Report to Parliament

Trade Mission to the United States of America

11 to 20 June 2015

The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts TABLE OF CONTENTS

OFFICIAL DELEGATION MEMBERS………………………………………………………………….4

PROGRAM………………………………………………………………………………………………..5

HONOURABLE KIM BEAZLEY, AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE USA...……………….15

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION………………………………………………………………………...16

THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION…………………………………………………………………….17

UNITED STATES NAVY, PENTAGON……………………………………………………………….18

DR MITKO DIMITROV………………………………………………………………………………….19

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY…………………………………………………………………..20

PENNSYLVANIA BALLET……………………………………………………………………………..21

BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANISATION………………………………………………….22

QUT INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS………………………………………………………..23

JOHNSON & JOHNSON……………………………………………………………………………….24

PATHEO BIOLOGICS………………………………………………………………………………….25

QUEENSLAND VIP WELCOME RECEPTION………………………………………………………26

LIFE SCIENCES QUEENSLAND……………………………………………………………………..27

MR GLEN GIOVANNETTI GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES LEADER ERNST & YOUNG…………...28

EMORY UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND……………………………..29

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS………………………………………………………30

HONOURABLE NICK MINCHIN, AUSTRALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL (NEW YORK)………….31

VISIT TO THE AUSTRALIAN PAVILION BIO 2015..……………………………………………….32

PROFESSOR JOSH LERNER – HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL, BOSTON…………………33

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY………………...... 34

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ATHINOULA A MARTINOS CENTRE FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING - HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL IN CONJUNCTION WITH MIT AND SIEMENS HEALTHCARE……………………….35

HEALTHCARE VENTURES…………………………………………………………………………...36

DISTRICT HALL, BOSTON ...…………………………………………………………………………37

NIGEL WARREN, AUSTRALIAN CONSUL GENERAL, SAN FRANCISCO……………………..38

SALESFORCE…………………………………………………………………………………………..39

ACCEL PARTNERS…………………………………………………………………………………….40

FACEBOOK……………………………………………………………………………………………...41

GENERAL ELECTRIC………………………………………………………………………………….42

INNOVATION INVESTOR DINNER…………………………………………………………………..43

TESLA……………………………………………………………………………………………………44

LEGENDARY PICTURES……………………………………………………………………………...45

MARVEL PICTURES…………………………………………………………………………………...46

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS.……………………………………………………………………………..47

NBC UNIVERSAL……………………………………………………………………………………….48

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Official Delegation Members The Honourable Premier of Queensland and Minister for the Arts Annastacia Palaszczuk MP Mr Peter Nibbs Director of Policy Office of the Premier

Mr Brendan Connell Senior Media Advisor Office of the Premier

Mr Jamie Merrick Deputy Director-General Strategic Policy and Inter-Governmental Relations Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Mr Andrew Tulloch Chief Executive Officer Trade and Investment Queensland

Mr David Camerlengo Trade and Investment Commissioner - North America Trade and Investment Queensland

Mr David Russo Manager, Protocol Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Dr Christine Williams Assistant Director-General Department of Science, Information Technology and

Innovation

Washington, Philadelphia and Boston only

Ms Tracey Vieira Chief Executive Officer, Screen Queensland

Los Angeles only

Senior Constable Kellie Brooks Queensland Police Service

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PROGRAM Time in bold indicates local time Time in normal font indicates Brisbane time

Time differences:

Washington DC 14 hours behind Brisbane Philadelphia 14 hours behind Brisbane Boston 14 hours behind Brisbane San Francisco 17 hours behind Brisbane Los Angeles 17 hours behind Brisbane

Thursday 11 June 2015 – Brisbane/Los Angeles/Washington DC 8:00am Check in at Brisbane International Airport

10:25am Depart Brisbane for Los Angeles Qantas Flight QF0015

6:25am Thurs Arrive Los Angeles (LAX) 11:25pm

9:40am Depart Los Angeles for Washington DC 2:40am Fri American Airlines Flight AA1232

5:40pm Arrive IAD Washington DC – Dulles 7:40am Fri

6:10pm Travel to hotel 8:10am Fri

7:10pm Check in at The Willard Intercontinental Washington 9:10am Fri 1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW 20004

Liaison time and dinner

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Friday 12 June 2015 – Washington DC am

7:45am – 8:45am Breakfast briefing hosted by the Australian Ambassador to 9:45pm – 10:45pm USA, the Hon Kim Beazley, AC

Venue: Washington DC

8:45am Travel to next meeting 10:45pm

9:30am – 10:40am Meeting with Smithsonian Institution and signing of a new 11:30pm – 12:40am Sat three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Queensland and Smithsonian Institution

Venue: Washington DC

10:40am Travel to next meeting 12:40am Sat

11:00am – 12:30pm Meeting with the Brookings Institution 1:00am – 2:30am Sat Venue: Washington DC

12:30pm Travel to next meeting 2:30am Sat

1:00pm – 4:00pm Meeting with US Navy, Pentagon – Meeting with Deputy 3:00am – 6:00am Sat Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy) and tour of the Pentagon

Venue: Washington DC

4:00pm Return to hotel 6:00am Sat

pm Liaison time and dinner

overnight The Willard Intercontinental Washington

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Saturday 13 June 2015 – Washington DC/ Philadelphia am 8:15am – 8:45am Meeting with Dr Dimiter (Mitko) Dimitrov , PhD Centre for 10:15pm – 10:45pm Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute

Venue: Washington DC

8:45am Travel to next meeting 10:45pm

9:00am – 11:00am Meeting with Smithsonian National Museum of Natural 11:00pm – 1:00am Sun History and tour

Venue: Washington DC

11:00am – 11:15am Return to hotel 1:00am – 1:15am Sun

12:30pm Check out of hotel 2:30am Sun 1:00pm Depart for Washington Union Station 3:00am Sun 1:20pm Arrive Washington Union Station 3:20am Sun

2:00pm Depart Washington DC for Philadelphia 4:00am Sun Acela Express No 2216

3:36pm Arrive Philadelphia 30 th Street Station 5:36am Sun

3:45pm Transfer to Hotel 5:45am Sun

4:00pm Check in at the Westin Philadelphia 6:00am Sun 99 South 17 th Street at Liberty Place, Philadelphia, PA, 19103

5.30pm 7.30am Sun Dinner with business delegates

6:30pm Travel to Merriam Theatre 8:30am Sun 7:00pm Attend the performance of works by choreographers 9:00am Sun Keigwin, Fonte & Forsythe by the Pennsylvania Ballet Venue: Philadelphia

10:00pm Return to hotel 12:00noon Sun

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Saturday 13 June 2015 – Washington DC/ Philadelphia Sunday 14 June 2015 – Philadelphia am Liaison time

am Venue: Westin, Philadelphia

11:00am – 11:30am Meeting with President and CEO of the Biotechnology 1:00am – 1:30am Mon Industry Organisation

Venue: Westin, Philadelphia

11:30am – 12:00noon Meeting with UNICEF Partnerships and Special Initiatives 1:30am – 2:00am Mon and QUT

Venue: Philadelphia

12:00noon – 2:00pm QUT International Collaborations Luncheon 2:00am – 4:00am Mon Venue: Westin, Philadelphia

3:10pm Travel to next meeting 5:10am Mon Meeting with Johnson and Johnson (J&J) 3:30pm – 4:15pm 5:30am – 6:15am Mon Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

4:30pm – 5:15pm Meeting with Patheon 6:30am – 7:15am Mon Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

5:30pm for 6:00pm start Queensland VIP Reception – BIO2015 7:30am Mon Venue: Philadelphia

9.00 pm Return to Hotel 11.30am Mon

Liaison time

overnight The Westin Philadelphia

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Monday 15 June 2015 – Philadelphia/Boston am 6:30am Depart hotel 8:30pm

7:00am – 8:45am Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ) Breakfast 9:00pm – 10:45pm Queensland-Australia’s Home for Therapeutic Product Development

Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

9:00am – 9:30am Meeting with the Glen Giovannetti, Global Life Sciences 11:00pm – 11:30pm Sector Leader for Ernst & Young

Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

9:45am – 10:30am Meeting with Emory University, Atlanta and University 11:45pm – 12:30am Tues of Queensland

Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Remain at venue

10:30am – 11:15am Meeting with Pennsylvania Department of Community & 12:30am – 1:15am Tues Economic Development (Office of Technology & Innovation) and Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

11:15am Return to hotel 1:15am Tues

11:30am Check out of hotel 1:30am Tues

12:00noon Travel to lunch 2:00am Tues

12:15pm – 1:30pm Lunch with the Hon Nick Minchin, Australian Consul - 2:15am – 3:30am Tues General, New York Venue: Philadelphia

1:30pm Travel to next meeting 3:30am Tues

2:00pm – 3:00pm Visit Life Sciences Queensland/Australian Pavilion and 4:00am – 5:00am Tues Photo Opportunity

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Monday 15 June 2015 – Philadelphia/Boston

Venue: Philadelphia

3:00pm Transfer to airport 5:00am Tues Travel time: 20mins

3.30pm Arrive airport 5:30am Tues

5:15pm Depart Philadelphia for Boston 7:15am Tues US Airways Flight US0715

6:36pm Arrive Boston 8:36am Tues 7:00pm Travel to hotel 9:00am Tues

7:20pm Check in at the Intercontinental Hotel, 9:20am Tues 510 Atlantic Avenue, Boston MA 02210

Liaison time and dinner

Tuesday 16 June 2015 – Boston/San Francisco Check out of hotel

7:45am Travel to next meeting 9:45pm 8:30am – 10:00am Breakfast meeting with Professor Josh Lerner, Head of 10:30pm – 12:00am Wed Investment Banking, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Harvard Business School

