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Tasmanian Business Reporter October 2018

Welcome to the October edition of the Tasmanian Business Reporter. In this month's bumper 16-page edition you'll read about the boundless opportunities that have arisen for Tasmanian businesses after the State Government's trade mission to China which promises to unlock lucrative new markets. You'll also find the details behind the relocation of Macquarie Point's waste water treatment facility set to unlock millions of dollars' worth of investment and jobs, UTAS's push to improve access to education and training on the west coast and Tasmanian businesses taking home impressive awards on the national stage.

Welcome to the October edition of the Tasmanian Business Reporter.

In this month's bumper 16-page edition you'll read about the boundless opportunities that have arisen for Tasmanian businesses after the State Government's trade mission to China which promises to unlock lucrative new markets.

You'll also find the details behind the relocation of Macquarie Point's waste water treatment facility set to unlock millions of dollars' worth of investment and jobs, UTAS's push to improve access to education and training on the west coast and Tasmanian businesses taking home impressive awards on the national stage.

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OCTOBER <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 12,000 M O N T H LY<br />

MISSION POSSIBLE<br />

Some of the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> contingent and their<br />

Chinese hosts during the recent trade mission<br />

and, inset, Premier Will Hodgman addresses one of<br />

the 50 meetings held during the 13-day mission.<br />

By TOM O’MEARA<br />

UNPRECEDENTED opportunities<br />

await <strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses<br />

after a Chinese trade mission<br />

promises to unlock lucrative new<br />

markets.<br />

The State Government trade<br />

mission will deliver opportunities<br />

to export more fresh produce, attract<br />

more overseas students and<br />

highlight Hobart as the Antarctic<br />

gateway.<br />

The exercise will enhance connections<br />

and create new opportunities<br />

for business and will deliver<br />

more jobs statewide.<br />

Growth and certainty will follow<br />

a Memorandum of Understanding<br />

to establish a co-operation<br />

mechanism to improve the<br />

international market competitiveness<br />

of <strong>Tasmanian</strong> fresh food<br />

products and the Shanghai Win-<br />

Chain supply chain.<br />

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

and Industry members will<br />

now be able to link with Chinese<br />

Chambers of Commerce – delivering<br />

unprecenednted face-to-face<br />

opportunities with clients and potential<br />

clients.<br />

More than 80 per cent of Tasmania’s<br />

international exports are<br />

to Asian markets and that figure is<br />

increasing.<br />

Facts deride Opposition and<br />

Green criticisms of the Government<br />

– given the trade mission<br />

involved more than 50 meetings<br />

and engagements with major industry<br />

leaders and businesses over<br />

13 days.<br />

TCCI CEO Michael Bailey was<br />

one of the 30 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> business<br />

leaders and owners who went on<br />

the trip, which he said was a “huge<br />

success”.<br />

“Suggesting that the Premier<br />

was on holidays because he visited<br />

the Great Wall of China is to<br />

not understand the Chinese culture,”<br />

Mr Bailey said.<br />

“One of the major outcomes of<br />

the mission was the understanding<br />

of how Tasmania needs to connect<br />

with Chinese markets.<br />

To crack the local markets we<br />

need to work with the local provinces,<br />

or local government.”<br />

Mr Bailey said as well as linking<br />

with Chinese chambers, the<br />

TCCI would lead a trade mission<br />

to China in 2019 working with<br />

AusCham in Shanghai and Beijing.<br />

Mr Hodgman said there was a<br />

very positive perception in China<br />

of what Tasmania offered.<br />

“(This has resulted in) a corresponding<br />

increase in trade in recent<br />

years in areas where we have<br />

a competitive advantage, including<br />

agriculture, aquaculture, energy,<br />

mining, forestry and tourism,”<br />

Mr Hodgman said.<br />

Primary Industries<br />

and Water Minister<br />

Sarah Courtney<br />

said our fruit, seafood,<br />

red meat, wool,<br />

dairy, wine and whisky<br />

were regarded as<br />

world-class and were<br />

increasingly sought in<br />

Asian markets.<br />

“Importantly, this<br />

trade mission connected<br />

Tasmania producers<br />

and industry representatives<br />

with key<br />

buyers, importers and<br />

trade experts which is expected to<br />

further boost export demand and<br />

create more jobs in Tasmania.”<br />

Meanwhile, Mr Hodgman welcomed<br />

the announcement that<br />

the Chinese icebreaker Xue Long<br />

would dock in Hobart twice this<br />

summer – estimating it would<br />

generate $2.5 million for the economy.<br />

“It will be a stop that generates<br />

an extraordinary amount of<br />

economic activity for <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

businesses. Tasmania Polar Net-<br />

Continued page 2<br />

Upcoming<br />

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November <strong>2018</strong><br />

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3 December <strong>2018</strong><br />

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

NEWS<br />

$4.5 million to improve Hobart terminal<br />

Makeover clear for takeoff<br />

Women<br />

share<br />

skills<br />

HOBART International<br />

Airport will improve its<br />

departure terminal facilities<br />

with a $4.5 million-dollar<br />

refurbishment.<br />

Works are set to get under<br />

way and CEO Sarah<br />

Renner said the project<br />

was set to be complete by<br />

mid-December, ready for<br />

the peak summer period.<br />

The development will<br />

deliver up to 170 additional<br />

seats, a refurbished<br />

bar and café, new food<br />

and beverage options and<br />

renovated amenities in<br />

the main departures area.<br />

Ms Renner said the<br />

multi-million-dollar investment<br />

would enhance<br />

customer experience and<br />

improve passenger comfort.<br />

The airport woud remain<br />

fully operational as<br />

work was progressively<br />

completed.<br />

“We are mindful that<br />

undertaking works while<br />

maintaining operations<br />

An artist’s impression of the refurbished<br />

Hobart International Airport terminal.<br />

has the potential to cause<br />

some congestion within<br />

certain parts of the terminal.<br />

We will do everything<br />

we can to minimise<br />

disruption to the travelling<br />

public,” Ms Renner<br />

said.<br />

Planning is continuing<br />

for the longer-term redevelopment<br />

of the terminal.<br />

Ms Renner said that<br />

would require extensive<br />

public consultation, airline<br />

negotiation and Federal<br />

Government approval,<br />

which would take six<br />

to 12 months.<br />

Hobart Airport has just<br />

experienced its busiest<br />

year ever, with more than<br />

2.6 million passengers<br />

travelling through the<br />

airport over the past 12<br />

months.<br />

That’s set to increase<br />

this year with a number<br />

of new flight announcements,<br />

including the first<br />

direct link ever between<br />

Western Australia and<br />

Tasmania, with Virgin<br />

Australia now flying to<br />

Perth three days a week.<br />

Ms Renner said the<br />

new service would further<br />

drive tourism and<br />

economic growth in Tasmania.<br />

“It will mean direct access<br />

to Perth, including<br />

international visitors connecting<br />

through Perth, and<br />

is another exciting step in<br />

the transformation of Tasmania’s<br />

busiest gateway,”<br />

Ms Renner said.<br />

“The new direct link to<br />

Perth is expected to attract<br />

more than 55,000 passengers<br />

per year, creating<br />

potential new business<br />

opportunities as well as<br />

reducing travel time between<br />

the two cities.”<br />

AN innovative and intensive<br />

professional development<br />

workshop will help<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> women transform<br />

their communication<br />

skills and improve their<br />

professional speaking.<br />

Perfect Pitch aims to<br />

build confidence and enhance<br />

poise.<br />

Perfect Pitch has a lineup<br />

of special guests including<br />

Tasmania’s first<br />

female Governor Kate<br />

Warner, Minister for<br />

Women Jacquie Petrusma,<br />

Secretary of Tasmania’s<br />

Department of Premier<br />

and Cabinet Jenny<br />

Gale, Franklin Labor MP<br />

Alison Standen and Macquarie<br />

Point CEO Mary<br />

Massina.<br />

The workshop will be at<br />

Avalon City Retreat in<br />

Hobart from <strong>October</strong> 8<br />

to 9. Tickets are available<br />

at www.eventbrite.<br />

com.au/e/perfect-<br />

pitch-the-pod-tickets-<br />

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Mission possible for China trade<br />

From page 1<br />

-work has been part of<br />

our trade mission so<br />

they’ve be working very<br />

closely with our Chinese<br />

counterparts.”<br />

A MOU between Putuo<br />

Institute of Education<br />

Shanghai and Study Tasmania<br />

will enhance international<br />

education.<br />

The MOU includes<br />

sharing teaching resources,<br />

materials and teacher<br />

exchange.<br />

Opportunities will also<br />

arise to co-operate on<br />

educational programmes<br />

including science, technology<br />

and mathematics,<br />

arts and the Antarctic.<br />

Highlights of the trade<br />

mision were:<br />

• facilitating direct<br />

contacts for <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

businesses with potential<br />

new customers, including<br />

at Asia’s leading<br />

trade show for fruit and<br />

vegetable marketing;<br />

• signing an agreement<br />

with China’s largest fresh<br />

produce e-commerce<br />

platform to support pathways<br />

to markets;<br />

• hosting a “Showcase<br />

Tasmania” event in<br />

Shanghai where <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

businesses promoted<br />

products to industry<br />

leaders in the Chinese<br />

food and beverage sector;<br />

• supporting the launch<br />

into the Chinese market<br />

of Tasmania’s Springvale<br />

Wines and Wellington<br />

Water, sourced from<br />

Burnie’s Dew South;<br />

• meeting with major<br />

travel agents in Shanghai,<br />

Hong Kong, Kuala<br />

Lumpur, and Singapore<br />

to promote Tasmania as<br />

a premium destination;<br />

• hosting agri-business<br />

and investor roundtables<br />

to promote Tasmania’s<br />

primary industries, agritech<br />

and development<br />

opportunities;<br />

• the announcement<br />

of two visits from the<br />

Chinese icebreaker Xue<br />

Long which will deliver<br />

about a $2.5 million<br />

boost to Tasmania’s<br />

economy;<br />

• promoting Tasmania’s<br />

renewable energy<br />

expertise and opportunities<br />

here for further development;<br />

and<br />

•- signing a new MOU<br />

with the Putuo District<br />

(Shanghai) Institute of<br />

Education to encourage<br />

visits and exchange trips<br />

between Tasmania and<br />

China, which supports<br />

the Government’s Global<br />

Education Growth Strategy.<br />

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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 12,000 M O N T H LY<br />

