />

who asked for $25,000 to<br />

release the trade mark.<br />

All that effort and all the<br />

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grant permission for a<br />

party to be represented<br />

by a lawyer or paid agent<br />

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• complexity – would<br />

it allow the matter to be<br />

dealt with more efficiently?<br />

• Fairness – can the<br />

party represent themselves<br />

effectively and<br />

would it be unfair for<br />

them not to be represented?<br />

• Is one (or both) parties<br />

from a non-English<br />

speaking background or<br />

has difficulty reading or<br />

writing?<br />

• If the party seeking<br />

representation is the employer<br />

– do they have<br />

a specialist human resources<br />

staff?<br />

Having said this, there<br />

are circumstances set out<br />

in the legislation where<br />

a party does not have to<br />

ask permission for representation<br />

by a lawyer or<br />

paid agent.<br />

Section 596 of the Fair<br />

Work Act 2009(4) states<br />

that this includes:<br />

• when the lawyer or<br />

paid agent is an employee<br />

or officer of the person;<br />

or<br />

• where they are an<br />

employee or officer of an<br />

Beware of trademark squatters when you are showcasing<br />

your wares in China.<br />

organisation; or of<br />

• an association of employers<br />

or a peak council<br />

or a bargaining representative.<br />

In simple terms, this<br />

means that unions are<br />

generally exempt from<br />

seeking permission, but<br />

so are the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

Chamber of Commerce<br />

and Industry as we are a<br />

peak employer not-forprofit<br />

organisation.<br />

If you are a member,<br />

or seek TCCI representation<br />

in matters in the<br />

FWC you can rest assured<br />

that we do not<br />

have to seek permission<br />

to represent you.<br />

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questions or need<br />

advice in relation to<br />

the above and with<br />

all of you employment<br />

related matters.<br />

You can contact<br />

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money they had already<br />

spent to try and enter the<br />

market and if they wanted<br />

to go ahead and enter the<br />

China market with their<br />

own trade mark they felt<br />

they had no option other<br />

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any stage, that because of<br />

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mark registration as early<br />

as possible.<br />

<strong>Business</strong>es can search<br />

the Chinese trade marks<br />

register to see if their identical<br />

or a similar trade<br />

mark has already been<br />

registered by going to the<br />

Chinese Trademark Office<br />

website.<br />

The office provides a<br />

Consulting a<br />

trade marks<br />

attorney is<br />

always a<br />

very wise<br />

choice when<br />

considering<br />

China<br />

free online search tool at<br />

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click the “English” link<br />

at the upper right of the<br />

page.<br />

Be patient, as the website<br />

can sometimes be<br />

slow to respond or you<br />

may need to try again later.<br />

Click on the SISTM<br />

search tool and choose the<br />

“Selective Search” rather<br />

than “Automatic Search”.<br />

If no conflicting marks<br />

are found, that is good, but<br />

there is a delay of three to<br />

six months between an<br />

application being filed<br />

and appearing in the database.<br />

Additionally, the search<br />

is not conclusive and it<br />

is easy to miss relevant<br />

marks, but it is a good<br />

start.<br />

If a conflicting registration<br />

is found a business<br />

has several options – if<br />

they believe the mark has<br />

not been used for three<br />

years since registration,<br />

they can file an action to<br />

have the mark cancelled<br />

for non-use.<br />

If it is within the threemonth<br />

opposition period<br />

following acceptance, a<br />

business can oppose the<br />

application.<br />

In both cases though,<br />

it is very hard to succeed<br />

in establishing grounds of<br />

bad faith.<br />

Consulting a trade<br />

marks attorney is always<br />

a very wise choice when<br />

considering the China<br />

market and indeed, any international<br />

market.<br />

The up-front cost gives<br />

peace of mind and can<br />

save a bundle of money...<br />

For international<br />

trade and<br />

investment assistance<br />

contact the<br />

TCCI’s<br />

TradeStart Adviser,<br />

Sally Chandler, at<br />

sally.chandler@tcci.<br />

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8 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - MARCH <strong>2018</strong><br />

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NEWS APPOINTMENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />

