Investor Presentaiton
Objective 4
Strengthen
our regions
The Queensland Government is
committed to building our regional
strengths our people, local
businesses, natural resources and
diverse landscapes.
Priority 9 Support regional growth
Focus: North Queensland
44 Queensland Trade and Investment Strategy 2017-2022
Priority Support regional growth
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As well as benefitting from a skilled, regional population, Queensland has abundant natural
resources which can be leveraged to create diverse regional economies and more local jobs.
The Queensland Government delivers specific support across all of Queensland's regions.
Enhancing regional advantages
Queensland's economic success is largely due to its regional
strengths in food and agribusiness, tourism and mineral
and energy resources.
The regions outside South East Queensland contributed
over $100 billion to Queensland's gross state product
in 2010-11. Therefore, the Queensland Government is
committed to supporting regional SMEs, improving access
to markets, and revitalising regional centres.
Building on our regional strengths - our people, local
businesses, natural resources and diverse landscapes
- is vital for Queensland's future economic performance.
Current action: The Queensland Government's
$130 million Jobs and Regional Growth Fund will
provide assistance to private sector projects which
create opportunities for employment and economic
growth in the regions outside South East Queensland.
Current action: The Queensland Government's
Advancing Regional Innovation program encourages
innovation across Queensland and supports local
economies to create jobs for regional Queenslanders.
Queensland's local governments play a key role
in championing trade and investment opportunities
both in Queensland and internationally. State and local
government trade and investment activities need to be
well-coordinated to produce better regional outcomes.
New initiative: Develop a comprehensive Memorandum
of Understanding between the Queensland Government
and the Local Government Association of Queensland.
Support regional SMEs
The Queensland Government's regional offices provide local
knowledge and assistance to business and industry to ensure
regional strengths maximise investment and export outcomes.
Services provided by regional offices include:
• local and regional market intelligence;
•
capacity building to support economic growth;
⚫ investment attraction and export assistance;
⚫ business and industry development; and
• international market knowledge, networks and industry
expertise.
Working with local councils, chambers of commerce and industry
associations, regional offices operate in seven regions throughout
Queensland with staff located in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay,
Rockhampton, Bundaberg, the Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba.
In partnership with Austrade, these staff act as TradeStart
advisors to assist SME exporters to access international markets.
Current action: The Queensland Government's Advancing
Small Business Queensland Strategy 2016-2020 helps
create a thriving environment for small business to
start, grow and employ.
Stakeholder feedback indicated that regional
SMEs have limited opportunities to access export and
investment training. Training can help business owners
to enter new global markets and to attract investment to
grow their business.
New initiative: Provide export and investment training
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