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

Macquarie Point potential to be unlocked<br />

NEWS<br />

Waste plant move gets nod<br />

MILLIONS of dollars of<br />

investment and job creating<br />

potential will finally<br />

be unlocked with the relocation<br />

of Macquarie<br />

Point’s waste water treatment<br />

facility now possible<br />

within four years.<br />

The Government has<br />

confirmed the plant will<br />

be decommissioned.<br />

State Growth Minister<br />

Peter Gutwein said<br />

legislation would be introduced<br />

into Parliament<br />

next month to outline a<br />

clear plan for the development<br />

of the site that<br />

was faithful to Mona’s<br />

2050 vision – a $2 billion<br />

project that includes light<br />

rail stations, hotel, convention<br />

centre, Antarctic<br />

facilities, a reconciliation<br />

art park and fire and light<br />

installations.<br />

However, he said there<br />

were no silver bullets to<br />

fix the waste water situation.<br />

“Instead, we have been<br />

working hard with Tas-<br />

Water to develop a solution,”<br />

he said.<br />

“The preliminary talks<br />

have been extremely positive<br />

and we believe that<br />

working with TasWater<br />

we will have a final plan<br />

for decommissioning the<br />

Macquarie Point is set to clear its waste water treatment plant hurdle.<br />

waste water treatment<br />

plant as soon as possible,”<br />

Mr Gutwein said.<br />

“I have written to Tas-<br />

Water regarding this<br />

project and a number<br />

of other major projects<br />

and that letter has been<br />

circulated to councils in<br />

the interests of transparency<br />

and full disclosure<br />

ahead of the council<br />

vote later this month.<br />

“The State Government<br />

is prepared to<br />

make additional funding<br />

available to assist Tas-<br />

Water to decommission<br />

and relocate the Macquarie<br />

Point wastewater<br />

treatment plant subject<br />

to a funding model being<br />

developed that is acceptable<br />

to TasWater, its<br />

local government owners<br />

and the State.<br />

“The State’s contribution<br />

would be in addition<br />

to the $200 million<br />

equity contribution set<br />

out in the MoU.<br />

“Furthermore together<br />

with TasWater we are<br />

of the view that subject<br />

to the funding plan being<br />

agreed, the plant<br />

would be removed within<br />

around four years allowing<br />

the MacPoint<br />

site to be developed fully<br />

without this inhibiting<br />

factor.<br />

“Moving the waste<br />

water treatment plant<br />

will clear the way for<br />

Macquarie Point to<br />

reach its full potential,<br />

unlock massive investments<br />

into the State,<br />

create jobs and deliver<br />

a nationally unique site<br />

for the community.”<br />

Maritime deal takes drones to next level<br />

DRONE technology and<br />

maritime activities will be<br />

better integrated and will<br />

help build a highly-skilled<br />

workforce, thanks to a new<br />

partnership.<br />

AMC Search, the commercial<br />

arm of the Australian<br />

Maritime College, and The<br />

Institute for Drone Technology<br />

have signed a memorandum<br />

of understanding<br />

to bring drone technology<br />

training into the maritime<br />

training environment.<br />

Drone technology has unprecedented<br />

capacity to provide<br />

improvements in safety,<br />

efficiency and innovation in<br />

the maritime environment.<br />

The partnership will<br />

be launched at the MIAL<br />

SEA18 conference in Canberra<br />

on <strong>October</strong> 16.<br />

The first three courses<br />

- Remote Pilot’s Licence,<br />

Safe Drone Operation for<br />

Managers and Flight Basics:<br />

Hazards, Batteries and the<br />

Law – will be offered out<br />

of the Australian Maritime<br />

College’s Sydney Study<br />

Centre in Darling Harbour in<br />

November.<br />

The agreement will see<br />

relevant training products<br />

delivered from beginner<br />

to advanced levels, and<br />

include a variety of delivery<br />

methods so workers from<br />

across maritime industries<br />

can access world-class<br />

training and get the skills<br />

they need to make the most<br />

Drone technology will help revolutionise safety,<br />

efficiency and innovation in the maritime<br />

environment.<br />

of this revolutionary technology.<br />

Institute for Drone Technology<br />

CEO Dr Joel Spencer<br />

said the organisation<br />

was excited to work with<br />

AMC Search to extend the<br />

training offering into drone<br />

technology for maritime.<br />

“The potential for drone<br />

technology in maritime is<br />

enormous and centrally concerns<br />

improving safety for<br />

workers. This is the first time<br />

a drone technology organisation<br />

has teamed with a maritime<br />

training organisation to<br />

provide contextualised drone<br />

training in a marine environment,”<br />

Dr Spencer said.<br />

“It is envisioned that by<br />

working together into the<br />

future this project could be<br />

expanded in a number of<br />

ways to further and more<br />

effectively embed drone<br />

technology training into<br />

maritime training programs,”<br />

he said.<br />

AMC Search Training<br />

Manager Emilie Donovan<br />

said the new drone training<br />

courses were being offered<br />

in response to industry demand.<br />

“As the applications of<br />

drones in the maritime<br />

industry become better understood,<br />

and drone usage<br />

increases in our sector, the<br />

need for specialised<br />

maritime drone training<br />

became apparent,” Ms Donovan<br />

said.<br />

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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