Health management’s ‘Uber’<br />

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to locate a practitioner, get a quote,<br />

pay for their consultation and claim<br />

their private health insurance benefit<br />

using a new one-stop location<br />

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healthcare management easier and<br />

improve health outcomes across the<br />

state.<br />

HICAPS Go provides patients<br />

with a simple and transparent experience<br />

which gives them more visibility<br />

of their out of pocket expenses<br />

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practitioner and facilitates a completely<br />

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NAB General Manager of Health<br />

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mades it easier for patients to locate,<br />

book and manage a health<br />

practitioner appointment.<br />

“We have re-imagined this experience<br />

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“Using the HICAPS Go app, users<br />

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the best staff.<br />

IML’s Leadership Outlook series<br />

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introduce beyondblue’s Heads Up<br />

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they are okay,” Mr Rowell, pictured,<br />

said.<br />

Senior Military Recruiting Officer<br />

at Defence Force Recruiting – Tasmania,<br />

Breece Gevaux will address<br />

Full Off-Set,<br />

Digital and<br />

Wide Format<br />

Capabilities<br />

Binding and<br />

Finishing<br />

Variable Data<br />

and Mailing<br />

sales@paperstat.com.au<br />

www.woolstonprinting.com.au<br />

Warehousing<br />

and Distribution<br />

Online Ordering<br />

and Inventory<br />

Management<br />

a simple and convenient end-toend<br />

experience from booking, to cost<br />

transparency and payment capability.”<br />

St.LukesHealth, Tasmania’s largest<br />

not-for-profit health fund, will be<br />

one of the first to adopt the HICAPS<br />

Go platform in Tasmania.<br />

St.LukesHealth CEO Paul Lupo<br />

said HICAPS Go provided consumers<br />

a simpler and easier way to find<br />

providers, to manage their healthcare<br />

and greatly improve their experience.<br />

“Through simplifying healthcare<br />

management and improving communications<br />

with members, we hope<br />

HICAPS Go will encourage more<br />

people to visit a healthcare professional<br />

sooner rather than later and<br />

provide them with greater affordability<br />

and control of their health<br />

care costs to deliver peace of mind,”<br />

Mr Lupo said.<br />

“This preventative approach will<br />

the Launceston workshop on <strong>March</strong> 2.<br />

Gevaux last year returned from<br />

Iraq, where his team was responsible<br />

for the training for Iraqi security<br />

forces.<br />

Burnie<br />

boost<br />

THE Burnie City Council has welcomed<br />

the Hermal Group’s investment<br />

of $190m to establish Australia’s<br />

largest plantation hardwood<br />

mill at Burnie.<br />

Mayor Alvwyn Boyd said the announcement<br />

demonstrated confidence<br />

in the local economy and was<br />

great news for the long-term sustainability<br />

and growth of the plantation<br />

forest industry in Tasmania.<br />

“The announcement of 200 timber<br />

industry jobs along with the many<br />

construction jobs associated with a<br />

$190 million mill development, will<br />

Call out for iAwards<br />

NOMINATIONS are<br />

open for Tasmania’s<br />

premier information,<br />

communications and<br />

technology awards to be<br />

held on June 1.<br />

Celebrating 25 years<br />

of innovation, the<br />

iAwards are the best-recognised<br />

technology and<br />

innovation awards program<br />

in Australia.<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> winners<br />

