Investor Presentaiton
Foreword
Queensland has always been a trading state. Trade is vital
for our economic success and for creating jobs.
A burgeoning Asian middle class, pressure on natural resources, digital
disruption and a prolonged recovery from the Global Financial Crisis provide
challenges and opportunities for Queensland.
Queensland's core strengths, including our proximity to growing trading
partners, our wonderful natural environment and our adaptable economy
position our state strongly.
Our challenge is to match what we have to offer with what the world needs.
My Government's Advance Queensland agenda is all about positioning
Queensland for the future. Because in a changing world, standing still is to fall
behind.
It's about strengthening our existing great industries of resources, tourism, food
and agribusiness and education as well as diversifying our economy through
emerging industries like renewables, biofutures, life sciences, defence and
aged care.
This strategy is based on a clear and compelling vision: to position Queensland
as Australia's most innovative and dynamic trading economy.
Realising that vision is the key to creating jobs and prosperity for all
Queenslanders.
The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP
Premier of Queensland
Minister for the Arts
Queensland is well placed to take advantage of the trends
shaping our world.
We must seize the opportunities presented by our natural advantages and our
location but it will require clear direction and single-minded determination. This
strategy is a blueprint for doing just that. It identifies Queensland's traditional
strengths and our emerging opportunities.
It details actions the Queensland Government is already taking, supported by
new ideas, to build our already strong export culture, assist businesses to expand
their export activity, enhance TIQ's customer focus and strengthen our already
formidable network of overseas offices.
The strategy also recognises the immense mutual benefits that foreign
investment can bring. But this investment must be in new, job-creating projects
and infrastructure. Smart foreign investment can create secure, high-paying jobs,
revitalise businesses, embody the latest ideas and open up access to lucrative
markets in the investors' home countries.
This strategy complements other mechanisms the Queensland Government
already has in place to encourage investment, such as the State Infrastructure
Plan, our Market-Led Proposals framework, Priority Development Areas and the
Business Development Fund.
These initiatives are the key planks of the Queensland Government's economic
plan - a plan to secure high-paying jobs now and into the future and deliver a
more prosperous Queensland.
Carlitt
The Honourable Curtis Pitt MP
Treasurer
Minister for Trade and Investment
Queensland Trade and Investment Strategy 2017-2022 5View entire presentation