www.tcci.com.au<br />

China mission forges future links<br />

Michael<br />

Bailey<br />

TCCI Chief Executive<br />

MY recent trip to China<br />

as part of the <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

Trade Mission with Premier<br />

Will Hodgman was<br />

a huge success.<br />

While I only visited<br />

Beijing and Shanghai,<br />

the immediate benefits<br />

for TCCI members will<br />

be realised now and into<br />

coming years.<br />

Two major, future<br />

goals will now be finalised:<br />

• a <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Chamber<br />

of Commerce trade<br />

mission to China in 2019,<br />

working with AusCham<br />

in Shanghai and Beijing:<br />

and<br />

• negotiating for TCCI<br />

members to be able to<br />

link with local Chinese<br />

chambers of commerce.<br />

One of the first things<br />

that struck me on the<br />

mission was the extent<br />

of infrastructure in these<br />

two major Chinese cities,<br />

Beijing with 24 mil-<br />

lion people and Shanghai<br />

with 26.5 million.<br />

They have far outstripped<br />

Australia, in<br />

terms of infrastructure in<br />

their cities and factories.<br />

As an observation,<br />

Beijing struck me as the<br />

Canberra of China, but<br />

with much more industry,<br />

obviously, as the<br />

seat of government, with<br />

Shanghai more like Sydney<br />

in terms of its business<br />

environment.<br />

We visited the Goldwind<br />

factory that is making<br />

wind turbines for the<br />

Central Highlands Cattle<br />

Hill development among<br />

others, where our tour<br />

guide was a young woman<br />

in her 20s.<br />

I enquired as to how<br />

she became a “guide” at<br />

Goldwind; she had studied<br />

a Masters in <strong>Business</strong><br />

Research at UCLA.<br />

Everywhere we went,<br />

the levels of educational<br />

attainment were obvious.<br />

But I also believe we<br />

should not be afraid of<br />

partnerships in China,<br />

ones that can be of advantage<br />

to <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

business and industry.<br />

We need to realise we<br />

can’t match the level of<br />

“build” for their factories<br />

and just don’t have<br />

access to their extremely<br />

cost-effective labour<br />

market.<br />

China, although still<br />

with severe air pollution<br />

in cities like Beijing, is<br />

working hard to reduce<br />

its emissions through renewable<br />

energy.<br />

The Chinese think<br />

long-term, not the three<br />

or four-year political cycles<br />

of Australia, but forward<br />

generational planning.<br />

For example, petrol<br />

mopeds, the transport<br />

of choice for millions,<br />

must now be electric in<br />

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

Trade Mission<br />

members visit<br />

Goldwind in China<br />

where turbines for<br />

the $300 million<br />

Cattle Hill<br />

windfarm in the<br />

Central Highlands<br />

will be<br />

manufactured.<br />

the big cities. And while<br />

there are millions of cars,<br />

there are now significant<br />

incentives for Chinese<br />

drivers to change to electric<br />

cars.<br />

One of the other major<br />

outcomes of the mission<br />

was the understanding<br />

of how we, little Tasmania,<br />

need to connect with<br />

Chinese markets.<br />

To crack the local market,<br />

we need to work<br />

with the local provinces,<br />

local government in other<br />

words.<br />

Which is why the TC-<br />

CI’s relationship with<br />

AusCham will provide<br />

great benefits and advantages.<br />

Our own AusTrade<br />

and AusIndustry have to<br />

be impartial, that’s their<br />

remit.<br />

But organisations like<br />

Shanghai and Beijing<br />

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

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

www.tcci.com.au<br />

Yet another shipper departs<br />

Brett<br />

Charlton<br />

Agility Logistics<br />

THERE goes another one!<br />

Sadly we say goodbye to another<br />

direct-calling shipping<br />

line into Tasmania, as the<br />

Swires service departs our<br />

shores with the cost of bunkering<br />

and chartering vessels<br />

too much to justify calling<br />

into Hobart port.<br />

Unfortunately (one of my<br />

least favourite words) this<br />

outcome was predicted by<br />

observers of the shipping<br />

task in Tasmania and the utopia<br />

(homage to you Mr. Tom<br />

Holyman again) of services<br />

that Tasmania has enjoyed<br />

over the last few years is reducing.<br />

The allure of fine whiskey<br />

and excellent food is failing<br />

to convert into large enough<br />

volumes to justify direct international<br />

vessel calls (MSC<br />

being the exception – they<br />

have done and continue to do<br />

remarkably well in Bell Bay<br />

with the Capricorn Service).<br />

Despite the departure of<br />

some of our international<br />

ships, the 2017/<strong>2018</strong> consolidated<br />

growth over Bass Strait<br />

is 6.8% compared to the past<br />

year – not bad when the predicted<br />

and often quoted figure<br />

of 2% is used.<br />

I have said it before, and<br />

I will say it again, often, the<br />

investment of the coastal carriers<br />

(Toll, Searoad and TT<br />

Line) cannot and should not<br />

be dismissed.<br />

While the size of the upcoming<br />

new ships adds considerable<br />

more capacity on<br />

Bass Strait, we would be wise<br />

not to sit on our hands and<br />

think this will do us – Port of<br />

Melbourne projections show<br />

that if growth continues at 6%<br />

we will exceed our capacity<br />

at 2028 – seems ages away<br />

huh…..nope, that is only 10<br />

years away.<br />

Driving around the country<br />

side lately – there are a lot of<br />

new crops and greenhouses<br />

going in. Aquaculture is only<br />

growing. Forestry is going<br />

gang busters. Surely at some<br />

point some of the farmers on<br />

the northern island will figure<br />

out we have land and water<br />

down here (the smart ones already<br />

have).<br />

Tas Ports and the coastal<br />

shippers are thinking about<br />

this and investing accordingly<br />

(A$200 million announced<br />

recently by Tas Ports to future<br />

proof our infrastructure).<br />

So, whilst we see some of<br />

these international vessels sail<br />

off into the sunset for something<br />

shiny, we are seeing the<br />

local companies investing and<br />

The Port of<br />

Hobart, where<br />

the cost of<br />

bunkering and<br />

chartering<br />

vessels has<br />

again proven<br />

too much to<br />

justify calling,<br />

resulting in the<br />

departure of<br />

the Swires<br />

service.<br />

gearing up for growth.<br />

Next time you hear someone<br />

say “we need more competition<br />

in Bass Strait”, remind<br />

them that those that<br />

have stuck it out are investing<br />

in our future and have our<br />

backs.<br />

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6 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong><br />

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

www.tcci.com.au<br />

Tasplan Super invests<br />

in local communities<br />

THE re-development<br />

of Launcåeston’s C.H.<br />

Smith site, which will<br />

see the historic buildings<br />

revitalised to include a<br />

café, restaurant, car park<br />

and office spaces, is on<br />

track with developers<br />

handing over the newly<br />

completed 300-space car<br />

park to the Launceston<br />

City Council last month.<br />

Tasplan’s wholly-owned<br />

subsidiary QT<br />

Investment Management<br />

played a crucial role in<br />

the funding of this project<br />

which will have a<br />

positive impact on the<br />

Launceston community<br />

through the creation<br />

of employment and the<br />

economic opportunities<br />

it opens up for the region.<br />

Developers are working<br />

closely with the architect<br />

to protect the unique<br />

history of the C.H. Smith<br />

building and to provide<br />

much needed infrastructure<br />

to the region after the<br />

site sat vacant for more<br />

than two decades.<br />

QT Investment Management<br />

Commercial<br />

Lending Manager Andrew<br />

Woodberry said<br />

Tasplan was committed<br />

to long-term investments<br />

in Tasmania and was<br />

proud to support this significant<br />

development.<br />

“Tasplan’s contribution<br />

to the success of our com-<br />

Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten, left, Treasurer, Peter Gutwein, developer Errol Stewart and<br />

QT Investment Management Commercial Lending Managers, Andrew Woodberry and Leigh Ford.<br />

Employer of Choice Awards 2019<br />

The annual awards recognise contemporary workplace practices and<br />

outstanding support for staff.<br />

Being chosen as an Employer of Choice helps <strong>Tasmanian</strong> employers win<br />

new customers and attract skilled employees.<br />

If you want to give your business a competitive edge, entries for<br />

the 2019 Employer of Choice Awards are open now.<br />

Guidelines and entry form are available at www.business.tas.gov.au/eoc<br />

Entries close 20 December <strong>2018</strong><br />

munities extends beyond<br />

managing our members’<br />

retirement savings,” Mr<br />

Woodberry said.<br />

“We are thrilled to be<br />

able to offer commercial<br />

loans to <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s and<br />

play a role in breathing<br />

new life into our local<br />

communities.<br />

“Investing in projects<br />

like the C.H. Smith redevelopment<br />

is a great<br />

example of the work we<br />

do here at QT Investment<br />

Management and the<br />

contributions these developments<br />

can have toward<br />

the creation of employment<br />

and economic<br />

opportunities for all <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s.”<br />

Working under the<br />

umbrella of 2017 Roy<br />

For more information and help with your entry contact<br />

<strong>Business</strong> Tasmania on 1800 440 026 or email ask@business.tas.gov.au<br />

Morgan Customer Satisfaction<br />

Award winners<br />

for industry super funds,<br />

Tasplan, QT Investment<br />

Management provide<br />

a straightforward loan<br />

structure with their dedicated<br />

team of two, managing<br />

loans from start to<br />

finish.<br />

Hobart-based commercial<br />

lending managers<br />

Andrew Woodberry<br />

and Leigh Ford<br />

have been working in<br />

the banking and finance<br />

sector for more than 30<br />

years and currently manage<br />

an extensive local<br />

investment portfolio.<br />

With the state’s booming<br />

economy and Tasmania’s<br />

status as a hot<br />

spot for investment,<br />

Tasplan are pleased to<br />

be offering a full range<br />

of financial services, including<br />

the opportunity<br />

for <strong>Tasmanian</strong> businesses<br />

to invest in their own<br />

backyard.<br />

As the leading experts<br />

in superannuation and<br />

retirement and Tasmania’s<br />

only industry based<br />

super fund, Tasplan is<br />

committed to putting<br />

their members first and<br />

investing in the success<br />

of our state.<br />

Andrew and Leigh<br />

understand that all businesses<br />

need funding in<br />

order to grow and assist<br />

investors from initial<br />

enquiry right through to<br />

settlement, helping <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

businesses of all<br />

sizes achieve their financial<br />

goals.<br />

They are happy to discuss<br />

how they can help<br />

your business achieve<br />

positive outcomes and<br />

contribute to the growth<br />

of Tasmania.<br />

To discuss your commercial<br />

lending requirements<br />

further, please<br />

contact Andrew on (03)<br />

6270 4819 or Leigh on<br />

(03) 6270 4886.<br />

When casual<br />

rules morph<br />

Abbey<br />

George<br />

Workplace Relations<br />

FOLLOWING on from our last TBR article on<br />

decisions made by the Fair Work Commission<br />

that may impact workplace relations in future,<br />

we have now been given a decision that will<br />

have potentially wide-ranging consequences for<br />

any employer of casual staff.<br />

In the Full Federal Court decision - Workpac<br />

Pty Ltd v Skene [<strong>2018</strong>] FCAFC 131 (WorkPac)<br />

- the Court has dismissed the previous approach<br />

as given in Telum Civil (Qld) Pty Ltd v CFMEU<br />

that where a casual was engaged then, provided<br />

the Award or Agreement they were engaged under<br />

was consistent with the relevant industrial<br />

instrument, the relationship could be treated as<br />

that of casual.<br />

As stated in the TCCI Workplace Relations<br />

Circular No <strong>2018</strong>/093 circulated on 17 August<br />

<strong>2018</strong> to eligible members the WorkPac decision<br />

means that:<br />

1. Regardless of the provisions that apply to<br />

a workforce under awards or enterprise agreements,<br />

if an employee has a regular and predictable<br />

pattern of work with an expectation of<br />

ongoing engagements, they are likely to be permanent<br />

as opposed to casual.<br />

2. Where an employee commences employment<br />

with irregular hours under a casual contract,<br />

the casual can morph into a permanent<br />

employee during the course of the employment<br />

relationship, notwithstanding that the parties<br />

continue to describe the relationship as casual.<br />

As a result of the decision, a large number of<br />

employees currently described by employers as<br />

“casuals’’ could in fact be permanent.<br />

In the WorkPac case the employee, Mr Skene,<br />

worked as a casual truck driver for a labour hire<br />

company (WorkPac). The Court found that although<br />

fly-in-fly-out workers could be a casual<br />

under the applicable Enterprise Agreement,<br />

Mr. Skene was not a casual employee for the<br />

purposes of the Fair Work Act 2009 when the<br />

entirety of his employment relationship was<br />

considered. Accordingly it was ordered that the<br />

employee was entitled to receive annual leave<br />

or payment in lieu.<br />

The decision can be found here: www.<br />

austlii.edu.au/cgibin/sinodisp/au/cases/cth/<br />

FCCA/2016/3035.html<br />

WorkPac has announced that it will not be<br />

proceeding with a High Court challenge to the<br />

decision.<br />

We strongly encourage all employers to obtain<br />

advice in regards to their casual employees<br />

and processes.<br />

Contact the Helpline on 1300 765 123 or<br />

the TCCI on 1300 59 122 or<br />

workplacerelations@tcci.com.au<br />

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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong> 7<br />