Venue: Harvard Business School, Boston

10:00am Travel to next meeting 12:00am Wed

10:30am – 12:00noon Site visit to Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 12:30am – 2:00am Wed meeting with CSAIL

Venue: Cambridge

12:00noon Travel to next meeting 2:00am Wed

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Tuesday 16 June 2015 – Boston/San Francisco 12:30pm – 2:00pm Visit to the Athinoula A Martinos Centre for Biomedical 2:30am – 4:00am Wed Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School in conjunction with Siemens Healthcare Venue: Charlestown

2:00pm Travel to next meeting 4:00am Wed

2:15pm – 2:45pm Meeting with Healthcare Ventures 4:15am – 4:45am Wed Venue: District Hall, Boston

2:45pm - 3:15pm Tour of the District Hall , Boston Innovation District 4:45am – 5:15am Wed Venue: Boston

3:15pm Depart for Airport 5:15am Wed

3:45pm Arrive Boston Airport – Terminal B 5:45am Wed 5:04pm Depart Boston for San Francisco 7:04am Wed United Airlines Flight UA0736 Travel time: 6hrs 36min

8:40pm Arrive San Francisco 1:40pm Wed

9:00pm Transit to hotel 2:00pm Wed

9:30pm Check in at The Westin St Francis San Francisco 2:30pm Wed 335 Powell St, Union Square, San Francisco 94102

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Wednesday 17 June 2015 – San Francisco

8.30am Delegation meeting with Nigel Warren, Consul-General 1.30am Thurs and Senior Trade Commissioner, Australian Consul General

9:30am Travel to next meeting 2:30am Thurs

10:00am – 11:00am Meeting with Salesforce 3:00am – 4:00am Thurs Venue: San Francisco

11:00am Travel to next meeting 4:00am Thurs

12:00noon – 1:00pm Meeting with Accel Partners 5:00am – 6:00am Thurs Venue: Palo Alto

1:00pm Travel to next meeting 6:00am Thurs

1:30pm – 2:30pm Meeting with Facebook and tour of Facebook Campus 6:30am – 7:30am Thurs Venue: Menlo Park

2:30pm Travel to next meeting 7:30am Thurs

3:30pm – 5:00pm Meeting and tour with GE Software Centre of Excellence 8:30am – 10:00am Thurs Venue: San Ramon

5:00pm – 6:00pm Return to hotel, liaison time 10:00am – 11:00am Thurs

6:30pm Travel to dinner 11:30am Thurs

6:45pm – 9:30pm Innovation Investor Dinner 11:45am – 1:30pm Thurs Venue: San Francisco

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Thursday 18 June 2015 – San Francisco/Los Angeles/Brisbane

7:15am Check out of Westin St Francis Hotel 12:15am Fri

7:30am Travel to meeting 12:30am Fri

9:00am – 10:30am Meeting with Tesla 2:00am – 3:30am Fri Venue: Fremont

10:30am Travel to San José Airport 3:30am Fri

11:00am Arrive Mineta San José International Airport 4:00am Fri

12:45pm Depart San José for Burbank 5:45am Fri Southwest Flight 3675

1:45pm Arrive Burbank 6:45am Fri

2:00pm Travel to meeting 7:00am Fri

3:00pm – 4:00pm Meeting with Legendary Pictures 8:00am – 9:00am Fri Venue: Burbank

4:00pm Travel to Walt Disney Studios 9:00am Fri

4:15pm – 5:15pm Meeting with Marvel Productions 9:15am – 10:15am Fri Venue: Burbank

5:15pm – 5:45pm Meeting with Team Disney – Features 10:15am – 10:45am Fri Venue: Burbank

5:45pm Travel to meeting 10:45am Fri

6:00pm Meeting with NBC Universal including tour of Universal 11:00am Fri Studios Venue: Universal City

6:45pm Dinner with NBC Universal 11:45am Fri Venue: Toluca Lake

8:00pm Travel to Los Angeles International Airport 1:00pm Fri

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Thursday 18 June 2015 – San Francisco/Los Angeles/Brisbane

9:00pm Arrive Los Angeles International Airport – Tom Bradley 2:00pm Fri International Terminal

11:45pm Depart Los Angeles for Brisbane 4:45pm Fri Qantas Airways Flight QF0016 Travel time: 13hrs 55mins

Friday 19 June 2015 – Los Angeles/Brisbane am/pm In transit

Saturday 20 June 2015 – Brisbane 6:40am Arrive Brisbane International Airport

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Breakfast meeting with the Australian Ambassador to the USA

Date: Friday 12 June 2015 Venue: Ambassador’s Residence, Washington DC

Attendees The Hon Kim Beazley AC Australian Ambassador to the USA Ms Cheryl Stanilewicz Senior Trade Commissioner

Meeting Summary • The Honourable Kim Beazley AC, the Australian Ambassador to the USA, provided an overview of the economy and market opportunities in the United States. • The Ambassador in particular noted: • There are around 10,000 Australian companies operating in the USA. • That the USA remains the largest source of Foreign Direct Investment into Australia at 24% and this continues to grow. • That Australia was the eighth largest research partner with the US which indicated the regard held for the research capability of Australian research institutions. • The opportunity for Queensland companies to exploit the manufacturing and logistics efficiency and scale of USA supply chains. • The Ambassador reinforced Queensland’s positon as a potential gateway to Asia for USA companies, and our strengths in terms of skilled labor and intellectual property protection • He also provided further insights into other objectives of the trade mission, particularly in relation to biotechnology, innovation and information technology.

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Meeting with Smithsonian Institution

Date: Friday 12 June 2015 Venue: Smithsonian Institution – National Museum of Natural History

Attendees Dr Scott Miller Deputy Under Secretary for Collections and Interdisciplinary Support, Smithsonian Institution Mr Eric Woodard Director, Office of Fellowships and Internships, Smithsonian Institution Meeting Summary • The objective of the meeting was to sign and announce the renewal for a further three years of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the State of Queensland and the Smithsonian Institution. • The MOU between the Smithsonian Institution and Queensland is a unique partnership with a state government. • Queensland Government agencies that collaborate with the Smithsonian Institution under the MOU include the Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation, the State Library of Queensland and the Department of Education and Training. • The 2015 Queensland-Smithsonian and Cooper Hewitt Fellows were announced and the Premier met with the three completing 2014 Queensland–Smithsonian Fellows. • The completing 2014 Fellows are Dr Aaron Davis (James Cook University), Dr Kathryn Mackey (Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology), and Dr Mark Schutze (QUT). • Dr Davis is looking at the environmental impact of urea-based nitrogenous fertilisers on the Great Barrier Reef. Urea-based nitrogenous are used extensively in Queensland’s sugarcane and banana industries. Dr Davis has worked with scientists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre on Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. • Dr Mackey will be working at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC for a 12 week period. Dr Mackey will be working with the Learning and Outreach teams from the Smithsonian to gain and understanding of new strategies to extend STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) to include the Arts. • Dr Schutze will work with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington to learn about New World fruit flies. This will strengthen Queensland's capacity in pest fruit fly taxonomy and diagnostics. • The Premier undertook a guided tour of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History.

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Meeting with The Brookings Institution

Date: Friday 12 June 2015

Venue: Washington

Attendees Dr Dany Bahar Nonresident Fellow, Global Economy and Development, the Brookings Institution Dr Jose Miguel Benavente Division Chief, Competitiveness and Innovation Division, Inter-American Development Bank Mr Alan Berube Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, the Brookings Institution Dr David Dollar Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development, the Brookings Institution Mr Marek Gootman Director of Strategic Partnerships and Global Initiatives, the Brookings Institution Mr Miguel Santos Senior Research Fellow, Centre for International Development, Harvard University Dr Ernesto Stein Economist, Inter-American Development Bank Colonel John Angevine, US Executive Fellow for Veterans Affairs, Brookings Army (Retired) Executive Education Dr Mark Wrighton Chancellor, Washington University in St Louis (WUSLT)

Meeting Summary: • This meeting provided the opportunity to develop relationships with key researchers and policy experts at the Brookings Institution. • Key points for discussion included: • The performance of the Queensland innovation system, including findings of the Lerner Review. • Effective policies to foster innovation and productivity growth. • Mechanisms to support commercialisation and build scale of the venture capital market in Queensland. • Policies to support improved university-industry collaboration and better targeted skills provision to meet the emerging needs of the economy. • Opportunities to increase the scale and range of Queensland’s exports. • The Premier was also able to discuss with the Chancellor of the Washington University in St Louis the 6th McDonnell Academy Symposium to be held in Brisbane at UQ in September 2016. Options for the future policy development of the State, including appropriate government policy for diversification of the knowledge economy were also discussed. • The Premier expressed thanks for the active participation of the Brookings Institution in the G20 Global Café and forthcoming Asia Pacific Cities Summit to be held in Brisbane.

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Meeting with United States Navy, Pentagon

Date: Friday 12 June 2015 Venue: The Pentagon

Attendees Mr Thomas W Hicks Under Secretary of the United States Navy The Hon Dennis McGinn Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy for Environment Installations and Energy Vice Admiral Philip Cullom United States Navy Mr Joseph M Bryan Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy (Energy) Mr Chris Tindal Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy (Energy)

Meeting summary • This meeting provided an opportunity to understand the US Navy’s current and planned activities to trial the use of biofuels and identify global sources of biofuels as part of the Great Green Fleet Initiative. • The ambition would be to enable the US Navy to refuel with biofuels in Queensland when the Great Green Fleet visits Australia in 2016. • The US Navy advised: • The policy drivers behind the switch to biofuels and the long-term commitment to biofuels beyond demonstration, including the national security imperative. • The scale of fuel demand and costs per annum to inform industry planning in Queensland. • The key tests to be applied in sourcing fuels, including that it should not come at the expense of global food production, it should be broadly competitive with conventional fuel, and that it should be ‘ready drop in’ with no significant modifications required to the existing infrastructure (e.g. engines). • The delegation discussed the opportunity for the US Navy to increase its visits to Queensland from mid-2016 and how this could help facilitate the development of a biofuels/bio-industrial sector in Queensland. • The delegation also set out Queensland’s advantages in terms of feedstocks and potential reliability of supply, R&D and supply chain capability. • The delegation also discussed what support Queensland can offer the US Navy for their 2016 visit program and the combined exercises to be held at Shoalwater Bay Training Area near Rockhampton in July 2015. • The Premier then attended a tour of the Pentagon, including paying respects at the National 911 Memorial.