go on to compete on the<br />

national and even international<br />

stage.<br />

The iAwards have<br />

unearthed, recognised<br />

and rewarded excellence<br />

in Australian innovation<br />

that is making<br />

a difference and has<br />

the potential to create<br />

positive change for the<br />

community – whether at<br />

ultimately improve our members<br />

long-term health outcomes, assist<br />

them to navigate the health care system<br />

and demonstrate the real value<br />

proposition of health insurance for<br />

our <strong>Tasmanian</strong> members.<br />

“We are also excited that our customers<br />

will be able to, in real time,<br />

see how much they will be out-ofpocket<br />

with their private health benefits<br />

prior to a visit to a health practitioner.<br />

“Our members will have greater<br />

transparency around their benefit<br />

levels and how much can be claimed<br />

on services,” he said..<br />

Kellie Wilkie from Bodysystem<br />

PHYSIO said the new digital extension<br />

of HICAPS would vastly improve<br />

transparency for customers.<br />

“The added transparency and visibility<br />

on the cost and out of pocket<br />

expense right up front in the process<br />

is hugely beneficial for customers,”<br />

Ms Wilkie said.<br />

“As a practitioner, it also means I<br />

get to spend more time with my patients<br />

and less time on administrational<br />

needs because HICAPS Go<br />

does all the processing digitally.”<br />

HICAPS Go currently has more<br />

than 67 practitioners on board the<br />

platform in Tasmania with another<br />

450 joining soon with a focus<br />

on physiotherapists, chiropractors,<br />

myotherapists and osteopaths.<br />

be a massive lift to the Burnie region,”<br />

Ald Boyd said.<br />

“The development will further establish<br />

Burnie as a place to do business<br />

following LION consolidating<br />

its cheese processing at The Heritage<br />

facility in 2015, the Elphinstone<br />

Group expansion over recent years<br />

and the growth in the Burnie Port.”<br />

Community<br />

Grants<br />

NOT-for-profit groups supporting<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> communities are being<br />

invited to seek a helping hand.<br />

Applications are now open for the<br />

second annual round of Hydro Tasmania’s<br />

Community Grant Program.<br />

At least six grants of up to $5,000<br />

are available for non-profit organisations.<br />

Applications close at 5pm on<br />

<strong>March</strong> 31.<br />

home, in the office and<br />

on a global scale.<br />

Submissions are accepted<br />

from innovators<br />

across Australia – individuals,<br />

groups, government<br />

or private organisations<br />

or students.<br />

TasICT CEO Dean<br />

Winter said the awards<br />

were the ultimate recognition<br />

for excellence in<br />

ICT and innovation in<br />

Tasmania.<br />

“More than 300 influential<br />

people from government,<br />

ICT and industry<br />

will hear about some<br />

of the great successes<br />

in <strong>Tasmanian</strong> technology<br />

and innovation,” Mr<br />

Winter said.<br />

For more details visit<br />

www.iawards.com.<br />

APPOINTMENTS<br />

New boss at<br />

Southern Cross<br />

Austereo<br />

ALLY Bradley has been appointed<br />

and started in the role of Southern<br />

Cross Austereo’s General Manager<br />

for Tasmania.<br />

Ms Bradley, pictured above, will<br />

manage the day-to-day operations<br />

of SCA’s <strong>Tasmanian</strong> assets including<br />

Tasmania’s number one TV network<br />

Southern Cross Television and<br />

also leading Hobart radio stations,<br />

107.3 Triple M and Hit 100.9.<br />

Ms Bradley started working with<br />

SCA in Albury in 2000, with stints<br />

in SA and regional Victoria and has<br />

performed a number of roles including<br />

Account Manager, Sales Manager<br />

and General Manager.<br />

She moved to Hobart in early<br />

2015.<br />

WorkCover<br />

Tasmania<br />

Board restructure<br />

APPOINTMENTS to the restructured<br />

WorkCover Tasmania Board<br />

have been finalised.<br />

Dr Robert Walters will continue<br />

his position on the Board, having<br />

been its medical director since<br />

1997.<br />

New board appointees (appointed<br />

for three years) include:<br />

• Graham Wood, a partner in<br />

legal firm Wallace Wilkinson and<br />

Webster.<br />

• Insurance industry professional<br />

Sofia Mavratzas.<br />

• Unions Tasmania secretary Jessica<br />

Munday.<br />

• Wesfarmers <strong>Tasmanian</strong> worker’s<br />

compensation manager Julieann<br />

Buchanan.<br />

The Board is chaired by the Acting<br />

Secretary of the Department of<br />

Justice, Kathrine Morgan-Wicks.<br />

Vicki Tabor is the Board secretary.<br />

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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - MARCH <strong>2018</strong> 11<br />