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

Mines mean the earth<br />

Guy<br />

Barnett<br />

Minister for Energy<br />

TASMANIA’S mining<br />

industry is on the up,<br />

with multi-million dollar<br />

plans by Hellyer Gold<br />

Mines to capitalise on<br />

the reopening of its West<br />

Coast mine.<br />

Hellyer project manager<br />

NQ Minerals plans<br />

to reprocess up to $1.5<br />

billion in gold and $1<br />

billion in zinc from previously<br />

discarded materials<br />

by next month, creating<br />

up to 50 ongoing<br />

jobs.<br />

Mining and mineral<br />

processing is an industry<br />

we often take for granted.<br />

It’s been an industrial<br />

fixture of the West Coast<br />

community for generations,<br />

but we should never<br />

forget that this sector<br />

makes up more than half<br />

our state’s exports and<br />

supports thousands of<br />

jobs.<br />

Total production from<br />

the state’s resources sector<br />

is up by 45 per cent<br />

to almost $3 billion over<br />

the past year.<br />

The reopening of the<br />

Hellyer project is strong<br />

evidence of an industry<br />

thriving with its tail up<br />

and making money.<br />

Exports have increased<br />

by 40 per cent<br />

to more than $2 billion<br />

a year.<br />

The company, which<br />

holds the Hellyer Mill<br />

and tailings facility, has<br />

started producing concentrate<br />

and expects to<br />

produce commercial<br />

quantities by the end of<br />

this month.<br />

NQ Minerals has advised<br />

they’ve met their<br />

timeframe and budget<br />

and this is due to the exceptional<br />

skills of their<br />

North West workforce.<br />

Other reprocessing<br />

will include silver and<br />

lead. The company has<br />

committed to give <strong>Tasmanian</strong>s<br />

preference for<br />

the jobs where possible.<br />

Mining companies<br />

employ more than 4000<br />

people, or almost double<br />

employment levels of<br />

three years ago.<br />

In the 12 months to the<br />

end of July 2017 mining<br />

and mineral processing<br />

represented more than<br />

half the state’s net export<br />

value.<br />

The industry also<br />

contributes significantly,<br />

through service provision<br />

and the supply<br />

chain, to the state’s regional<br />

economies.<br />

There are 10 major<br />

mines in the state and six<br />

major mineral processing<br />

facilities. Over the<br />

three years 2017 to 2020<br />

the mining sector will<br />

contribute almost $110<br />

million in royalties to<br />

taxpayers and their families.<br />

That’s money we<br />

can redirect to essential<br />

services such as police,<br />

hospitals and schools.<br />

The State Government<br />

is providing almost $10<br />

million to the Mt Lyell<br />

Copper Mine for works<br />

associated with resuming<br />

operations.<br />

We are providing $3.5<br />

million in payroll tax relief<br />

for the Avebury Mine<br />

restart which is expected<br />

to begin operations next<br />

January, creating more<br />

than 200 jobs in mining,<br />

processing and administration.<br />

There’s plenty of other<br />

mining activity ramping<br />

up at the moment.<br />

Mining in Tasmania is on the up.<br />

The Rogetta Mine,<br />

south of Burnie, was recently<br />

granted approval<br />

for a $100 million iron<br />

ore mine, creating more<br />

than 200 jobs during<br />

construction and up<br />

to 100 permanent jobs<br />

when operational.<br />

Grange Resources’<br />

Savage River operation<br />

is adding 54 jobs while<br />

investing $10 million in<br />

stage one of a feasibility<br />

study to investigate<br />

accessing the ore body<br />

through underground<br />

mining.<br />

Mineral exploration in<br />

Tasmania was $6.6 million<br />

in the June quarter<br />

this year representing a<br />

43.5 per cent more than<br />

the value recorded in the<br />

June quarter last year.<br />

The year to year increase<br />

nationally was<br />

28.9 per cent. That’s a<br />

huge expression of faith<br />

in our mineral resource<br />

potential.<br />

In addition, the Government<br />

is backing more<br />

mineral exploration with<br />

$2 million in grants<br />

which provides 50 per<br />

cent of drilling costs on<br />

successful programs.<br />

And with the benefit<br />

of a consistently low<br />

value dollar, <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

exports are at record<br />

levels.<br />

Mining is the bedrock<br />

of resource development<br />

in this state, exporting a<br />

near record $3.68 billion<br />

in goods to the year July<br />

<strong>2018</strong>.<br />

This is a 29.2 per cent<br />

growth on the previous<br />

year, demonstrating we<br />

are well on our way to<br />

meeting the Government’s<br />

target of a 50<br />

per cent increase in new<br />

mining ventures over<br />

five years.<br />

www.tcci.com.au<br />

Labor seeks<br />

policy input<br />

Rebecca<br />

White<br />

Labor Leader<br />

THIS month I was pleased to welcome Victorian<br />

Trade and Investment Minister Philip Dalidakis<br />

to two trade roundtables in Tasmania.<br />

The roundtables in Launceston and Hobart<br />

were an opportunity for local businesses to engage<br />

and strengthen trade relationships with<br />

Victoria.<br />

Labor is taking a constructive, proactive and<br />

positive approach to the economy from opposition<br />

and it was pleasing to see so many local<br />

businesses in attendance.<br />

Thank you to the Launceston Chamber of<br />

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

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for jointly<br />

hosting the events.<br />

Attendees shared their experiences and<br />

heard from Mr Dalidakis about the Victorian<br />

Government’s trade activities and lessons we<br />

can learn from their approach.<br />

The vast bulk of <strong>Tasmanian</strong> exports pass<br />

through the Port of Melbourne – whether<br />

bound for the mainland or overseas. That<br />

makes Victoria our number-one trading partner.<br />

Just because Labor is in opposition, it does<br />

not mean we can’t help <strong>Tasmanian</strong> producers<br />

reach their full potential.<br />

I want to have real conversations about ideas<br />

that will make it easier for local businesses to<br />

reach new markets. This was a key reason behind<br />

Labor’s policy to form Industry Advisory<br />

Councils in key sectors of the economy.<br />

The IACs will be a forum to discuss challenges<br />

and opportunities for each industry.<br />

The IACs will be used as a sounding board<br />

for the development of policies Labor will take<br />

to the next election.<br />

If you are interested in joining an IAC,<br />

please get in touch.<br />

‘Reasonably practicable’<br />

- just what does it mean?<br />

REASONABLY practicable<br />

is the term used<br />

as a qualifier for duty of<br />

care.<br />

What does that mean<br />

for you the Person Conducting<br />

a <strong>Business</strong> or<br />

Undertaking (PCBU)?<br />

What is your requirement<br />

under the Act as a<br />

duty holder?<br />

Under the previous<br />

WHS Act there was not<br />

a definition of the term<br />

reasonably practicable<br />

- it relied on legal precedent<br />

to determine what<br />

it meant.<br />

With the implementation<br />

of the new WHS Act<br />

and regulations in 2013,<br />

the term was defined as:<br />

That which is, or was at<br />

a particular time, reasonably<br />

able to be done to<br />

ensure health and safety,<br />

taking into account and<br />

weighing up all relevant<br />

matters including:<br />

(a) the likelihood of<br />

the hazard or the risk<br />

Craig<br />

Hortle<br />

Workplace Health & Safety<br />

What is your requirement<br />

under the Act as a<br />

duty holder?<br />

concerned occurring;<br />

(b) the degree of<br />

harm that might result<br />

from the hazard or the<br />

risk;<br />

(c) what the person<br />

concerned knows, or<br />

ought reasonably to<br />

know, about the hazard<br />

or risk, and ways of<br />

eliminating or minimising<br />

the risk;<br />

(d) the availability<br />

and suitability of ways<br />

to eliminate or minimise<br />

the risk, and<br />

(e) Is this reasonably<br />

practicable.<br />

After assessing the<br />

extent of the risk and<br />

the available ways of<br />

eliminating or minimising<br />

the risk, the cost associated<br />

with available<br />

ways of eliminating or<br />

minimising the risk,<br />

including whether the<br />

cost is grossly disproportionate<br />

to the risk.<br />

So a PCBU duty<br />

holder needs to meet<br />

the behaviour expected<br />

of a reasonable person<br />

in their position confronted<br />

with the same<br />

duty or circumstances.<br />

As the duty holder the<br />

PCBU should consider<br />

“what can be done” or<br />

what is possible in the<br />

circumstances for ensuring<br />

health safety.<br />

Then consider if it is<br />

reasonable in the circumstances<br />

to do all<br />

that is possible. This<br />

means you should do all<br />

that is possible unless it<br />

reasonable to do less.<br />

This ensures that<br />

workers will receive the<br />

highest form of protection<br />

that is reasonably<br />

practicable.<br />

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contact Craig Hortle or<br />