Meeting with Dr Mitko Dimitrov

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Date: Saturday 13 June 2015 Venue: Willard Intercontinental, Washington DC

Attendees Dr Dimiter (Mitko) Dimitrov Senior Investigator, National Cancer Institute, US National Institute of Health Professor Peter Grey Director, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland Meeting Summary • The meeting provided an opportunity to acknowledge the significant contribution made by Dr Dimitrov in association with the University of Queensland (UQ), in the development of the antibody now in Phase 1 clinical trials in Brisbane for the treatment of human Hendra virus. The trial has been underway since April 2015. • The Premier discussed Queensland’s role and capacity in proactively seeking a treatment for this virus. This includes Queensland Health (QH) contracting UQ to manufacture the antibody for emergency stockpiles and for the human trials, as well as UQ’s AIBN developing the method of producing larger amounts of the antibody without needing to reproduce any part of the Hendra virus. • Dr Dimitrov spoke very highly of the work being undertaken in Queensland at the AIBN, University of Queensland. He noted he has been collaborating closely with them for more than a decade. • Dr Dimitrov applauded the approach taken by the Queensland Chief Health Officer in approving the Hendra antibody for “compassionate use” in Queensland, allowing many people to benefit from its protection. • Dr Dimitrov and Professor Grey set out the increasing frequency of rare viral diseases and the potential of antibody treatments to improve responses. This included the potential to treat viruses such as SARS and MERS. • Dr Dimitrov also noted Queensland has a good opportunity for developing and producing niche biotechnology products, with the facilities available at AIBN and at Patheon Antibodies accelerating development prior to Phase 1 trials. • He praised Australia’s rapid path to clinical trials made possible through the development of the clinical trials network and also the recognition of Australian clinical trials results by the FDA in the USA and elsewhere. • Discussions also took place regarding opportunities to liaise with the National Cancer Institute regarding responses to the MERS and SARS. • The meeting also discussed the potential to extend the R&D tax credit to better support early stage antibody research for rare diseases.

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Meeting with Smithsonian Museum of Natural History

Date: Saturday 13 June 2015

Venue: Smithsonian Institution, Washington

Attendees Dr David Schindel Executive Secretary, Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Chair of the Board of Scientific Collections International (both hosted by the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) Meeting Summary • The delegation was provided a full, behind the scenes tour of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. This provided the Premier and the delegation with a better understanding of the scale and breadth of the Museum in supporting mission-led research to address social, economic and environmental challenges. • Dr Schindel outlined the approach being developed regarding scientific collections, including their important role as “national assets”, and the legislative framework governing their management and use. Dr Schindel set out the broad range of support the Smithsonian provides to a range of national agencies in furthering research of national and global importance and impact. • The delegation also discussed the development of protocols for the repatriation of currently unprovenanced human remains, including several hundred Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remains. • Reference was also made to the Museum’s interest in hosting a touring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Culture exhibition curated by the Queensland Museum. • The delegation also discussed the World Science Festival which will be at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane for the next three years. The Smithsonian Institution is a supporter of the World Science Festival and was invited to provide a representative for inclusion in future World Science Forum events.

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Attend performance by the Pennsylvania Ballet

Date: Saturday 13 June 2015 Venue: Merriam Theatre, Philadelphia

Attendees

Mr David Gray Executive Director, Pennsylvania Ballet

Mr Angel Corella Artistic Director, Pennsylvania Ballet

Mr Johnathan Stiles Artistic Coordinator, Pennsylvania Ballet

Event Summary • As a company with strong parallels and creative links to the Queensland Ballet, attendance at the performance and discussion with the management team of the Pennsylvania Ballet provided the Premier and Minster for the Arts with key insights into: • The performance schedules, operation and funding model of the Pennsylvania Ballet. • The Pennsylvania Ballet’s capital program. • Work to engage new audiences. • The focus and extent of the community programs of the Pennsylvania Ballet, which reach 11,000 young people every year.

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Meeting with Biotechnology Industry Organisation

Date: Sunday 14 June 2015 Venue: The Westin, Philadelphia

Attendees Mr James (Jim) Greenwood President and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organisation (BIO)

Meeting Summary • Mr Greenwood gave an overview of the history, growth and future plans of BIO. Mr Greenwood set out the importance of BIO in discovering new entrants in the industry, forming partnerships and helping evaluate emerging technologies. • The Premier indicated the Government’s strong support for the life sciences and biotechnology sectors and a clear commitment to facilitate the hosting of future BIO events, including Bio Asia Pacific, in Queensland. • Mr Greenwood also discussed the importance of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations to further international trade, investment and collaboration in the life sciences industry.

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QUT International Collaborations Luncheon

Date: Sunday 14 June 2015 Venue: The Westin, Philadelphia

Attendees Professor Peter Coaldrake Vice Chancellor and President, Queensland University of AO Technology (QUT) – host Dr Amaya Gillespie Partnerships and Special Initiatives, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) – key note speaker

Event Summary • The luncheon offered the opportunity to acknowledge the ongoing developments of Queensland’s life sciences industry, including the important role of QUT in the sector. • The event showcased the state’s capability to a targeted audience of approximately 100 Queensland and international guests and encouraged further international collaborations and commercial opportunities. • Vice Chancellor and President of QUT, Professor Coaldrake AO announced that QIMR Berghofer and QUT are to form an alliance to work together at the QIMR Berghofer site at Herston, with a focus on infectious diseases and neurosciences. This includes the transfer of 60 highly skilled staff being relocated to the QIMR Berghofer facility. • The Premier witnessed the signing of the QIMR Berghofer and QUT Memorandum of Understanding. • Professor Coaldrake also outlined the work QUT researchers are undertaking on issues such as resistance of bananas to diseases such as Panama disease, a prototype reef robot to assist in the eradication of crown of thorns starfish, chronic disease prevention and health economics. • Dr Amaya Gillespie profiled the work she has been leading in West Africa in the recent Ebola outbreak. The strategic approach to managing the outbreak, logistics and behavioural insights had strong resonance to other disaster management and recovery efforts. • Prior to lunch the delegation met with the keynote speaker Dr Gillespie, with the objective to understand her global perspective on healthcare, in particular child health and infectious diseases, and how she is helping to influence the medical research undertaken at QUT .

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Meeting with Johnson & Johnson

Date: Sunday 14 June 2015 Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Attendees Dr Nick Pachuda Global Vice President, External Innovation, DePuy Synthes Orthopedics, a Johnson & Johnson company Ms Melinda Richter Head of JLABS (J&J Biotech Incubator Network)

Ms Kathy Connell Director of New Ventures, Australia & New Zealand, Asia Pacific Innovation Centre

Meeting Summary • The Premier acknowledged Johnson & Johnson’s collaborations to date with Queensland and discussions taking place with local stakeholders on the potential to establish a Johnson & Johnson Innovation Partnering Office in Brisbane to enhance the translation of Australian medical research. • Ms Richter set out the role of JLabs in providing external partners with access to expertise and equipment as used by J&J R&D scientists. Ms Richter set out the ambition of Johnson & Johnson to partner with the 10 and 15 existing and emerging clusters across the world to develop the new generation of leaders of the biotech sector, including disruptive technology. • Dr Pachuda outlined Johnson & Johnson’s work in the field of developing and deploying new and disruptive technologies. He outlined plans to partner with external expertise earlier to de- risk emerging technologies, and Johnson & Johnson’s strategic areas of focus. • The Premier emphasised the Government’s commitment to stimulate innovation-led economic and jobs growth, including support for life sciences and the biotechnology sector. • The Premier also took the opportunity to outline the Advance Queensland policy and proposed funding support of Government. This included a commitment to increase applied R&D; attract and retain research and entrepreneurial talent; increase collaboration between the research base, industry and SMEs; and support start-ups and economic growth by increasing the availability of venture capital investment and expertise in Queensland. • The delegation also discussed Johnson & Johnson current collaborations with Queensland which include a world-wide licensing and research collaboration with the University of Queensland (UQ) owned company Dendright, to develop a novel treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and also a multi-year R&D collaboration with UQ’s Institute of Molecular Biosciences, investigating the use of spider venom as a potential treatment for chronic pain.

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Meeting with Patheon Biologics

Date: Sunday 14 June 2015

Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Attendees Mr Marc Goemans President, Global Marketing & Sales, Patheon Biologics Ms Tertia Dex Director, Business Development, Patheon Biologics Mr David Hughes Chief Executive Officer, BioPharmaceuticals Australia (BPA)

Meeting Summary • The meeting with Patheon provided the Premier with the opportunity to congratulate and thank Patheon for their recognition of Brisbane as a place to do business and wished them success for the biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility. It is Australia's first biopharmaceutical contract manufacturing facility, currently employing around 70 highly skilled knowledge workers. • Patheon advised that Inhibrix - a biologic immunotherapeutic company focused on the treatment of high unmet medical needs in oncology, infectious disease and inflammatory conditions - have selected the Brisbane site for all their manufacturing and will use this as a platform to deliver clinical materials. • Three programs are being progressed and this is planned to increase to 17 over the next three years. • The meeting also noted the continued strategic supporting role of BioPharmaceuticals Australia (BPA) who have partnered with Patheon as the commercial operator of the Scale- Up Manufacturing Facility. • The Premier was updated on the implications of Patheon’s acquisition of Gallus BioPharmaceuticals in 2014. The acquisition is designed to open up new markets as part of a wider global business operation. The Brisbane facility continues to attract new bio- manufacturing contracts and remains on target to employ up to 100 highly-skilled workers when fully operational.

