23 March 2010

23-Mar-2010

Welcome to RRD's Inside the Region for the 23rd March 2010. Below you'll find links to this fortnight's articles. Click on the link to jump to the article.

Jump to article:

• From the Desk of the Chief Executive
• Extraordinary General Meeting 
• Carbon Efficiency Directory
• Lunch with Savant Sebastian
• Round 3 Construction Managers
• Rockhampton Region Social Plan
• Ergon Energy Tidy Towns
• Telstra Business Insights
• Tendering for Government Business
• Charity Race Day
• Golden Mount Women's Breakfast

From the Desk of the Chief Executive

The meeting of the membership of Rockhampton Regional Development to be held on Thursday 25 March will be fundamental to the future shape of economic development in the Rockhampton region.

 

The meeting will consider a recommendation from RRD’s Board to merge with Capricorn Tourist and Development Organisation Inc to form a new combined economic development and tourism entity.

 

All RRD members have been invited to attend the meeting which will be held at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Queensland, 212 Quay Street, Rockhampton.

 

Members unable to attend the meeting personally should appoint a proxy who can exercise their vote.

 

Rick Palmer

Acting Chief Executive

Rockhampton Regional Development

back to top

Extraordinary General Meeting

Rockhampton Regional Development members will meet in an extraordinary general meeting to consider a recommendation from the Board to merge with Capricorn Tourism and Development Organisation Inc to form a new entity to represent the Rockhampton Region.

 

The meeting will take place at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Queensland, 212 Quay Street, Rockhampton on Thursday 25 March 2010 at 5.30pm.

 

The meeting will consider the following ordinary resolutions:

 

• That Rockhampton Regional Development Ltd (RRD) merge with Capricorn Tourism and Development Organisation Inc (CTDO) to form a new entity to represent the Rockhampton Region (provisionally called Enterprise CQ);

   

• The Board of Directors of RRD are authorised to determine and transfer the net assets and operations of the organisation to the new economic development and tourism entity; and

   

• The merger of RRD with CTDO is contingent on the approval of CTDO’s members to also transfer its net assets and operations to the same legal entity.

 

More information about the meeting can be found here.

back to top

Carbon Efficiency Directory

Do you have an energy efficiency baseline or even know where to start with a carbon footprint for your business?

 

If not, get a head start on your competitors by using RRD’s Carbon Directory.

 

If you have a baseline, let us know what it highlighted and what changes might benefit you. There may also be financial assistance available.

 

RRD has collated information on business assistance and networks for sustainability, climate change and carbon footprinting which can all be found in the Directory of Eco-Efficiency Tools and Programs.

 

General information is also available through the CQ Carbon Network.
back to top

Lunch with Savanth Sebastian

Rockhampton Regional Development and Commonwealth Bank invite you to attend their upcoming business lunch, featuring Savanth Sebastian, CommSec Equities Economist.

 

Savanth is responsible for analysis of economic trends in the Australian and global economy, as well as the likely impact on equity markets.

 

During the lunch, Savanth will present a look at the Australian budget and a summary of the global economy with particular focus on China and its impact.

 

The lunch will be held on Wednesday 14 April from 12 noon.

 

For more information about this networking opportunity, click here.
back to top

Round 3 Construction Managers

RRD have been advised that Abigroup, the Construction Managers for Round 2 for the Building the Education Revolution, have been awarded all the Round 3 Projects within Central Queensland.

 

Abigroup are calling for Expressions of Interest from builders for these Round 3 Projects, which total just over $28 M.

 

Only builders who are on the Queensland Government PQC 1 and 2 Lists can tender for this work.

 

An information pack is available by contacting Cortney Dixon on 3020 8200 or via email.

 

The March Major Projects Status Reports has also been released. Click here to view the latest reports.
back to top

Rockhampton Region Social Plan

Rockhampton Regional Council is current preparing its Social Plan for the community.

 

The Social Plan will guide the types of community development strategies, programs and services to be provided by council over the next five years.

 

A discussion paper and response form is now available through the Council’s website.

 

This is your opportunity to let council know what you consider as being important for the future of the region.

 

Feedback is open until Wednesday 7 April.
back to top

Ergon Energy Tidy Town

Towns throughout Queensland have the opportunity to enter the Ergon Energy Tidy Towns program for 2010, and showcase their ‘clean and green’ credentials to Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland’s judges who will visit in April.

 

Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland is seeking entrants who have gone beyond “clean and green” and are looking for innovative and novel approaches which make town’s friendly, welcoming and vibrant communities capable of winning a global award.

 

Each year hundreds of Queensland towns and city communities vie for the prestigious title of Queensland’s Tidiest Town. The winner enters the national competition and can become Australia’s Tidiest Town.

 

“It’s important to ensure that those that enter the competition understand that judges take into consideration every community’s geographic, environmental, cultural and economic circumstances, and assess how efficiently and effectively the community uses the resources available to it in each award category,” said Chairman of Keep Australia Beautiful Queensland, Emeritus Professor Tor Hundloe.

           

Ergon Energy is again sponsoring the Energy Conservation Award this year encouraging communities to work towards sustainability through becoming more energy efficient. The major prize for this award is a full energy audit for a local community facility in the winning town.

 

For the town that wins the title of Queensland’s Tidiest, Ergon Energy will be sponsoring a community celebration event to mark the town's achievement.

 

As well as the title of Queensland’s Tidiest Town, entrants compete for eleven outstanding achievement awards, including the Friendliest Town Award, Resource Recovery Award and Queensland Young Legends Award.

back to top

Telstra Business Insights

Telstra would like to invite people to attend their Business Insights LIVE breakfast and the Working Lunch, both to be held on Wednesday 28 April.

 

Michael Pascoe will share his expert knowledge on the current economic climate and the potential opportunities for business at the breakfast, while David Bates will discuss the latest changes in employment laws at the lunch.

 

Both these events are complimentary, but places are strictly limited.

 

To find out more about these two events, click here for the breakfast and here for the lunch.
back to top

Tendering for Government Business

The Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation are hosting a workshop for current and potential Government suppliers.

 

The Tendering for Government Business workshop will discuss the principles of Queensland Government procurement policies, as well as teaching participants how to interpret the terms and conditions in tendering documents.

 

The seminar will be held on Tuesday 20 April.

 

For more information, click here.
back to top

Charity Race Day

The Morning Bulletin and Mayoress Charity Race Day is being held on Saturday 10 April at Callaghan Park.

 

Proceeds from the day will go to the Rockhampton PCYC.

 

Tickets are $75 and include a 3-course lunch, complimentary wine and entry into the Lucky Door Prize.

 

Fashions in the Field competitions will also be held during the day.

 

Tickets are available from Callaghan Park, Va Voom and the Pilbeam Theatre.
back to top

Golden Mount Women's Breakfast

The Golden Mount Committee would like to invite you to their International Women’s Day Breakfast to be held on Friday 26 March in Mount Morgan.

 

Guest speakers for the breakfast will be Tricia Underwood, Principal of Mount Morgan Stage High School, and Sam Pegg, Senior Environmental Scientist for the Abandoned Mine Lands Program.

 

To find out more about this opportunity, click here.

back to top