Janelle Whitehouse at<br />

the TCCI on 1300 559<br />

122 or safety@TCCI.<br />

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

FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />

WH&S experts look to future<br />

THE coming decades are expected<br />

to present a host of new challenges<br />

for those tasked with keeping their<br />

workplaces healthy and safe.<br />

From an ageing workforce to the<br />

ever-extending reach of new technologies,<br />

these and other significant<br />

changes are likely to have disruptive<br />

impacts on the Australian working<br />

environment.<br />

Anticipating these impacts and<br />

preparing for a range of plausible futures<br />

is an important step in ensuring<br />

the long-term effectiveness of our<br />

workplace safety and workers compensation<br />

systems.<br />

Tasmania’s work health, safety<br />

and wellbeing professionals will<br />

be invited to address these challenges<br />

at an upcoming two-day<br />

conference at the Hotel Grand<br />

Chancellor Hobart.<br />

Hosted by WorkSafe Tasmania,<br />

the “Future Work, Future Challenges”<br />

Conference on <strong>October</strong> 22<br />

and 23 will focus on the trends<br />

and innovations that will shape<br />

the work health, safety and wellbeing<br />

landscape into the future.<br />

One of the key themes that will<br />

be addressed at the conference<br />

will be technological advancements<br />

—a major driver behind a<br />

changing workplace — and how<br />

they are managed from a work<br />

health, safety and wellbeing perspective.<br />

Other themes that will be explored<br />

are employment patterns<br />

and structures which are shifting<br />

with the introduction of freelance<br />

task-based work.<br />

These are happening within the<br />

broader context of Australia’s ageing<br />

workforce and rising levels of stress<br />

A key theme of the conference will be technological advances.<br />

and chronic disease.<br />

From the challenges associated<br />

with the extended reach of automated<br />

systems and robotics, which will<br />

alter how we work, to the rise of<br />

workplace stress and mental health<br />

issues, it is imperative these matters<br />

are appropriately considered now.<br />

While new technologies and ways<br />

of working introduce new risks and<br />

challenges for work health and safety<br />

and workers compensation, they<br />

also have the potential to make work<br />

safer and reduce workplace injury.<br />

The “Future Work, Future Challenges”<br />

Conference will enable employers<br />

and decision makers to begin<br />

thinking about possible futures before<br />

they eventuate, and make wiser<br />

planning and strategic decisions.<br />

Conference keynote speakers include<br />

well-known journalist, author<br />

and speaker Brad Howarth who will<br />

also be the conference facilitator.<br />

Brad has spent the last two decades<br />

examining and communicating<br />

the impact technology has on<br />

business and society.<br />

Other speakers include Professor<br />

David Dunstan PhD, Head of the<br />

Physical Activity Laboratory at the<br />

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in<br />

Melbourne; and Tania Van der Stap,<br />

the Founder and Principal Director<br />

of ALIGN Risk Management.<br />

A highlight of the conference is<br />

the WorkSafe Tasmania awards and<br />

cocktail evening hosted by John X.<br />

The <strong>2018</strong> WorkSafe Conference is<br />

part of WorkSafe Month and aligns<br />

with its theme of “Future Work, Future<br />

Challenges”, which aims to raise<br />

awareness and discussion around the<br />

new work health and safety issues<br />

arising as workplaces adapt to shifting<br />

external and internal conditions.<br />

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Treatment<br />

delays cost<br />

the young<br />

IT IS no secret that private<br />

health insurance<br />

funds need younger<br />

members to be sustainable.<br />

However, the issue of<br />

affordability is often at<br />

the forefront when those<br />

in the 20-40 age bracket<br />

are deciding to take out<br />

insurance.<br />

There is often a mindset<br />

when a person is<br />

young, fit and healthy<br />

that they are indestructible<br />

and no adverse medical<br />

episode will happen<br />

to them. They often think<br />

the money would be better<br />

spent on a holiday, education,<br />

housing or energy<br />

costs.<br />

Current participation<br />

rates of young people in<br />

private health insurance<br />

is low, while those over<br />

75 continue to rise.<br />

When young people do<br />

have insurance, it is usually<br />

for general treatment<br />

services like dental, optical<br />

and physio or on basic<br />

hospital policies.<br />

In a recent article for<br />

St.LukesHealth, orthopaedic<br />

surgeon Professor<br />

Bernie Einoder explained<br />

that while those aged between<br />

15 and 35 had the<br />

lowest uptake of private<br />

health insurance they<br />

were often the highest users<br />

of emergency departments<br />

across the nation<br />

and were then referred<br />

to a public patient outpatient<br />

clinic or put on a<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong> 9<br />

NEWS<br />

Employers of Choice already one step ahead<br />

BECOMING an Employer of Choice<br />

puts a business one step ahead in finding,<br />

keeping and motivating staff. It is<br />

also a label that businesses can hang<br />

their hat on, in the community and<br />

with clients.<br />

Now is the chance to join more than<br />

100 of our best business, community<br />

and service organisations that are<br />

already Employers of Choice, with<br />

entries now open for the 2019 awards.<br />

The awards recognise local organisations<br />

that demonstrate contemporary<br />

workplace practices and outstanding<br />

support for their staff while building<br />

Tasmania’s reputation as a great place<br />

to work and live.<br />

Nominating for Employer of Choice<br />

accreditation has benefits in itself, by<br />

making businesses look closely at their<br />

achievements and the impact they have<br />

on the lives of their people.<br />

Lynne Rayner from <strong>2018</strong> winner,<br />

Blackmans Bay Childrens Services,<br />

said it was a positive experience, especially<br />

for staff.<br />

“It gave us a sound platform for<br />

engaging new staff and clients as well<br />

Paul<br />

Lupo<br />

long-term waiting list for<br />

surgery.<br />

“The problem is if you<br />

have a non-emergency<br />

issue and you don’t have<br />

private health insurance,<br />

you have to wait on a list<br />

to be treated as a public<br />

patient in a public hospital.,”<br />

Professor Einoder<br />

said.<br />

“If you cannot pay off<br />

your house or pay your<br />

kids school fees because<br />

you have a cruciate ligament<br />

tear and you’re a<br />

window cleaner climbing<br />

up and down ladders all<br />

day, then you’re out of a<br />

job.<br />

“I see young patients<br />

time and time again who<br />

have health insurance<br />

cover that is not adequate.<br />

If you’re covered<br />

for physio, chiro, orthotics<br />

or glasses that is all<br />

well and good, but you<br />

must have hospital cover<br />

that provides for a doctor<br />

of your choice and it must<br />

be a policy that’s the appropriate<br />

level of cover.<br />

“The price of free public<br />

care for our youth is<br />

delay, pain and a loss of<br />

income, which can also<br />

lead to the breakdown of<br />

as setting a benchmark for the future.<br />

It was humbling at how far we have<br />

come,” she said.<br />

Mel Lawrence from another <strong>2018</strong><br />

inductee, TasNetworks, said the awards<br />

were a great way to help an organisation<br />

grow and form a common<br />

purpose.<br />

“The process uncovered what our<br />

team members value in our organisation<br />

and highlighted our common drive<br />

to build better ways of working for our<br />

people,” Ms Lawrence said.<br />

Tim Wass from Knight Frank Tasmania<br />

said accreditation had benefits both<br />

within and external to the business and<br />

helped in attracting and retaining the<br />

best staff.<br />

“There was genuine excitement in<br />

the business when advised we were an<br />

award winner. Externally it is a great<br />

marketing tool to promote the business,”<br />

Mr Wass said.<br />

Entries in the 2019 Employer of<br />

Choice Awards close on 20 December<br />

<strong>2018</strong>.<br />

For more information, visit www.<br />

business.tas.gov.au/eoc<br />

CEO, StLukesHealth<br />

relationships. It may be<br />

a non-emergency but it’s<br />

going to be bad enough to<br />

interfere with your work<br />

commitments, family and<br />

sporting life.”<br />

The Australian Government<br />

is working<br />

alongside the private<br />

health insurance industry<br />

to deliver a package<br />

of reforms that aims to<br />

put downward pressure<br />

on premiums and make<br />

it easier for consumers to<br />

afford private health insurance.<br />

The government’s<br />

Lifetime Health Cover<br />

initiative is designed to<br />

encourage people to take<br />

out hospital insurance<br />

earlier in life and maintain<br />

that cover to avoid<br />

a two per cent loading<br />

on your premium for every<br />

year you are over 31.<br />

Changes have also been<br />

made around prostheses<br />

and improved access to<br />

mental health services.<br />

There are also moves<br />

by the government to<br />

introduce discounts on<br />

private health insurance<br />

premiums of up to 10 per<br />

cent for those aged 18-29<br />

from April 2019.<br />

Lynne Rayner and her team from Blackmans Bay Childrens Services with Deputy Premier Jeremy<br />

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

FOCUS ON BUSINESS<br />

IT collaboration recognised<br />

A COLLABORATION<br />

between TasTAFE and<br />

an IT solutions company,<br />

which creates job opportunities<br />

for ICT graduates<br />

has been recognised<br />

with a <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Tasmanian</strong><br />

Training Award.<br />

TasTAFE and global<br />

ICT solutions company,<br />

DXC Technology Australia,<br />

won the Industry<br />

Collaboration Award at<br />

the state’s peak vocational<br />

education and training<br />

awards, announced in<br />

Hobart on September 7.<br />

The two organisations<br />

worked together to develop<br />

a unique work<br />

placement program for<br />

TasTAFE’s Certificate IV<br />

ICT students to specifically<br />

suit an IT outsourcing<br />

environment. While<br />

studying at TasTAFE,<br />

students complete a sixmonth<br />

work placement at<br />

DXC’s service desk Centre<br />

of Excellence in Hobart,<br />

giving them hands<br />

on skills as well as teaching<br />

them about DXC’s<br />

service culture.<br />

TasTAFE CEO, Jenny<br />

Dodd, said the on-going<br />

program has enormous<br />

benefits for both DXC<br />

Technology Australia<br />

and the students who participate.<br />

“The program has allowed<br />

many ICT graduates<br />

to stay in Tasmania<br />

and gain their first ICT<br />

job. Eighty one per cent<br />

of program graduates<br />

have gone on to employment<br />

at the completion of<br />

the program compared to<br />

an industry average of 22<br />

per cent.<br />

“The collaboration<br />

also creates a trained labour<br />

pipeline for DXC<br />

with 64 per cent of<br />

DXC’s Hobart staff made<br />

up of TasTAFE program<br />

graduates. 73 per cent<br />

of DXC’s top performing<br />

staff in their Hobart<br />

Centre of Excellence<br />

are graduates of the program.<br />

“This is just one example<br />

of how TasTAFE<br />

works with industry to<br />

meet their skills needs,<br />

while also creating employment<br />

opportunities<br />

for our students,” Ms<br />

Dodd said.<br />

TasTAFE enjoyed significant<br />

success at the<br />

<strong>2018</strong> <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Training<br />