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Queensland VIP Welcome Reception

Date: Sunday 14 June 2015 Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Guest Speakers Mr Marc Goemans President, Global Marketing & Sales, Patheon Biologics Mr David Hughes Chief Executive Officer, BioPharmaceuticals Australia

Event Summary • The Premier hosted the reception to profile Queensland's life sciences capabilities to up to 200 guests from Queensland and around the world. • Queensland has conducted missions to BIO for the past 15 years, and as a result has established the Queensland VIP Welcome Reception as one of the signature events leading up to the start of each BIO convention. • During the speech, the Premier encouraged international partners to collaborate and invest in Queensland life sciences, develop commercial operations in Queensland and partner with our leading companies and research base. • The Premier emphasized the Queensland Government’s continued commitment to the development of the life sciences industry in the state. The Premier emphasised the State’s capability to provide solutions to global challenges and the desire of Government to see the translation of more research to commercial outcomes, providing high-value jobs and exports for the state. • The Premier also highlighted the Government’s commitment to additional investment through the Advance Queensland policy. It will help to increase applied R&D; attract and retain research and entrepreneurial talent; increase collaboration between the research base, industry and SMEs; and support start-up and growth by increasing the availability of venture capital investment and expertise in Queensland. • The Premier also thanked Patheon and BPA for their sponsorship of the Queensland VIP event at BIO for the last three years. • Mr Pennisi also announced the new Life Sciences Queensland Fellow - Dr Anand Gautam, Sourcing Director, Nono Nordisk.

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Life Sciences Queensland Breakfast Roundtable

Date: Monday 15 June 2015 Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Event and Meeting Summary • The Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ) breakfast profiled the capacity and developing medical related technologies of relevant Queensland delegates to senior decision-makers of large global pharmaceutical companies. Representatives at the breakfast were drawn from research, industry, startup and investment sectors. • Mr Giovannetti from Ernst & Young provided a global industry perspective as context to these discussions. • The Premier gave opening remarks on the Queensland Government’s ongoing support of the life sciences industry, its value to Queensland as an important source of high-value jobs. The Premier emphasised the importance the Government places in working with the global biotechnology industry to help translate Queensland’s life sciences and industrial biotechnology research into commercial and health outcomes. • The Premier announced that LSQ would receive was to receive $1.86M over four years to continue to work as the industry body supporting the biotechnology sector in Queensland. • The Premier also highlighted the Government’s commitment to new investment through Advance Queensland. • The meeting participants discussed the importance of a competitive business environment, including boosting STEM education in schools. The Premier confirmed the intention of the Queensland Government to set out clear infrastructure investment priorities through a State Infrastructure Plan, a commitment to reduce unnecessary red tape through a new Red Tape Reduction Advisory Council, and to enhance the STEM offer in schools. • Industry experts provided important insights regarding the importance of R&D, venture capital, a shared risk approach and ensuring that researchers understand what the customer wants, as well as the risk appetite for a particular product.

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Meeting with Mr Glen Giovannetti, Global Life Sciences Leader, Ernst & Young

Date: Monday 15 June 2015 Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Attendees

Mr Glen Giovannetti Head of Global Life Sciences for Ernst & Young (EY)

Meeting Summary • The meeting provided the Premier and the delegation to receive a briefing from Mr Giovannetti on EY’s annual Global Beyond Borders Biotechnology Report 2015 , prior to the report’s launch at BIO2015. • Mr Giovannetti provided: • An overview of industry and investment trends across healthcare, biofuels, industrial and agricultural biotechnology. • Insight on the typical life cycle of a life sciences company, from startup to IPO in 5-6 years, then a further 5-7 years to mature to full wealth and job creation stage. • Insight on effective policies to support the future growth of Queensland’s life sciences industry. In particular, he noted that major pharmaceutical companies will pay a premium for potential products and treatments that have been significantly de-risked and that there was increased outsourcing of technical and regulatory functions. • Confirmation of the strong investment interest in products with the potential to deliver a significantly improved standard of care. • A summary of advantages on which Queensland could base its investment offer, notably as a gateway to Asia as a primary driver of global demand, our expertise in tropical disease, reputation for vaccine development and growing number of trade agreements. • Confirmation of the importance of the tax treatment of stock options/direct shares as a recruitment tool in the industry and questioned how competitive Australia was in this regard.

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Meeting with Emory University and the University of Queensland (UQ)

Date: Monday 15 June 2015 Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Attendees Professor Dennis Liotta Executive Director Emory Institute for Drug Development, Department of Chemistry, Emory University Professor Peter Høj Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Queensland (UQ) Dr Dean Moss Chief Executive Officer, UniQuest Pty Ltd (UniQuest) Prof essor Brandon Director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University Wainwright of Queensland

Meeting Summary • The Premier congratulated Professor Liotta and Professor Høj on the partnership between Emory University and UQ. • The delegation acknowledged that the future of drug development and commercialisation in Queensland would benefit greatly from partnerships with experienced operators such as Emory University and Drug Innovative Ventures who have a strong track record of commercialisation. • Emory University is a leader in the field and has a proven track-record of taking R&D through to commercialisation in compressed timeframes. • Professor’s Liotta and Høj provided a briefing on the proposed Queensland Emory Drug Discovery Initiative (QEDDI), a partnership between UQ and Emory University, which will translate healthcare-related research into drug candidates and ultimately new medicines. • Professor Liotta also stated that he saw great opportunity to collaborate with the significant talent Queensland possesses, noting Spinifex (a pain medication) as a positive outcome of collaboration with Queensland researchers. He was particularly interested in dealing with vector-borne diseases (e.g. dengue fever, the chikungunya virus and Ross River Fever) which, due to climate change, will see increased and wider prevalence. • QEDDI will be funded under the UQ Research Infrastructure program and have access to the support of Professor Liotta and Dr George Painter, CEO of DRIVE. It is proposed to establish the QEDDI service in the second half of 2015. • The focus will be areas of large, unmet medical need – translating targets identified in Queensland into products that will benefit the public. • Professor Liotta also noted that Australia was a good location to undertake early stage clinical trials given the R&D tax credit and procedures that were harmonised with the FDA. • The Premier was pleased to make the announcement of this new partnership during the mission and to confirm the Government’s in principle support for the QEDDI initiative.

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Meeting with Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development – Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Date: Monday 15 June 2015

Venue: Union League of Philadelphia

Attendees Ms Sheri Collins Deputy Secretary, Office of Technology and Innovation, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Mr Neil Weaver Executive Deputy Secretary, Department of Community and Economic Development Ms RoseAnn B Rosenthal President and CEO, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP)

Meeting Summary • The Premier promoted Queensland’s capabilities in research and development across life sciences, biotechnology, information and digital technology and robotics. The Premier also emphasised the priority the Government placed on supporting translation of research, startup and commercialisation to support economic and jobs growth. • The meeting discussed best practices in supporting early stage ventures, innovation and industry growth. • The Premier particularly sought to understand the BFTP model for commercialisation of technologies and the learnings for the proposed Business Development Fund. • BFTP was founded in 1983 by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and funded by the Department of Community and Economic Development as a state-wide initiative to foster innovation and stimulate economic growth. • Ms Rosenthal set out how BFTP allocates seed funding successfully, their role in validating early stage businesses to other private investors and the range of mentoring and other support available to ensure businesses are investment ready. BFTP always co-invest, never investing alone. The approach is an evergreen model, with a five year requirement to remain invested prior to exit. • Ms Rosenthal emphasized the importance and time needed to build a track record of credible exits. BFTP broker potential investees into investment readiness programs provided by other support organisations. • Ms Collins and Mr Weaver also demonstrated the role of the State of Pennsylvania in supporting economic development, and measures to strengthen university and industry partnerships. They also highlighted the importance of industry-led groups in understanding economic opportunities and challenges in determining forward strategies • The delegation explored potential avenues for collaboration and future partnerships between the respective jurisdictions.

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Lunch with the Honourable Nick Minchin, Australian Consul-General (New York)

Date: Monday 15 June 2015

Venue: Philadelphia

Attendees The Honourable Nick Minchin Australian Consul-General in New York Mr Michael Schwager Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Australia, DFAT Ms Laura Rahn Deputy Director , Embassy of Australia, DFAT

Event Summary • The Premier met with the Hon Nick Minchin and Embassy colleagues to gain an insight into latest economic trends, issues and opportunities impacting the trade relationship between Australia and the United States. • The Premier further discussed the purpose of the trade mission to the United States, including attendance at BIO 2015 and the policy priorities of the Government in supporting innovation- led economic and jobs growth.

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Visit to the Australian Pavilion, BIO2015

Date: Monday, 15 June 2015 Entrance A, BIO Exhibition, Pennsylvania Convention Centre, 12 th street Venue: and Arch Street, Philadelphia

Host: Mr Mario Pennisi, CEO, Life Sciences Queensland (LSQ)

Event Summary • The Premier visited the Australian Pavilion at BIO2015 and met with delegates at the LSQ stand.