EVENTS NEWS<br />

LEFT:<br />

Craig McKinlay,<br />

left, Oliver<br />

Cousland and<br />

Chris Warr<br />

from Aurora<br />

Energy.<br />

RIGHT: Mark<br />

Wojcik of<br />

Commonwealth<br />

Bank, Katrena<br />

Stephenson of<br />

the Local<br />

Government<br />

Association<br />

of Tasmania<br />

and Josef de<br />

Vries from the<br />

Commonwealth<br />

Bank.<br />

EVENT:<br />

Committee for Economic<br />

Development of Australia<br />

<strong>2018</strong> Economic and Political<br />

Overview<br />

LOCATION:<br />

Derwent Room, Wrest Point<br />

Casino, Hobart<br />

DATE:<br />

Monday, February 19, <strong>2018</strong><br />

ABOVE: Craig Webb of Jacobs, left, and Gary Baird of<br />

John Holland.<br />

ABOVE: Donald Challen of MAIB, left,<br />

Mark Kelleher of the Antarctic Climate<br />

& Ecosystems Cooperative Research<br />

Centre and Melinda Percival of Aurora<br />

Energy.<br />

LEFT:<br />

Heath Woolley of<br />

TasWater, left, and<br />

Mark Trusselle and<br />

Matt Daley of GHD.<br />

ABOVE: Greg Hanigan, left, and Lisa Free of Tasplan Super.<br />

LEFT: Dan O’Brien of Incolink,<br />

left, Nick Silcox of<br />

Hutchinson Builders and<br />

Chris Gard of Incolink.<br />

RIGHT:Anita Dahlenburg,<br />

left and Elizabeth Lovett of<br />

Deloitte and Kath McCann,<br />

of the Federal Group.


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This drawing is copyright and the<br />

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PROPERTY MATTERS<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - MARCH <strong>2018</strong> 12<br />