Awards, with students,<br />

staff and programs<br />

winning seven awards<br />

overall.<br />

Drysdale-trained apprentice<br />

Harry Cuthbertson<br />

was named Apprentice<br />

of the Year. Harry,<br />

34, completed a Certificate<br />

III in Commercial<br />

Cookery at Drysdale<br />

Devonport. He was selected<br />

from a field of<br />

nine finalists in the apprentice<br />

category for the<br />

prestigious award, and<br />

will represent Tasmania<br />

at the Australian Train-<br />

TOP RIGHT: DXC Technology’s Joe<br />

Coppola, left, TasTAFE CEO Jenny Dodd, DXC<br />

Head of Service Desk Services, John<br />

Schumacher, TasTAFE Division Manager,<br />

Technology, Trades and Engineering, Kerryn<br />

Meredith-Sotiris; DXC’s Tobbie Turner and<br />

TasTAFE IT teacher, Anne Pennington.<br />

TOP LEFT: TasTAFE CEO Jenny Dodd, left,<br />

Apprentice of the Year Harry Cuthbertson,<br />

Education and Training Minister Jeremy<br />

Rockliff and 2017 Apprentice of the Year,<br />

Ashton Brown.<br />

ABOVE: TasTAFE CEO Jenny Dodd, ,left, and<br />

VET Teacher of the Year, Gini Ennals.<br />

ing Awards in Sydney in<br />

November.<br />

Ms Dodd said it was<br />

great to see an apprentice<br />

of Harry’s calibre recognised.<br />

“We’re thrilled that<br />

through our training at<br />

Drysdale, we have contributed<br />

to Harry’s success.<br />

We train our apprentices<br />

in partnership with<br />

industry, so this award<br />

is testament to Harry’s<br />

hard work and the quality<br />

of the training he has<br />

received at Drysdale and<br />

in his employment,” Ms<br />

Dodd said.<br />

Drysdale is the tourism<br />

and hospitality training<br />

division of TasTAFE.<br />

TasTAFE Young Migrant<br />

Education Program<br />

teacher, Gini Ennals, was<br />

named VET Teacher/<br />

Trainer of the Year.<br />

The YMEP program,<br />

established in 2011,<br />

works with about 100<br />

students every year and<br />

gives students the foundation<br />

skills they need<br />

to continue studying and<br />

settle in Australia successfully.<br />

Gini was one<br />

of the teachers who recognised<br />

the need for this<br />

program and worked to<br />

establish it.<br />

Gini says: “Being a<br />

foundations skills teacher<br />

I see people get a handle<br />

on reading, writing,<br />

numeracy and learning<br />

English. It is a thrill for<br />

me, but of course it is<br />

crucial for many of our<br />

students. They see the<br />

world opening up, suddenly<br />

new opportunities<br />

seem possible and the<br />

opportunities in VET are<br />

many.”<br />

Gini will also represent<br />

Tasmania at the Australian<br />

Training Awards<br />

in November.<br />

TasTAFE-trained students were also recognised in<br />

the following categories:<br />

Vocational Student of the Year: Cassandra<br />

Brown - Diploma of Accounting. Employer: The<br />

Tax Centre, Devonport.<br />

School-based Apprentice/Trainee of the Year:<br />

Bronte Richardson (Hellyer College) - Certificate<br />

III in Engineering-Technical. Employer: Direct<br />

Edge Manufacturing.<br />

Award-Winning Training<br />

TasTAFE is proud to see our quality training recognised with seven<br />

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We play an important role in Tasmania’s growing economy, providing skilled workers for business.<br />

As the public training provider we align our training to the state’s growth industries and<br />

provide skills to meet Tasmania’s economic and social needs.<br />

Our partnerships with industry, and our practical training ensure our graduates are job-ready<br />

and skilled-up when they leave us - and that’s a win-win for them and for you!<br />

TasTAFE’s <strong>2018</strong> <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Training Award Winners:<br />

INDUSTRY COLLABORATION AWARD<br />

TasTAFE and DXC Technology Australia<br />

APPRENTICE OF THE YEAR<br />

Harry Cuthbertson - Certificate III in Commercial Cookery<br />

VET TEACHER/TRAINER OF THE YEAR<br />

Virginia Ennals - TasTAFE Young Migrant Education Program<br />

ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDENT OF THE YEAR<br />

Lydia Scotney - Diploma of Nursing<br />

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VOCATIONAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR<br />

Cassandra Brown - Diploma of Accounting<br />

Equity Vocational Student of the Year: Nyang<br />

Kon – Certs I, II and III in Spoken and Written<br />

English and Cert III in Employment and Training.<br />

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student<br />

of the Year: Lydia Scotney (Diploma of Nursing)<br />

Employer: OneCare (Bishop Davis Court, Kingston.<br />

SCHOOL-BASED APPRENTICE/TRAINEE OF THE YEAR<br />

Bronte Richardson - Certificate III in Engineering - Technical<br />

EQUITY VOCATIONAL STUDENT OF THE YEAR<br />

Nyang Kon - Certificates I, II and III in Spoken and Written English;<br />

Certificate III in Employment and Training.<br />

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

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP<br />

Degree adds<br />

value on<br />

the farm<br />

THOSE who come from<br />

farms understand the true<br />

value agriculture brings to<br />

the <strong>Tasmanian</strong> economy<br />

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

While I cannot claim to<br />

have come from a farm, I<br />

am a product of a farming<br />

heritage which involves<br />

my grandparents farming<br />

at Kindred on the North<br />

West Coast for 50 plus<br />

years.<br />

I spent many a school<br />

holiday earning a few extra<br />

dollars moving irrigation<br />

and walking behind<br />

a tractor in the paddock<br />

plugging holes the planter<br />

missed.<br />

Later I progressed into<br />

a trade which had me visiting<br />

farms almost weekly<br />

repairing equipment, often<br />

in the rain, in the middle of<br />

LeeWhiteley<br />

University College<br />

Chief Executive<br />

a paddock, with a farmer<br />

nearby anxiously waiting<br />

to get on with the job.<br />

Of course, I also benefited<br />

from the well-renowned<br />

famers’ lunch and<br />

morning teas, lovingly<br />

prepared, which I carefully<br />

planned my day around<br />

to arrive at the right time<br />

knowing that country hospitality<br />

mandated an invitation.<br />

While the University<br />

of Tasmania offers many<br />

specific exemplary courses<br />

in agriculture, it also<br />

recognises that the business<br />

of agriculture is of<br />

high importance to the industry<br />

more broadly and<br />

that there are many touch<br />

points where people can<br />

be employed not only in,<br />

but around, the on-farm<br />

component.<br />

The University College<br />

offers one such course<br />

through the two-year Associate<br />

Degree in Agribusiness.<br />

This course is designed<br />

to be an applied pathway<br />

for people who are already<br />

working in, or who<br />

are seeking a qualification<br />

that will assist them<br />

to find employment in, or<br />

alongside, the agricultural<br />

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technology and innovation.<br />

The Associate Degree<br />

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completing this course.<br />

www.tcci.com.au<br />

Best to buy or build?<br />

Dean<br />

Demeyer<br />

<strong>Business</strong> Broker<br />

IN A recent study by Seek <strong>Business</strong>,<br />

in regional areas of Australia,<br />

39 per cent of people are thinking<br />

of buying an existing business,<br />

compared to 38 per cent who<br />

would start a business from scratch.<br />

Because I earn my living as a<br />

business broker, I’m only really<br />

interested in the first group.<br />

Let me explain the advantage of<br />

buying an existing business. You<br />

never know I may influence some<br />

more potential buyers.<br />

Advantages of buying an existing<br />

business:<br />

• Cash flow is immediate as you<br />

have all the resources on hand to<br />

generate revenues.<br />

• The difficult start-up work to<br />

get the business up and running<br />

will have been done.<br />

• It may be easier to obtain finance,<br />

as the business will have an<br />

existing financial history.<br />

• A market for the product or<br />

service will have already been<br />

demonstrated.<br />

• There will be established customers,<br />

a reliable income, goodwill<br />

to capitalise and build on and a<br />

useful network of contacts.<br />

• A business plan, processes and<br />

procedures, and marketing methods<br />

should already be in place.<br />

• Existing employees should<br />

have experience you can draw on.<br />

• Many of the problems and mistakes<br />

you would otherwise make<br />

have been discovered and solved.<br />

• The previous owner can provide<br />

you with advice while you<br />

settle in.<br />

Ideally any business you buy<br />

needs to fit your own skills, lifestyle<br />

and aspirations. Before you<br />

start looking, think about what you<br />

can bring to a business and what<br />

you’d like to get back. I highly<br />

recommend a discussion with a<br />

consultative business broker whose<br />

primary objective is to find you a<br />

business that fits that profile. Experience<br />

tells me; about 50 per cent<br />

of buyer enquirers end up buying a<br />

different business than the one they<br />

initially enquired about.<br />

Dean Demeyer is a chartered<br />

accountant and consultative<br />

business broker<br />

Big on learning,<br />

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Study an associate degree and advance your career.<br />

Working at Blokker Pty Ltd, Taylor Franklin-Smith never considered<br />

higher education until receiving encouragement from her employer.<br />

“When looking for courses, I found the Associate Degree in Agribusiness.<br />

It’s local, I can study it part-time, and my boss said go for it.<br />

“The associate degree is supporting me in my ever-changing role within<br />

the company. The new-found awareness of the industry has given me a<br />

more in-depth understanding of how my workplace functions behind<br />

the scenes.”<br />

The new two-year associate degrees offered by University College are ideal<br />

for students who are already working in industry, as they can be studied<br />

full-time or part-time.<br />

To find out more about studying an associate degree or supporting<br />

your staff to undertake study, visit utas.edu.au/college or<br />

phone 1300 363 864.<br />

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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong> 13<br />

