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Northern QLD Economic Summit
Posted on November 11th, 2015
Last week, the Premier hosted her government’s inaugural Northern Queensland Economic Summit in Cairns. Mayors and economic development organisations from north of the Tropic of Capricorn attended with some 200 investors from throughout Australia and overseas. It was a successful… Read more »
Expansion of Northern Australia Alliance
Posted on November 6th, 2015
The future for Northern Australia has received a boost with the expansion of the Northern Australia Alliance to include Capricorn Enterprise and Townsville Enterprise. The Alliance, which was launched by former Prime Minister Tony Abbott in June this year as… Read more »
2015 Northern Queensland Economic Summit
Posted on November 4th, 2015
The Capricorn Coast and greater CQ will be well represented at the Premier’s Northern Queensland Economic Summit 2015 in Cairns this week. Capricorn Enterprise is attending as both delegate and exhibitor and will build on the already strong relationships we… Read more »
Geoff Murphy Named One of Qld’s Most Distinguished Builders
Posted on November 3rd, 2015
Rockhampton stalwart, respected community member and business leader Geoff Murphy has been named one of Queensland’s most distinguished builders. The 2013 Rockhampton Region Citizen of the Year and Managing Director of the JM Kelly Group of Companies was recently honoured… Read more »
Rocky Needs a Convention Centre
Posted on November 2nd, 2015
A 1000 seat Convention Centre and 20,000 seat Stadium complex for Rockhampton has been one of our Priority Projects for the region for the past five years. Over those years, our Priority Projects have had the support from our elected… Read more »
nbn Announces 3 Year Construction Plan
Posted on October 21st, 2015
Late last week the nbn™ released its three-year construction plan, outlining all the areas in Queensland that are set to be in construction by September 2018. This is huge news for business in our region, with over 1.5 million additional premises in Queensland… Read more »
The Magic of Byfield
Posted on October 19th, 2015
A visit to Byfield is always a wonderful experience, but to stay overnight with great friends, entertained by Marto’s incredible song range really creates special memories. Exactly eight (8) months after TC Marcia threw her full force onto this serene… Read more »
Capricorn Resort Yeppoon Changes
Posted on October 14th, 2015
Accor will cease the Management of Capricorn Resort Yeppoon on 31st October 2015 – this follows the removal of the Mercure branding last month The resort’s owner, Iwasaki Sangyo Australia will manage the resort from 1st November 2015 Mr Ross… Read more »
DestinationQ in Townsville
Posted on October 14th, 2015
Now in its fourth very successful year, DestinationQ, the annual state tourism forum was held in Townsville last week. I was joined by great advocates from right across our Capricorn region in Mayor Bill Ludwig and James Gallagher from LSC,… Read more »
Major Southern Great Barrier Reef Campaign Goes Live!
Posted on September 30th, 2015
This week, our major Southern Great Barrier Reef (SGBR) campaign for 2015/16 has been launched, produced in partnership between Tourism and Events Queensland, Capricorn Enterprise (CE), Gladstone Area Promotion and Development Limited (GAPDL), and Bundaberg North Burnett Tourism (BNBT). Local… Read more »