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Meeting with Professor Josh Lerner – Harvard Business School, Boston

Date: Tuesday 16 June 2015 Venue: Harvard Business School

Attendees Professor Josh Lerner Jacob H Schiff Professor of Investment Banking and, Head, Entrepreneurial Management Unit, Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Mr Mark Sowerby Managing Director, Blue Sky Ventures

Professor Arun Sharma Deputy Vice Chancellor, QUT

Mr Mario Pennisi Chief Executive Officer, Life Sciences Queensland Ltd

Meeting Summary • Professor Lerner is an international thought leader on innovation, entrepreneurship and public interventions to stimulate entrepreneurial activity and venture capital investment. He has advised a number of national governments on strategies to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. • Professor Lerner noted that approximately 85% of economic growth can be explained by innovation. • The Premier and Professor Lerner discussed his November 2014 report Queensland’s Innovation Ecosystem and Recommendations for Future Actions . • The report found that although Queensland’s macro-economic growth rates had mostly led those of comparable state and global benchmarks, Queensland significantly underperformed on a number of measures – particularly those related to commercialization, patenting and venture capital investment. Queensland has major potential if the innovation system challenges could be addressed. • Professor Lerner has surveyed the stock of lessons of what works and what is less successful in terms of policies to strengthen innovation systems. In particular, he noted the success of co-investment models in building vibrant venture capital markets in Israel and New Zealand; and the success of nations and states in attracting and nurturing startup entrepreneurship such as is the case in Chile. • The Premier and Professor Lerner also discussed his interest in using Queensland as a business case. Professor Lerner expressed a willingness to continue to engage with the Queensland Government in further designing and delivering interventions. • Links and referrals generated by Professor Lerner through ongoing engagement with Queensland would have the potential to significantly raise the profile of Queensland’s innovation ecosystem at an international level.

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Site visit to the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Date: Tuesday 16 June 2015

Venue: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Attendees Professor Daniela Rus Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

Dr Bernd Widdig Director of International Affairs, Office of the Provost

Professor Arun Sharma Deputy Vice Chancellor, QUT

Professor Jonathan Professor of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, QUT Roberts

Meeting Summary • MIT is one of the leading private research universities in the world with a focus on science and technology. • Dr Widdig provided an overview of the history and current operations of MIT. He set out the range of interdisciplinary research centres, strategic initiatives and international partnerships that provide a focus for MIT’s work. Specifically he highlighted the high level of entrepreneurship of MIT graduates, with 15% working in companies they founded and 25,800 active companies founded by MIT graduates providing annual sales of over $2 trillion. • Dr Widdig also provided information on how MIT is making provision available through Open Course Ware, and their work in using big data to better understand how people learn. • The CSAIL is MIT’s largest interdisciplinary institute and is home to MIT’s robotics research. Professor Daniela Rus, Director of CSAIL, is a leading robotics researcher. • Professor Rus is a regular visitor to Queensland and actively collaborates with QUT on robotics research. QUT has made significant research investment in robotics and is considered Australia’s leading university in this important technology.

• QUT is host to the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Robotics Vision and is undertaking a very significant research project in farming robotics surrounding development of an agricultural robot for weed and crop management in broadacre as well as horticultural application. This project is in partnership with the Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF).

• QUT’s collaboration with MIT has the potential to place Queensland at the forefront of robotics education globally. Additionally, QUT has recently introduced a popular Massive Open Online Course on the subject to a global audience.

• The Premier toured the world leading robotics facility at CSAIL and demonstrated support for the collaboration between Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and MIT.

• A range of important innovations and opportunities for Queensland were raised, including in the areas of robotics, security, cryptography, “grand challenge” topics and computing. Professor Rus also emphasized the importance of teaching coding at a young age.

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Meeting with Athinoula A Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging - Harvard Medical School in conjunction with MIT and Siemens Healthcare

Date: Tuesday 16 June 2015

Venue: Massachusetts General Hospital

Attendees Dr Bruce Rosen Director, Athinoula A Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging Prof essor Carolyn Mountford CEO and Director of Research, Translational Research Institute (TRI)

Mr Wellesley Ware Business Manager – MR, Siemans Dr Christian Eusemann Vice President, Collaborations North America, Siemans

Meeting Summary

• Dr Rosen’s team from the Athinoula A Martinos Centre for Biomedical Imaging has worked with Siemens Healthcare to develop the brand new Positron Emission Tomography (PET) guided by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

• TRI in Brisbane is in the process of negotiating a Siemens Innovation and Translation Centre (SITC) to be housed at TRI. This venture will bring together UQ, QUT, Metro South Health and Mater Medical Research Institute. The SITC would be based on the model at the Martinos Biomedical Imaging Centre. • This visit provided a demonstration of the interface between the Martinos Centre in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Harvard Medical School with MIT and Siemens Healthcare USA and Germany.

• The delegation was given a demonstration of the new MRI-PET System developed at MGH, of which there are now two in Brisbane at the Herston Imaging Research Facility (HIRF), in which Siemen’s is the industry partner, and at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. It included a description of the technology and the clinical uses developed to date i.e. the new magnet technology and coil laboratory as well as a briefing on the collaboration with the Martinos Centre with TRI.

• MRI-PET enables precision medicine, improving diagnosis, the effectiveness of treatments and providing major efficiencies in healthcare delivery.

• Dr Rosen will undertake a sabbatical at TRI to teach and activate new MRI-PET programs in Brisbane, in October 2015. The SITC would be accompanied by an investment by QUT in at least 8 new radiography PhD students to be based at the SITC.

• Representatives from Siemens, outlined how the partnership provides invaluable engagement with leading clinical experts and customers which drives R&D.

• There is the potential for the new MRI-PET facility in Brisbane to become an Australian and South-East Asian facility for Siemens Healthcare. The Premier confirmed the Government’s commitment to support the establishment of the site at TRI.

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Meeting with HealthCare Ventures Date: Monday 15 June 2015 Venue: District Hall, Boston Innovation District

Attendees Dr Christopher (Chris) Mirabelli Managing Director, Healthcare Ventures

Mr David Hoey Chief Executive Officer and Director, Vaxxas

Meeting Summary • Healthcare Ventures (HCV) is a leading life science venture capital firm investing in pre-clinical or early clinical stage focused technologies with the potential to transform patient care. • HCV’s approach identifies high potential products within academia or pharmaceutical companies, develops them to clinical proof-of-concept within capital efficient, semi-virtual organisations and generates returns through acquisitions by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. • HVC has raised $1.6 billion in nine funds over 25 years. It has invested in 106 companies, 68 as startup ventures, including Vaxxas, a start-up that is commercialising the nanopatch needle-less vaccine-delivery-technology developed by the University of Queensland’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. • The meeting provided insight into the current trends in US venture capital investment activity in the biotechnology sector, and documented the experience of HCV in managing the biotechnology investment fund in which the Queensland Government invested $25M and remains a limited partner. HCV are confident of exits in the next 12-18 months.

• HCV has built considerable knowledge of the capability of Queensland’s life sciences sector, and its potential for its researchers and businesses to generate technologies that will attract future venture capital investment.

• HCV is optimistic about investment in Queensland, having previously conducted successful trials in Australia and having interacted with a venture capital fund at QIC.

• Mr Hoey gave an overview of current developments at Vaxxas including progress with clinical studies.

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Tour of District Hall, Boston

Date: Tuesday 16 June 2015 Venue: District Hall, Boston Innovation District

Attendees Queensland delegation

Event Summary • The Premier and the delegation undertook a brief tour of District Hall at the heart of the rapidly developing Boston Innovation District. • District Hall is a dedicated civic space where the innovation community can gather and exchange ideas, comprising open workspace, classrooms, assembly space, flexible use ‘pods’, and writable surfaces throughout the facility. • District Hall was funded through a public private partnership.

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Delegation meeting with Nigel Warren, Australian Consul General, San Francisco

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015 Venue: Westin St Francis, San Francisco

Meeting Summary • Mr Warren provided an overview of key commercial trends, drivers and issues in Silicon Valley. • In particular, he noted: • The focus of Silicon Valley venture capital investors on early stage ventures that have global ambition from the start and with technologies, platforms or business models that could disrupt existing markets and players. • The very high labour market mobility in Silicon Valley, with engineers typically moving every 12-18 months and CEOs moving on average every 2.5 years. • Issues of increasing cost and congestion which together with skills gaps and shortages is driving technology fly-in and fly-out from Southern California and other western States. • The importance of Australian companies demonstrating customer pull and demand (rather than a push of products to the US market) to attract investment. • The opportunity for Queensland companies to use platforms (such as that used by Salesforce) to get products and applications into US markets. • The opportunity to leverage existing US companies who have invested in Australia. • The benefits that would accrue from developing a network of Queensland Brand Ambassadors (respected entrepreneurs) in Silicon Valley and the USA more widely.

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Meeting with Salesforce

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015 Venue: Market Street, San Francisco

Attendees Mr Jim Green Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

Mr Pablo Quintanilla APAC Government Affairs

Mr David Dart Enterprise Account Manager, Queensland

Meeting Summary • The Premier was provided with an overview of the Salesforce history, products and their applications in both government and industry, including cloud-based and subscription business models. • Salesforce is leading the trend of customer focused technology instrumental in delivering better services or customer experience, and allows use of real-time multichannel data to inform business operations. • The delegation were provided with case studies of various government use of Salesforce platforms and applications to improve engagement with and provision of services to citizens. This includes the provision of services at scale, improved quality and low cost. • Salesforce currently has around 100,000 customers, with a heavy focus on the public and financial sectors. The company has a vision of 30,000 employees by 2020. • The online platform, UberSalesforce, currently has 1.8 million developers generating new apps. • Australia was identified as a top seven market for Salesforce. • The number of Salesforce employees in Australia has doubled in the last two years and Queensland is in a good location to support the deployment and development of applications on the Salesforce platforms. • Mr Green also provided an overview of the companies philanthropic and volunteering commitments. • Salesforce also made the offer to convene a session with leading industry experts, Cabinet members and senior officials to examining how digital technologies are and will transform public services.