Hobart’s good days at the office<br />

Scott Newton<br />

Property Matters with<br />

Knight Frank<br />

Knight Frank Hobart’s office sales and<br />

leasing specialists, Hayden Peck and<br />

Richard Steedman, give an update on the<br />

Hobart office sector in this month’s article<br />

THE recent release of the<br />

Property Council of Australia’s<br />

Office Market Report<br />

<strong>2018</strong> indicates that Hobart<br />

has remained the third strongest<br />

office market in the<br />

country.<br />

According to the report,<br />

Hobart’s CBD office market<br />

has a vacancy rate of 8.1%,<br />

which is significantly stronger<br />

than the national average<br />

of 9.6%.<br />

The financial centres of<br />

Sydney (4.6%) and Melbourne<br />

(4.6%) continue to<br />

lead the way while the slowdown<br />

in mining activity continues<br />

to hit the resource dependent<br />

markets of Brisbane<br />

(16.2%), Perth (19.8%) and<br />

Darwin (21.6%).<br />

Hobart’s “A” grade sector<br />

makes up about half of the<br />

stock and continues to be the<br />

strongest sector with a vacancy<br />

rate of only 6.9%, while<br />

“B” grade is 10.7%, “C”<br />

grade is 9.8% and “D” grade<br />

is 7.4%.<br />

Hobart’s CBD office market<br />

is dominated by the State<br />

and Commonwealth Governments<br />

which occupy about<br />

two thirds of the office stock,<br />

predominately in the “A”<br />

grade sector.<br />

Recent years have seen<br />

many tenants make a flight<br />

for quality, moving into higher<br />

quality buildings with larger,<br />

more efficient floor plans<br />

and upgraded building services.<br />

This move has seen a general<br />

softening in demand for<br />

lower grade/quality buildings<br />

and has resulted in a number<br />

of these older buildings being<br />

renovated to a higher standard<br />

in a bid to attract new<br />

tenants.<br />

In recent years, Hobart’s<br />

office stock level has remained<br />

relatively static with<br />

supply additions (ie new<br />

buildings) being offset by<br />

stock withdrawals.<br />

As a result of the growth of<br />

other property sectors, in particular<br />

hospitality, we have<br />

seen a number of lower grade<br />

The development of Parliament Square is under way.<br />

office buildings converted<br />

to alternative uses or demolished<br />

for redevelopment.<br />

This has assisted in keeping<br />

the vacancy rate down,<br />

and in effect represents a replenishing<br />

of the office market<br />

stock.<br />

Historically, new supply<br />

has been demand driven,<br />

with new office accommodation<br />

primarily resulting from<br />

pre-commitment by major<br />

tenants with very little speculative<br />

development.<br />

Given the relatively high<br />

cost of commercial construction<br />

in Tasmania, economic<br />

rentals in excess of current<br />

market levels are generally<br />

required to justify development,<br />

hence future office<br />

development is unlikely to<br />

occur without substantial<br />

pre-commitments.<br />

This provides existing<br />

buildings with a competitive<br />

advantage and assists in<br />

maintaining a low vacancy<br />

rate.<br />

During 2017, Stage 1 of the<br />

Parliament Square redevelopment<br />

was completed.<br />

This building is occupied<br />

by the State Government<br />

with a lettable area of about<br />

16,275sqm.<br />

On completion of Stage 2,<br />

the development will comprise<br />

a mixture of office, hotel,<br />

cafe/restaurant, and car<br />

parking uses as well as significant<br />

public open spaces<br />

and is hoped to improve the<br />

link between Hobart’s CBD<br />

and the Sullivans Cove/Salamanca<br />

historic waterfront<br />

precinct.<br />

With the demolition of 10<br />

Murray Street under way<br />

and the recent sale of 80<br />

Elizabeth Street, 147 Macquarie<br />

Street, and 2-6 Collins<br />

Street, which are to<br />

be converted to alternative<br />

uses, the net gain to the office<br />

stock is relatively limited,<br />

softening the buildings’<br />

impact on Hobart’s office<br />

market.<br />

The level of office vacancies<br />

can generally be seen<br />

as a proxy for white collar<br />

employment, and with renewed<br />

economic confidence<br />

in Tasmania, this is having a<br />

positive impact on Hobart’s<br />

office property market.<br />

PROPERTY VIEW<br />

MARCH <strong>2018</strong><br />

IMPORTANT NOTES:<br />

For sale by Expression of Interest<br />

STUNNING OPPORTUNITY<br />

2 Castray Esplanade, Battery Point<br />

With amazing water views, parking, excellent<br />

income and future development potential (SCTA),<br />

it’s not often that properties of this calibre become<br />

available.<br />

• Three-level commercial building<br />

• Gross building area: 966sqm (approx)<br />

• Land area: 820sqm (approx)<br />

• Car parking: 15 (approx)<br />

• WALE: 2 years (approx)<br />

• Current Gross Income: $222,684 plus GST (approx)<br />

• Zoned ‘Inner Residential’<br />

Hayden Peck 0412 766 395<br />

Richard Steedman 0408 559 046<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au/4095709<br />

For sale by Expression of Interest<br />

AWARD-WINNING OFFERING<br />

88 & 88A George Street, Launceston<br />

Arguably Launceston’s most recognised piece of<br />

commercial real estate with ‘Pierres’ continuing<br />

to occupy the site, following the meticulous<br />

refurbishment undertaken by the owners.<br />

• Two strata titled properties (available individually<br />

or combined).<br />

• 88 George St: restaurant (fully leased).<br />

• 88A George Street: retail shop and FF<br />

two-bedroom apartment (vacant possession).<br />

• Prominent location in George Street, steeped<br />

in history.<br />

• Access to council-owned car park and<br />

Brisbane Arcade courtyard dining.<br />

Rob Dixon 0408 134 025<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au/4092908<br />

RESERVOIR ROAD<br />

PALING FENCING PALING FENCING<br />

27,923 m 2 18,900 m 2<br />

3,788 m 2<br />

6,547 m 2<br />

18,596 m 2 6,485 m 2<br />

6,376 m 2 263 m 2<br />

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3,024 m 2 12,995 m 2 2,132 m 2 7,469 m 2<br />

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719 m 2<br />

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2,345 m 2<br />

6,180 m 2 3,721 m 2<br />

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4,905 m 2 21,131 m 2<br />

791 m 2<br />

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174 m2<br />

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507 m<br />

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5,501 m 2<br />

3,788 m 2<br />

1,822 m 2 4,390 m 2<br />

4,402 m 2<br />

447 m 18m General Road<br />

2<br />

3,759 m 2<br />

13,080 m 2<br />

6,547 m 2 3,687 m 2<br />

27,923 m 2 15m Calmed Road<br />

1,257 m2<br />

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6,658 m 2<br />

18,596 m 2 6,485 m 2 263 m 2<br />

250 m<br />

11.5m Park Edge Road<br />

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3,024 m 2 12,995 m<br />

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12,158 m 2 1,272 m 2 4,905 m 2 21,131 m<br />