University heading west<br />

THE University of Tasmania<br />

is progressing a<br />

push to improve access<br />

to education and training<br />

on the state’s West Coast.<br />

Vice-Chancellor Professor<br />

Rufus Black said<br />

the most recent census<br />

figures showed that only<br />

4.5 per cent of West<br />

Coast residents had a tertiary<br />

or higher education.<br />

“In line with our social<br />

mission, this university<br />

has a key role to<br />

play in helping increase<br />

the volume and diversity<br />

of residents engaged in<br />

learning by working with<br />

the community, government,<br />

council, industry<br />

and business representatives,”<br />

Professor Black<br />

said.<br />

“We are exploring options<br />

that support young<br />

people leaving school,<br />

displaced workers who<br />

could be reskilled, and<br />

members of the community<br />

who have never<br />

considered pathways<br />

towards furthering their<br />

education or training.<br />

“This will take a number<br />

of forms, and we<br />

hope that our programs<br />

can be embedded into<br />

existing community sites<br />

and infrastructure across<br />

the West Coast region.”<br />

Pro Vice-Chancellor<br />

Professor David Adams<br />

(Community, Part-<br />

nerships and Regional<br />

Development) said<br />

the university would be<br />

focusing on three key<br />

groups.<br />

“The region faces a<br />

number of distinctive<br />

challenges; population<br />

decline and transition, its<br />

distance from urban centres,<br />

and perceptions that<br />

education and training<br />

options are not aligned<br />

with local employment<br />

The region<br />

faces a number<br />

of distinctive<br />

challenges<br />

opportunities,” Professor<br />

Adams said.<br />

Projects currently under<br />

development include<br />

community learning<br />

programs, short courses<br />

and the roll-out of industry-relevant<br />

associate<br />

degrees, the creation<br />

of a regional study hub,<br />

the introduction of the<br />

Children’s University,<br />

tourism workshops and<br />

potentially, the roll-out<br />

of a project aimed at<br />

increasing digital inclusion.<br />

“The university has<br />

recruited a community<br />

learning officer who will<br />

help implement these<br />

objectives, working<br />

closely with the West<br />

Coast Council’s newly-established<br />

Education<br />

and Training Advisory<br />

Committee and the<br />

broader community,”<br />

Professor Adams said.<br />

NEWS<br />

Tassie’s<br />

vintage<br />

best yet<br />

TASMANIA’S wine<br />

grape harvest set new records<br />

for value and volume,<br />

Wine Tasmania’s<br />

<strong>2018</strong> wine grape vintage<br />

report says.<br />

The <strong>2018</strong> vintage was<br />

the earliest, quickest and<br />

largest to date, with a record<br />

16,280 tonnes harvested.<br />

Wine Tasmania’s vintage<br />

survey also reports<br />

on a record average price<br />

paid for <strong>Tasmanian</strong> wine<br />

grapes of $2,977 per<br />

tonne, with Tasmania<br />

producing just 0.91%<br />

of Australia’s total wine<br />

grapes but representing<br />

4.37% of its value.<br />

Public input sought on Dove Lake shelter<br />

THE Dove Lake viewing shelter development<br />

proposal and environmental impact<br />

statement have been released for public<br />

comment.<br />

The designs are part of the Government’s<br />

$56.8 million investment at Cradle Mountain,<br />

which is being matched by the Federal<br />

Government, to prepare for an expected<br />

half a million visitors a year by 2050.<br />

Improvements at Dove Lake include<br />

a new viewing shelter that consists of<br />

an arrival chamber and two viewing<br />

chambers connected by what’s been described<br />

as “cave like” passages, with a<br />

180-square-metre central courtyard containing<br />

ancillary buildings for walker registration,<br />

locker facilities and kiosk.<br />

Upgrades also include a bus shelter and<br />

amenities building, an external viewing<br />

area, bus turning area, parking, a connection<br />

to the Dove Lake walking tracks and a<br />

viewing platform adjacent to Glacier Rock.<br />

The DPEIS will be on display for six<br />

weeks and public information sessions will<br />

be held at Cradle Valley, Devonport, Launceston<br />

and Hobart.<br />

Submissions close on <strong>October</strong>21.<br />

Feedback from the community will help<br />

refine the Development Approval that will<br />

be submitted to the Kentish Council, with<br />

work expected to be tendered late this year.<br />

More detail is available on the Parks and<br />

Wildlife Service website - www.parks.tas.<br />

gov.au.<br />

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14 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong><br />

NEWS APPOINTMENTS and ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />

Brekkie with a mission<br />

HOBART City Mission<br />

and Men’s Resources<br />

Tasmania have partnered<br />

to host an International<br />

Men’s Day fundraising<br />

breakfast, the Blokes<br />

BBQ Breakfast.<br />

The event aims to encourage<br />

conversation<br />

between men in Southern<br />

Tasmania while also<br />

raising funds for Hobart<br />

City Mission’s DIY Dads<br />

Program and Men’s Resources<br />

Tasmania.<br />

On Monday November<br />

19 at the Goods Shed,<br />

Mac Point, the event will<br />

feature a live acoustic<br />

set from Tassie band,<br />

Luca Brasi and will be<br />

attended by Tassie-born<br />

ironman champion, Matt<br />

Bevilacqua.<br />

Tickets are on sale<br />

from <strong>October</strong> 1, and includes<br />

unlimited breakfast,<br />

coffee, information<br />

from local service providers,<br />

give-aways, entertainment<br />

and a chance<br />

to support blokes in your<br />

community.<br />

“It is going to be a<br />

great opportunity to get<br />

men and women together<br />

in a casual setting to start<br />

the conversation around<br />

men and dads in our<br />

community,” says Hobart<br />

City Mission CEO<br />

John Stubley.<br />

Men’s Resources Tasmania<br />

is a community<br />

based, not-for-profit<br />

organisation that<br />

supports and promotes<br />

the well-being of men<br />

and boys in Tasmania.<br />

Hobart City Mission’s<br />

DIY Dads program provides<br />

eight self-contained<br />

units for dads with<br />

either full- or part-time<br />

care of their children,<br />

and provides support in<br />

life and parent skill training.<br />

Both Men’s Resources<br />

Tasmania and Hobart<br />

City Mission’s DIY<br />

Dads Program receive<br />

no on-going government<br />

funding and operate<br />

through the generosity of<br />

the community.<br />

Sponsorship opportunities<br />

are still available<br />

for businesses who<br />

would like to get involved<br />

with the event.<br />

For more information<br />

visit www.blokesbbqbreakfast.com.au<br />

Top venues crowned nation’s best<br />

THREE <strong>Tasmanian</strong> venues<br />

were crowned the<br />

best in the country at the<br />

Australian Hotels Association<br />

National Awards<br />

for Excellence on the<br />

Gold Coast.<br />

Formby Hotel and<br />

Frogmore Creek both<br />

claimed one award each<br />

while MACq01 Hotel<br />

took out two awards.<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Hospitality<br />

Association CEO Steve<br />

Old said it was a fantastic<br />

result and bode well<br />

for the state’s future.<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 />

“The judges suggested<br />

several of our venues ran<br />

a close second”.<br />

MACq01 claimed the<br />

title of Best Superior Accommodation<br />

and Overall<br />

Hotel of the Year –<br />

Accommodation.<br />

Frogmore Creek<br />

won the Best Regional<br />

Restaurant category,<br />

Formby Hotel won<br />

Best Regional Bistro.<br />

“It is great to see our<br />

venues get the acknowledgments<br />

that they so<br />

richly deserve,” Mr Old<br />

said.<br />

“It was a proud day to<br />

be involved.”AHA PIC<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> Hospitality Association president Paul Jubb, left, operations<br />