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Meeting with Accel Partners

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015 Venue: University Avenue, Palo Alto

Attendees Mr Andrew Braccia General Partner

Meeting Summary • Accel Partners is a global top 20 venture capital firm with a demonstrated appetite to invest in Australian companies. • It focuses on companies with an existing relationship to a large customer and has a focus on internet and consumer services, mobile, software and cloud enabling services. Accel Partners has funded more than 300 hundred digital technology companies, including startups and later- stage companies since 1983, including multinationals such as Facebook, Dropbox and Etsy. • Unlike most US venture capital firms it invests globally, is sector agnostic and focused vertically. • Mr Braccia gave an overview of key features and strengths of the Silicon Valley innovation system. This includes an educational focus that meets the needs of the existing and future economy, entrepreneurial faculty in key universities who move in and out of academia, deep pools of people with knowledge of how to build and scale a business, large volumes of ‘spin offs’, an appetite for risk by entrepreneurs and investors, effective incubators and programs, and strong internship programs. • Mr Braccia suggested Government consider support to free up risk appetite, enhance tax credits for R&D, remove regulatory impediments to start up and growth, and use the power of Government as a customer to foster innovation. • During the meeting the Premier and the delegation highlighted Queensland’s strengths in developing and applying digital and technology solutions in industries such as mining and minerals, unconventional gas, agricultural robotics and bioengineering as well as promoting Queensland’s capability and deal-flow across these areas. Opportunities to co-invest with local venture funds were highlighted. • The Premier promoted Queensland as an attractive destination for Accel Partner’s portfolio companies to expand into the Asia Pacific region, leveraging the R&D capabilities, strong IP regime, R&D tax credit and available human capital in Queensland. • The Premier also invited Accel Partners to visit Queensland and meet with digital and emerging technology companies as well as connect and collaborate with Queensland venture capital and business angel groups. • As a result of this meeting, Trade and Investment Queensland will coordinate a program of meetings and introduce Accel Partners to leading companies that are seeking financial and management partners.

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Meeting with Facebook

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015 Venue: Hacker Way, Menlo Park

Attendees Mr Joel Pobar Engineering Manager, Facebook

Meeting Summary • The Premier met with Queenslanders currently working for Facebook and gained an insight into the benefits of experience in large international corporations for career development. • The Premier also undertook a tour of the Facebook Campus. • The meeting provided the opportunity to understand Facebook’s growth ambitions and future priorities, and how Queensland software engineers and companies can access and collaborate with Facebook. • The presentation also emphaised the growing use of Facebook by small businesses with some 40 million SMEs now on Facebook using the site to target and reach customers. Recent analysis by Deloitte suggests that the direct and induced economic impact of Facebook in 2014, was some $227 billion and supported 4.5 million jobs. • Facebook is also providing ‘Boost your Business’ workshops, events and online education to SMEs which could be rolled out in Queensland. • The delegation highlighted Queensland’s digital sector and growing number of innovative digital providers and welcomed Facebook’s business as an anchor digital tenant to Queensland. • The Premier extended an invitation to Facebook representatives to visit Queensland and meet with digital entrepreneurs and businesses seeking to reach new customers through online sales channels. • The Premier also discussed the potential for Facebook to be used to better engage citizens and as a platform for tourism campaigns.

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Meeting with General Electric

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015 Venue: Camino Ramon, San Ramon

Attendees Mr Uday Tennety Director, Strategic Engagements & Innovation, (GE)

Mr Frank Napoleon Director, Corporate Development at Care Innovations

Meeting Summary • GE was founded by Thomas Edison in 1878. The company is dedicated to leading edge R&D, as well as identifying new applications for its technology. • GE’s US$1B San Ramon Software Centre of Excellence was established in 2011-12 in order to develop dedicated software capability in the “Industrial Internet”. • GE’s Global Headquarters for Mining is based in Queensland. The Premier acknowledged and congratulated GE on its Springfield headquarters as well as acknowledging the confidence expressed in Queensland for its global headquarters for mining. • The meeting followed the official opening of the purpose-built $72M GE Queensland headquarters in Springfield on 10 June 2015. GE is a significant employer in Queensland and its presence is one of the most significant of all the Fortune 500 companies operating in Queensland. • GE has indicated Australia will host a satellite of its San Ramon Software Centre of Excellence. It is expected that GE staff based in Queensland will be part of the Australian Software Centre, which would be a positive outcome for the technology sector in the state. • The Premier explored the possibility of extending GE’s existing presence to expand further as a satellite of the San Ramon Software Centre in Queensland. • The delegation also discussed with GE their views on the future of work and technology and the application of GE platforms (Predix) and data analytics to improve public services and asset management including distributed and preventative healthcare and transport systems. • The Premier toured GE’s facilities including their innovative co-working and simulation spaces.

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Innovation Investor Dinner

Date: Wednesday 17 June 2015 Venue: Post Street, San Francisco

Attendees Mr Morgan Littlewoood Founder, Kodiak Data Ms Michelle Peacock Global Head of Government Relations, Relay Rides Mr Al Burgio CEO and Founder, International Internet Exchange Dr Kim Silverman Principal Research Scientist, Apple Mr Nigel Warren Consul-General, San Francisco Mr Jos Brenkel Head of Sales, HPI Mr John Scull Managing Director, Southern Cross Venture Partners Mr Andrew Roberts CEO, Ephox Ms Linda Kekelis CEO, Techbridge Mr Daniel Kennedy President, Sungevity Mr David Dart Salesforce Mr Aaon Gershenberg Managing Director Global Gateway, Silicon Valley Bank Mr Alfredo Coppola CEO, US Market Access Dr Mark Bregman Bay Area Science & Innovation Consortium

Event Summary • The Premier hosted a number US company representatives and academic leaders with extensive deep knowledge of the innovation system in Silicon Valley. Many of the invited executives originated from or had significant experience in business dealings with Australian companies and markets. • The Premier highlighted the breadth and strength of Queensland’s economy, the Government’s vision to position Queensland as an innovation hub in the Asia Pacific, and commitment to innovation-led economic and jobs growth. • The dinner gave the delegation an opportunity to understand firsthand the drivers and features of Silicon Valley’s success in building a technology-driven economy, the opportunities for Government support for entrepreneurship and innovation, and how to strengthen trade, investment and strategic partnering links between businesses in Silicon Valley and Queensland.

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Meeting with Tesla

Date: Thursday 18 June 2015

Venue: Tesla, Freemont

Attendees Mr Greg Callman Charging Infrastructure and Stationary Storage, Tesla

Meeting Summary • Tesla was founded in 2008 as a start-up company to design and manufacture electric cars and later energy storage. It was founded by entrepreneur Elon Musk. • The delegation was provided with a presentation covering Tesla’s strategic priorities, growth plans and product range. The delegation also undertook a tour of the Tesla Factory, the most integrated car plant in the world. The Premier also had the opportunity to test drive the latest Tesla sports car. • The Premier was able to convey the Government’s desire to see Queensland feature in the company’s plans for expansion into Australia. • Queensland’s emerging capability in the electric vehicle sector was discussed as well as the benefits of potential partnering opportunities with Queensland companies. The Premier also spoke about the Government’s support of initiatives that create cleaner and more livable cities and regions as well as the commitment to innovation to ensure Queensland’s long-term competitiveness, resilience and job creation. • The delegation discussed the high rate of penetration of solar and renewable energy in Queensland across residential and commercial applications and the dispersed nature of Queensland’s population, which would support large scale application of energy storage technologies, such as the “PowerWall” Tesla Battery. • Australia and Queensland are seen as a significant target markets for Tesla. • The Premier also sought information on the company’s expansion plans given the demand for the Powerwall residential and commercial scale batteries. • The Premier extended an invitation for Tesla representatives to travel to Queensland and the willingness of Government to facilitate meetings with potential distribution and installation partners in Queensland. • As Queensland has secured rights to host the World Science Festival for a period of six years, the Premier extended an invitation to Elon Musk to attend the event in 2017 as the keynote speaker.

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Meeting with Legendary Pictures

Date: Thursday 18 June 2015 Venue: Legendary Pictures, Burbank

Attendees Ms Noelle Green Vice President Production, Legendary Pictures (LP) Mr Sean Cooney Senior Vice President Post Production, LP Mr Brian Wensel Senior Vice President Production Finance, LP Ms Marie Elder Vice President Production Finance, LP Mr Randy Starr VFX Producer, LP

Meeting Summary • Legendary is a leading media company with film, television and comics divisions dedicated to owning, producing and delivering content to mainstream audiences with a targeted focus on the powerful “fandom” demographic. • Legendary, together with Universal Pictures, are the production company behind Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken which was filmed in Queensland and New South Wales from September 2013 to January 2014 and was distributed by Legendary. The final Queensland production expenditure for Unbroken was $22.5M. There were 785 Queensland cast and crew employed and some 411 Queensland vendors were engaged. The Premier expressed appreciation to Legendary for these benefits. • The purpose of the meeting was to encourage Legendary Pictures to choose Queensland as the primary location for a major upcoming production. In February 2015, the director and producers travelled to Queensland to scout locations in South East and Far North Queensland for the film. • The meeting provided the opportunity to emphasise the Government’s support for the film industry and recognition of the benefits that major productions bring to Queensland and local communities. The Premier also confirmed that the Government, through Screen Queensland, would give strong consideration to a package of support to secure the film in Queensland. • The Premier also encouraged Legendary to consider a long-term slate of productions and presence in Queensland.