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55,574 m 2<br />

1,371 m 2<br />

12,158 m 2<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

MEADOWBANK ROAD<br />

OVERHEAD<br />

POWERLINES<br />

COUNCIL WATER MAIN<br />

COUNCIL WATER MAIN<br />

For sale by Expression of Interest<br />

ENGLOBO LAND<br />

Lot 1, Parklands Parade, Newnham<br />

• The offering comprises the major component<br />

of ‘The Green Specific Area Plan (TGSAP), an<br />

award winning Urban Planning framework that<br />

has been recognised nationally and locally.<br />

• Adjoins four existing Northern Launceston<br />

suburbs and is ready to meet Northern<br />

Tasmania’s ‘Affordable Housing’ requirements.<br />

• Currently zoned ‘General Residential’ under the<br />

Launceston Interim Planning Scheme (2015).<br />

• Part of Stage 1 of the Plan has been completed.<br />

• Land Area: 77.297 hectares (approx).<br />

Rob Dixon 0408 134 025<br />

David Webster 0419 516 629<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au/4063436<br />

For sale by Expression of Interest<br />

5 Victoria Street, Hobart 41 York Street, Launceston Shop 8, 48-54 Oldaker Street, Devonport<br />

P: 03 6220 6999 P: 03 6333 7888 P: 03 6424 3568<br />

COUNCIL WATER MAIN<br />

SEWER LINE<br />

VARIOUS FENCING<br />

VARIOUS FENCING<br />

SEWER LINE<br />

DRAINAGE LINE<br />

TREE LINE / BOUNDARY WITH MOWBRAY GOLF COURSE<br />

MEADOWBANK ROAD<br />

COUNCIL WATER MAIN<br />

RESERVOI ROAD<br />

PALING FENCING PALING FENCING<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

4,402 m 2 3,687 m 2<br />

COUNCIL WATER MAIN<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

1,257 m 2 3,759 m 2 5,481 m 2<br />

2,941 m 2 680 m 2<br />

COUNCIL WATER MAIN<br />

VARIOUS FENCING<br />

VARIOUS FENCING<br />

DRAINAGE LINE<br />

TR E LINE / BOUNDARY WITH MOWBRAY GOLF COURSE<br />

BLUE CHIP<br />

OPEN DRAIN<br />

OPEN DRAIN<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

POST & WIRE REMAINS<br />

ESK WATER LINE<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

POST & WIRE REMAINS<br />

4,390 m 2 507 m 2<br />

ESK WATER LINE<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

174 m2<br />

1,822 m 2<br />

2,159 m 2<br />

1,345 m 2<br />

109 m 2 11,313 m 2<br />

OPEN DRAIN<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

3,721 m 2 1,371 m 2<br />

SMARTGROWTH PTY LTD<br />

A R C H I T E C T S + U R B A N D E S I G N E R S<br />

OPEN DRAIN<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

PO BOX 95 SANDY BAY 0407704407 george@smartgrowth.com.au<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

POST & WIRE FENCE<br />

OPEN DRAIN<br />

PROJECT<br />

ARCHITECT<br />

STRUCTURAL<br />

MECHANICAL<br />

ELECTRICAL<br />

HYDRAULIC<br />

LANDSCAPE<br />

SURVEYORS<br />

10 YEAR LEASE CLIENT TO DRAWING MULTINATIONAL<br />

TITLE<br />

DRAWING STATUS<br />

Rocherlea Master Plan<br />

Rocherlea-LAUNCESTON<br />

The Grange (Launceston) Pty Ltd<br />

Master Plan Parcels<br />

59 Crooked Billet Drive, Brighton<br />

-<br />

SCALE<br />

1:5000 @A1<br />

-<br />

-<br />

JOB<br />

DRAWING<br />

REVISION<br />

-<br />

• - 10 year lease from 17007<br />

April MP-01 2017 with A<br />

2 x 5 year options<br />

• Blue chip tenant, Stramit Corporation Pty Ltd,<br />

in occupancy since 2007<br />

• Extensive hardstand and low site coverage<br />

may suit further development (STCA)<br />

• Located in well established industrial area,<br />

adjacent to the intermodal Brighton Transport Hub<br />

• Land area: 2.25ha*; Warehouse: 4,000sqm*;<br />

office and amenities: 316sqm*<br />

• Attractive depreciation benefits<br />

• Net rent: $445,016 pa*<br />

(*approx)<br />

Ian Reed 0419 670 501<br />

Scott Newton 0409 186 261<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au/4095644<br />

DATE<br />

4/7/07<br />

DRAWN<br />

RM<br />

DRAFT-For Approval<br />

A1 SHEET<br />

CHECKED<br />

AS INDICATED

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