manager for the Goodstone Group, owners of the Formby Hotel, Mark<br />

Cadle and THA CEO Steve Old.<br />

IN BRIEF<br />

Rum makes a return<br />

DERWENT Valley family-owned business, New Norfolk<br />

Distillery, plans to develop a $3 million distillery<br />

and cellar door in the Willow Court Precinct.<br />

Director Justin Derksen said the driving force behind<br />

the proposal was the desire to see positive developments<br />

in New Norfolk which attract more visitors<br />

and jobs.<br />

“Our proposal for the Willow Court Precinct includes<br />

the development of Tasmania’s first rum distillery<br />

in more than 150 years with a cellar door, bar<br />

and function centre,” Mr Derksen said.<br />

“Living and working in New Norfolk, our family<br />

has strong ties to the region and we are really excited<br />

about the prospect of bringing a new business to the<br />

area that we hope both locals and visitors will enjoy<br />

year-round.”<br />

Mr Derksen is also the owner of New Norfolk based<br />

construction business, Crusader Homes, and said they<br />

planned to employ an additional three apprentices<br />

from the start of the construction phase.<br />

“Once the distillery is operational, we expect to create<br />

20 jobs in the local region,” he said.<br />

“We also have plans to work with New Norfolk<br />

High School to offer hospitality traineeships.”<br />

Apprentice applications<br />

APPLICATIONS are now open for the User Choice<br />

Program, with $20 million available to subside the<br />

cost of training apprentices and trainees.<br />

The State Government program aims to build on<br />

growth in the industry.<br />

The latest data shows apprentice and trainee construction<br />

workers had increased by 11.6 per cent to<br />

1,930 over the year to March, more than two-and-ahalf<br />

times the national average.<br />

Construction worker commencements have also increased<br />

in Tasmania by 24.4 per cent compared to 9.8<br />

per cent nationally, and completions increased by 4.3<br />

per cent compared to 3.1 per cent nationally.<br />

Tasmania also has the highest overall apprentice<br />

and trainee contract completion rate in the country at<br />

more than 58 per cent.<br />

RACT Insurance leads the local field<br />

RACT Insurance has<br />

been named Small – Medium<br />

General Insurance<br />

Company of the Year at<br />

the ANZIIF Awards evening<br />

in Sydney.<br />

The industry awards<br />

honour the achievements<br />

of companies within the<br />

national insurance market<br />

and celebrate the<br />

highest standards of excellence,<br />

professionalism<br />

and performance in<br />

the industry.<br />

“I am tremendously<br />

proud to accept this<br />

award and delighted the<br />

hard work and passion of<br />

the team at RACT Insurance<br />

has been recognised<br />

in this way,” said RACT<br />

Insurance CEO, Trent<br />

Sayers.<br />

“It is a privilege for a<br />

<strong>Tasmanian</strong> company to<br />

be recognised for our excellence<br />

amongst a strong<br />

field of Australia’s bestknown<br />

insurance companies.”<br />

Earlier this year,<br />

RACT Insurance was<br />

also named General Insurer<br />

of the Year for the<br />

third year running at the<br />

Roy Morgan Customer<br />

Satisfaction Awards.<br />

“We are committed to<br />

the ongoing training and<br />

development of our employees<br />

to make sure our<br />

customers receive the<br />

best possible service every<br />

time they interact<br />

with us.<br />

“We are Tasmania’s<br />

only local insurance<br />

company, being on the<br />

ground to support our<br />

customers when they<br />

need us most.”<br />

RACT Insurance Manager,<br />

<strong>Business</strong> Systems<br />

and Solutions<br />

Bill Callaway accepts<br />

the award.<br />

NW vies for forestry hub<br />

THE North West would be the best location for a new<br />

Federal Government Forestry Hub, says the region’s<br />

leaders. The Circular Head, Waratah-Wynyard and<br />

Burnie Council mayors have joined forces to lobby<br />

for the $20 million investment in renewable timber<br />

and wood fibre.<br />

“Our region is an obvious choice for one of these<br />

hubs, with plantation forestry an important sector in<br />

our economy and having a deep water Port of Burnie,”<br />

Burnie Mayor Alvwyn Boyd said.<br />

“Combined with recent news that Tasports is set to<br />

invest around $80 million here in the Port of Burnie,<br />

and the investment in the Bass Highway west of<br />

Burnie, this makes our region an ideal candidate.”<br />

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<strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong> 15<br />

EVENTS NEWS<br />

ABOVE: Liz Anderson of NAB, left, and Alison<br />

Stubbs of Sullivans Cove Apartments.<br />

ABOVE: Syliva Gunn of Storm Bay B&B, left, Oliva<br />

Sattler of Hadley’s Orient Hotel and<br />

Debby Gluskie from the Old Woolstore.<br />

ABOVE: Emily Caswell, left, Stephen Reid, Patrick<br />

Taskunas and Michael Fitzgerald – all of Deloitte.<br />

ABOVE: Deputy mayor candidate for Hobart City<br />

Council, Simon Behrakis, left, and Peter Scott of<br />

Xsquared Architects.<br />

ABOVE: Tourism Industry Council Tasmania CEO,<br />

Luke Martin, left, Destination Southern Tasmania<br />

Board Member Vin Barron and Scott Verdouw of<br />

Jaws Architects.<br />

What: <strong>Tasmanian</strong> Tourism<br />

Development Luncheon<br />

Where: Hadley’s Orient Hotel,<br />

Hobart<br />

When: Friday, September 21,<br />

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

LEFT: Mark<br />

Wilsdon of<br />

MONA, left,<br />

Harvey Lennon<br />

from RACT and<br />

Mike Glidden of<br />

HOSTPLUS.<br />

ABOVE: Nick Rorey of THA, left, Alan Nelson from the Old Woolstore<br />

and Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Merv Saltmarsh of THA and Dan Quintin<br />

from Gallagher.


16 <strong>Tasmanian</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Reporter</strong> - OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong><br />

PROPERTY MATTERS<br />

Hidden traps in office move<br />

Scott Newton<br />

Property Matters with<br />

Knight Frank<br />

Liam Coyle, Senior Commercial Asset<br />

Manager at Knight Frank Tasmania,<br />

reveals the planning and pitfalls of office<br />

relocation..<br />

RELOCATING an office is<br />

often an exciting time for a<br />

business.<br />

It is an opportunity to upgrade<br />

facilities, improve<br />

amenities and future proof for<br />

further expansion.<br />

It is very easy for a business<br />

to be swept up in the<br />

excitement and endless wish<br />

lists to their detriment.<br />

As technology and portability<br />

improves, we are seeing<br />

a trend emerge of more<br />

and more businesses becoming<br />

upwardly mobile which is<br />

fantastic from both a landlord<br />

and tenant perspective.<br />

While most relocations are<br />

relatively seamless, we do see<br />

some common mistakes made<br />

which can be easily avoided<br />

with proper planning.<br />

Take your time: Finding a<br />

suitable property or space and<br />

then undertaking the negotiation<br />

of a new lease will likely<br />

take longer than you expect,<br />

it is advisable to commence<br />

your search well before the<br />

expiration of your current<br />

lease.<br />

Leaving it until the last<br />

minute will erode your inherit<br />

negotiating power.<br />

Want vs Need: It is important<br />

to understand your<br />

core requirements, whether<br />

it be a minimum size, on-site<br />

car parking, level access etc.<br />

These core requirements<br />

are not negotiable. Avoid<br />

the common pitfall of being<br />

blindsided by desirable<br />

features, such as modern<br />

amenities or kitchen, and<br />

subsequently leasing a property<br />

that does not tick all your<br />

On the move ... relocating a business takes time and planning.<br />

“must have’’ boxes.<br />

Any concessions here are<br />

likely to have far reaching<br />

consequences and costs into<br />

the future. Similarly, you<br />

may find yourself paying<br />

more rent for accommodation<br />

that does not meet your core<br />

needs.<br />

Budget: Again, a common<br />

mistake we see is the failing<br />

of a business to complete an<br />

accurate and, most importantly,<br />

realistic budget.<br />

Generally, rental budget is<br />

understood but businesses often<br />

fail to consider the additional<br />

capital required to meet<br />

any security deposit requirements.<br />

Similarly, fitout costs are<br />

also a common underestimation.<br />

Large scale fitout works are<br />

a huge upfront cost for any<br />

business, but even relatively<br />

minor changes such as signage,<br />

stationery, IT and even<br />

the cost of business downtime<br />

can all add up very quickly<br />

and have the potential to<br />

cause cashflow issues for the<br />

unwary.<br />

Timeline: Failing to agree<br />

to a realistic timeline is another<br />

common mistake.<br />

Relocating a business is a<br />

significant undertaking and<br />

requires substantial planning.<br />

In conjunction with all key<br />

stakeholders, be sure agree to<br />

a timeline that allows sufficient<br />

time for IT to be organised,<br />

fitout to be undertaken,<br />

customers and staff to be notified,<br />

new stationery and business<br />

cards to be printed and<br />

the often-forgotten requirement<br />

to physically relocate<br />

files, furniture etc.<br />

It would be possible to write<br />

a seemingly endless list of<br />

considerations but with careful<br />

and methodical planning<br />

in conjunction with working<br />

closely with your agent, project<br />

manager and architect you<br />

give your business the best<br />

chance of a very positive relocation<br />

experience.<br />

PROPERTY VIEW<br />

OCTOBER <strong>2018</strong><br />

Outline indicative only<br />

For sale by expressions of interest<br />

OPTIONS APLENTY<br />

1683 Channel Highway, Margate<br />

• Highly visible landmark, well known as ‘Pear<br />

Ridge’. Vast area for potential development<br />

• ‘Local <strong>Business</strong>’ zone provides a high degree<br />

of flexibility from various retail uses to residential<br />

• Current approved Planning Permit for ‘Visitor<br />

Accommodation’<br />

• This significantly underdeveloped property,<br />

with a site area of 5,938 sqm*, gives the savvy<br />

purchaser multiple options (STCA)<br />

• Café/function centre for 14+ years; large open<br />

plan single level building 220 sqm*. Seats up<br />

to 100 people; extensively landscaped gardens<br />

Richard Steedman 0408 559 046<br />

Matthew Wright 0458 290 588<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au/4446560<br />

For sale by expressions of interest<br />

MAJOR LAND AND BUILDINGS<br />

1063 Cambridge Road, Cambridge<br />

(*approx)<br />

Lot 1<br />

• Five (5) year lease to Emac Systembuilt<br />

at $220,000 pa net rent plus one (1) five (5)<br />

year option<br />

• 9,082 sqm* land, zoned “Light Industrial”<br />

• 4,250 sqm* building<br />

• 93 metre frontage to Cambridge Road<br />

Lot 2<br />

• 5,480 sqm* land, zoned “Light Industrial”<br />

• Tasman Highway exposure<br />

• Popular Cambridge location<br />

(*approx)<br />

For sale by expressions of interest<br />

“PALFREYMANS ARCADE”<br />

340-344 Elizabeth Street, Hobart<br />

• North Hobart’s highest profile asset being<br />

situated on the corner of Elizabeth & Burnett<br />

Streets<br />

• Strata titled with 3 units combining for a total<br />

strata area of 611 sqm*<br />

• Zoned: General <strong>Business</strong> providing good<br />

level of flexibility<br />

• A wonderful opportunity to secure a trophy<br />

Hobart asset<br />

• Current Gross Income of $188,388* per<br />

annum plus GST<br />

Matthew Wright 0458 290 588<br />

Richard Steedman 0408 559 046<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au/4452571<br />

(*approx)<br />

Outline indicative only<br />

Ian Reed 0419 670 501<br />

Scott Newton 0409 186 261<br />

View at KnightFrank.com.au<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

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