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Meeting with Marvel Pictures

Date: Thursday 18 June 2015 Venue: Marvel Studios, Burbank

Attendees Mr Mitch Bell Vice President, Production, Marvel Pictures Mr David Grant Vice President, Production, Marvel Pictures Mr Chris McComb Vice President, Finance, Marvel Pictures Ms Mary Ann Hughes Vice President, Film and Television Production Planning, Marvel Pictures Meeting Summary • Marvel Entertainment is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company which is currently filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales in Queensland. Marvel Entertainment makes large-scale feature films with well-known comic characters. • Screen Queensland has a well-established relationship with Disney who arranged the introduction to Marvel. This is a new relationship for Screen Queensland and Australia. Given the size and quantity of productions that Marvel makes, it provides a unique opportunity to explore a long-term relationship with the studio and Queensland. • Marvel indicated its interest in filming a feature film in Queensland and requested a meeting with the Queensland Government. • During the meeting the Premier emphasised the Government’s support for the film industry and recognition of the benefits that major productions bring to Queensland and local communities. The delegation also sought information on the timelines, scale and locational requirements for future Marvel productions. • The Premier also confirmed that the Government through Screen Queensland will provide support to facilitate major productions and give strong consideration to a package of support to secure productions. The Premier extended an invitation to Marvel executives to visit Queensland as part of considering locations. • As a result of this meeting, Screen Queensland will continue to liaise with Marvel and make a case both creatively and economically to secure the film for Queensland. • Marvel raised the non-competitive nature of Australian Government locational tax offsets when compared to other international jurisdictions as a significant issue and sought Queensland Government support in raising this issue with the Australian Government. The Premier committed to raising this issue with the relevant Australian Government Ministers.

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Meeting with Disney

Date: Thursday 18 June 2015 Venue: Walt Disney Studios, Burbank

Attendees Mr Sean Bailey President, Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, Disney Mr Phil Steuer Senior Vice President – Production, Disney Mr Foster Driver Creative Executive, Disney Ms MaryAnn Hughes Vice President – Film and Television Production Planning, Disney Ms Ryan Stankevich Vice President – Publicity, Disney

Meeting Summary • Disney is currently filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales in Queensland which is the largest budget production to occur in Australia. Disney own a large number of companies including LucasFilm, Bruckheimer Productions, Pixar, Marvel and Touchstone and is interested in a long-term relationship with Queensland. • Within Screen Queensland’s contract with Disney are tourism opportunities including a tourism/film advertisement that can be played in international cinemas as the trailer starts playing in 2017 in cinemas. There are also opportunities for tourism promotions tied in with the film in key tourism markets and building a website that can tie the film to key tourism locations in Queensland. These opportunities will be progressed in 2016 and early 2017. • Pirates of the Caribbean’s official Facebook site has more than 24 million followers and will shortly start posting social media utilizing Tourism Queensland hashtags to tie the film and Queensland locations together in an effort to drive tourists to Queensland. • Screen Queensland has worked closely with Tourism and Events Queensland to develop a model that enables Queensland to align visual elements from the film with tourism locations in Queensland, ensuring that the benefits of the production continue to the state, long after filming has completed. • Disney sees Queensland as a partner in promoting the film and this gives Queensland leverage over other locations trying to secure production. • The Premier sought an understanding from Disney regarding how Queensland can build on the success of Pirates of the Caribbean and secure other Disney or its subsidiary company productions and become Disney’s partner of choice over the next three to five years. The delegation also discussed what Disney had in their upcoming work program and what may work creatively in Queensland.

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NBC Universal tour followed by dinner meeting

Date: Thursd ay 18 June 2015 Venue: Universal City and Toluca Lake

Attendees Ms Carrie Henderson Vice President, Business Affairs NBC Universal

Mr Rick Smotkin Senior Vice President Government Affairs, Comcast

Mr Arturo Barguet Chief Financial Officer, Film Production, Universal Pictures

Meeting Summary • NBC Universal hosted the Premier on a tour of Universal Studios followed by a dinner meeting with senior executives to discuss forthcoming plans and production opportunities. • NBC Universal own Matchbox Pictures (acquired in January 2014) which has recently opened offices in Queensland through a Screen Queensland Enterprise program. It has just completed its first series in Australia called ‘The Family Law’ which is currently in post- production and will first air on SBS. • The Matchbox acquisition is part of a broader strategy at NBC Universal to set up an international network of local production companies. These include UK shingles: Carnival Films, Monkey Kingdom, Lucky Giant and Chocolate Media as well as a joint venture with Working Title Television and Lark Productions in Canada. NBC Universal has a variety of divisions across film and television as well as work with companies such as Legendary Pictures on distribution. • NBC Universal has indicated an interest in continuing to make television through Matchbox in Queensland. It has registered interest and is specifically talking with Screen Queensland on bringing high-end television series to Queensland and potentially bringing an ongoing slate/guaranteed spend to the State. Funding for the development of high-end television is available through Screen Australia and Screen Queensland. • The Premier’s meeting helped to establish a relationship with NBC Universal to support discussions with Screen Queensland about securing a high end television series. The Premier also sought to establish if any series are currently considered for Australia and promoted the benefits of producing in Queensland. • The delegation noted that Screen Queensland would continue to liaise with NBC Universal and Matchbox Pictures to attract and develop television series for Queensland.

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FRI 19 JUNE 2015 Mediaportal Report

12/06/2015 (4 items)

World News... NOVA 106.9, Brisbane, 16:00 News, Newsreader 12 Jun 2015 4:01 PM Duration: 0 min 5 secs • ASR AUD 117 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: V00062078039 World News US - Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has touched down in Washington DC for her first overseas trade mission.

Audience 34,000 ALL, 9,000 MALE 16+, 19,000 FEMALE 16+

Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is in the US on a trade mission, and is urging the US ... Seven Townsville, Townsville, Seven Local News, Rob Brough 12 Jun 2015 6:05 PM Duration: 0 min 24 secs • ASR AUD 238 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062078410 Qld Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is in the US on a trade mission, and is urging the US navy to source renewable energy from North Qld. The US wants an entire fleet of warships running on biofuels by next year.

Audience 15,000 ALL, 8,000 MALE 16+, 7,000 FEMALE 16+

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has arrived in Washington on an investment seeking ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News, Kay McGrath and Rod Young 12 Jun 2015 6:08 PM Duration: 1 min 10 secs • ASR AUD 17,506 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062078171 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has arrived in Washington on an investment seeking mission. Tomorrow she will visit the Pentagon to see how the QLD sugar cane industry can play a greater role in the future in fuelling the US Navy fleet. Jackie Trad is acting Premier while Palaszczuk is overseas.

Audience 275,000 ALL, 118,000 MALE 16+, 143,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Vision Griffith University Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Prime7 Gold Coast (Gold Coast), Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville)

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DISCLAIMER Isentia makes no representations and, to the extent permitted by law, excludes all warranties in relation to the information contained in the report and is not liable for any losses, costs or expenses, resulting from any use or misuse of the report. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is looking to secure a US defence base in ... Channel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News, Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes 12 Jun 2015 6:10 PM Duration: 1 min 33 secs • ASR AUD 21,767 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062078190 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is looking to secure a US defence base in Qld during a trade mission to America, and will head to the Pentagon tomorrow. She hopes to find a new home for the US Pacific Fleet in Townsville. The fleet will need to adopt bio-fuels and Qld will need a bigger bio-fuel industry in order for this to happen. Palaszczuk has said this is likely to happen, as the Qld CSG industry did not appear until recently.

Audience 249,000 ALL, 117,000 MALE 16+, 117,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), River FM (Ipswich), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

13/06/2015 (14 items)

QLD:US navy may support Qld biofuels: premier AAP Newswire, Australia, National, AAP 13 Jun 2015

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Premier's trip may see city's ship come in Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News 13 Jun 2015

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Trade trips can leave lasting benefits for years to come Courier Mail, Brisbane, Insight, Steven Wardill 13 Jun 2015

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FUEL OF HOPE Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News, Victoria Nugent 13 Jun 2015

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The trickle-down effect of trade trips Brisbane Courier-Mail by Steven Wardill 13 Jun 2015 12:06 AM 614 words • ASR AUD 1,422 • Procurement Transformation Division - Internet • ID: 420122285 Read on source website

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Fuel of hope Townsville Bulletin by Victoria Nugent 13 Jun 2015 8:41 AM 465 words • ASR AUD 5,999 • SAM Internet • ID: 420294717 Read on source website

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Annastacia Palaszczuk's offers US Navy help for renewable energy targets Brisbane Times 13 Jun 2015 10:38 AM 299 words • ASR AUD 2,531 • Premier & Cabinet - Internet • ID: 420321206 Read on source website

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] US navy may support Qld biofuels: premier Brisbane Courier-Mail by adelaidenow.com.au editor 13 Jun 2015 11:52 AM 31 words • ASR AUD 95 • Science - Internet • ID: 420339785 Read on source website

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US navy may support Qld biofuels: premier Brisbane Courier-Mail 13 Jun 2015 11:52 AM 71 words • ASR AUD 193 • Science - Internet • ID: 420335871 Read on source website

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Mackay sugar cane could power US Navy ships Gladstone Observer by Emily Smith 13 Jun 2015 12:21 PM 224 words • ASR AUD 3,228 • SAM Internet • ID: 420339086 Read on source website

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US navy could create thriving biofuel hub in Queensland, Palaszczuk says | Environment Guardian Australia 13 Jun 2015 1:55 PM 182 words • ASR AUD 2,354 • Environment Services & Regulation - Internet • ID: 420717030 Read on source website

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, has used a visit to the Pentagon to unveil ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News (Saturday), Kay McGrath and Rod Young 13 Jun 2015 6:03 PM Duration: 2 mins 35 secs • ASR AUD 45,510 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062083412 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, has used a visit to the Pentagon to unveil a bold plan for Townsville to become a major refuelling stop for the US Navy. The scheme would also make it easier go get biofuels. like ethanol, into Queensland cars. The biofuel would be refined at a local plant producing ethanol from sugar cane. Meantime, the University of Queensland will host a meeting of world leaders on climate change, food security and ageing in September next year. Palaszczuk will visit a medical institute that came up with the first vaccine against hendra virus tomorrow.

Audience 289,000 ALL, 130,000 MALE 16+, 139,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Mark Wrighton, Washington University St Louis Also broadcast from the following 12 stations Prime7 Gold Coast (Gold Coast), Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville), Southern Cross Central (Alice Springs), Southern Cross Darwin (Darwin)

Three Qld cities are in the running to become refuelling ports for the US Navy, but an ... Channel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News (Saturday) , Eva Milic 13 Jun 2015 6:09 PM Duration: 1 min 19 secs • ASR AUD 13,328 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062083544 Three Qld cities are in the running to become refuelling ports for the US Navy, but an entirely new ethanol biofuel industry is first required. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is visiting the Pentagon as part of her overseas trade mission. Townsville, Gladstone and Mackay are the towns in the running and Palaszczuk is confident that if a new CSG industry can be created, so can a biofuels industry.

Audience 169,000 ALL, 80,000 MALE 16+, 79,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 8 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Palaszczuk strives for smarter smart state Brisbane Times by Amy Remeikis 13 Jun 2015 10:13 PM 324 words • ASR AUD 2,444 • Premier & Cabinet - Internet • ID: 420431227 Read on source website

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] 14/06/2015 (15 items)

QLD:Qld scientists examine global diseases AAP Newswire, Australia, National, AAP 14 Jun 2015

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Queensland scientists examine global diseases Brisbane Times by brisbanetimes.com editor 14 Jun 2015 2:00 AM 318 words • ASR AUD 1,770 • Procurement Transformation Division - Internet • ID: 420596184 Read on source website

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier says that the US Navy is keen to partner ... 612 ABC Brisbane, Brisbane, 07:45 News (Weekend), Newsreader 14 Jun 2015 7:48 AM Duration: 0 min 41 secs • ASR AUD 2,011 • QLD • Australia • Employment Radio & TV • ID: W00062084436 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier says that the US Navy is keen to partner with the Qld Government to develop alternative biofuel sources. Bob Katter, Leader, Katter’s Australian Party says a partnership with the US could mean thousands of new jobs in Qld.

Audience 70,300 ALL, 33,900 MALE 16+, 36,400 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Bob Katter, Leader, Katter’s Australian Party Also broadcast from the following 10 stations ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Far North (Cairns), ABC Gold Coast (Gold Coast), ABC North Queensland (Townsville), ABC North West Qld (Mt Isa), ABC Southern Queensland (Toowoomba), ABC Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Queensland signs partnership with Smithsonian (AUDIO AVAILABLE) Queensland Government 14 Jun 2015 8:43 AM 870 words • ASR AUD 2,907 • Innovation - Internet • ID: 420530136 Read on source website

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has announced Queensland scientists will ... 4BC, Brisbane, 10:00 News (Weekend), Newsreader 14 Jun 2015 10:01 AM Duration: 0 min 34 secs • ASR AUD 390 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: W00062084992 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has announced Queensland scientists will start working with US researchers to help develop an anti-body against Hendra virus.

Audience 9,000 ALL, 3,000 MALE 16+, 5,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 5 stations 1071 AM (Kingaroy), 4CRB FM (Gold Coast), 4LG (Longreach), Magic 882 (Brisbane), Radio 4KZ (Innisfail)

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has announced Queensland scientists will ... 4KQ, Brisbane, 11:00 News (Weekend), Newsreader 14 Jun 2015 11:04 AM Duration: 0 min 32 secs • ASR AUD 517 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: W00062085392 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has announced Queensland scientists will start working with US researchers to help develop an anti-body against Hendra virus.

Audience 25,000 ALL, 13,000 MALE 16+, 12,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier

Qld scientists examine global diseases The Australian 14 Jun 2015 11:45 AM 304 words • ASR AUD 8,120 • Queensland Health Internet • ID: 420555557 Read on source website

Audience 73,410 UNIQUE DAILY VISITORS, 3,681 AV. STORY AUDIENCE

Qld scientists will start working with US researchers to help develop an anti-body against ... 2GB, Sydney, 13:00 News (Weekend), Newsreader 14 Jun 2015 1:01 PM Duration: 0 min 34 secs • ASR AUD 1,649 • NSW • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: W00062085406 Qld scientists will start working with US researchers to help develop an anti-body against Hendra virus. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, says Qld are first responders to these emerging issues.

Audience 94,000 ALL, 52,000 MALE 16+, 40,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 11 stations 2BS (Bathurst), 2CH (Sydney), 2EC (Bega), 2GN (Goulburn), 2LT (Lithgow), 2QN (Deniliquin), 2UE (Sydney), 2XL (Cooma), 2YOU FM (Tamworth), Coast FM (Gosford), Great Lakes FM (Taree)

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has announced Queensland scientists will ... 4BC, Brisbane, 13:00 News (Weekend), Newsreader 14 Jun 2015 1:01 PM Duration: 0 min 33 secs • ASR AUD 376 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: W00062085608 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has announced Queensland scientists will start working with US researchers to help develop an anti-body against Hendra virus.

Audience 9,000 ALL, 6,000 MALE 16+, 3,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 5 stations 1071 AM (Kingaroy), 4CRB FM (Gold Coast), 4LG (Longreach), Magic 882 (Brisbane), Radio 4KZ (Innisfail)

Queensland scientists examine global diseases Brisbane Times 14 Jun 2015 2:14 PM 230 words • ASR AUD 2,179 • Conservation & Sustainability Internet • ID: 420576280 Read on source website

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QLD signs deal with Smithsonian Institute to further R NewsMail by Sherele Moody 14 Jun 2015 5:01 PM 97 words • ASR AUD 351 • Innovation - Internet • ID: 420598346 Read on source website

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has signed a partnership with the ... Channel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News (Sunday), Eva Milic 14 Jun 2015 6:04 PM Duration: 1 min 55 secs • ASR AUD 25,862 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062086778 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has signed a partnership with the Smithsonian during her American trade mission, with the museum keen to share its collection. The museum features in Hollywood's 'Night at the Museum' movies. Palaszczuk is now heading to a biotechnology conference in Philadelphia. Meanwhile Dimiter Dimitrov, US National Cancer Institute is working with University of Queensland scientists to stop MERS.

Audience 244,000 ALL, 119,000 MALE 16+, 108,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Dimiter Dimitrov, US National Cancer Institute|Peter Gray, UQ|Scott Miller, Smithsonian Institution Also broadcast from the following 8 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, says Queensland can play a major role in ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News (Sunday), Sharyn Ghidella and Bill McDonald 14 Jun 2015 6:06 PM Duration: 2 mins 51 secs • ASR AUD 56,289 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062086774 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, says Queensland can play a major role in fighting what could become the next big pandemic to sweep the globe. During her trade mission to America, she said Queensland's experience with Hendra Virus means it's ready to help. The vaccine for the virus was created through a partnership between the University of Queensland and the American National Institutes of Health. They now hope to target Middle Eastern Respiratory System (MERS). Palaszczuk has also signed a funding deal with the Smithsonian Institution to give researchers better access to the world's largest scientific collection. She has since travelled to Philadelphia for the Bio 2015 conference.

Audience 331,000 ALL, 140,000 MALE 16+, 168,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Dimiter Dimitrov, US National Institutes of Health|Peter Gray, Australian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology Also broadcast from the following 12 stations Prime7 Gold Coast (Gold Coast), Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville), Southern Cross Central (Alice Springs), Southern Cross Darwin (Darwin)

QLD signs deal with Smithsonian Institute to further R Noosa News by noosanews.com.au editor 14 Jun 2015 6:51 PM 141 words • ASR AUD 319 • Innovation - Internet • ID: 420612736 Read on source website

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Queensland scientists will team up with US researchers to help develop and anti-body ... 2GB, Sydney, 21:00 News (Weekend), Newsreader 14 Jun 2015 9:02 PM Duration: 0 min 32 secs • ASR AUD 1,059 • NSW • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: W00062096703 Queensland scientists will team up with US researchers to help develop and anti-body against the growing global threat of emerging diseases, as it is hoped their work on an anti-Hendra virus treatment can lead to tackling other diseases like MERS. Speaking from Washington DC, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says this shows Queensland can be world leaders in research and innovation.

Audience 44,000 ALL, 15,000 MALE 16+, 27,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 10 stations 2BS (Bathurst), 2CH (Sydney), 2EC (Bega), 2GN (Goulburn), 2LT (Lithgow), 2QN (Deniliquin), 2UE (Sydney), 2YOU FM (Tamworth), Coast FM (Gosford), Great Lakes FM (Taree)

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Cane could fuel fleet Daily Mercury, Mackay QLD, General News, Emily Smith 15 Jun 2015

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Hendra success opens door to collaboration The Australian, Australia, Edition Changes - QLD First 15 Jun 2015

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Cane could fuel fleet Daily Mercury, Mackay QLD, General News, Emily Smith 15 Jun 2015

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Trio of sites in running for biofuels plant Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD, General News 15 Jun 2015

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Trio of sites in running for biofuels plant Townsville Bulletin by Victoria Nugent 15 Jun 2015 12:02 AM 410 words • ASR AUD 5,500 • SAM Internet • ID: 420665944 Read on source website

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Townsville is well-placed to become a biofuel hub for the US Navy, according to the Qld ... ABC North Queensland, Townsville, 06:30 News, Newsreader 15 Jun 2015 6:31 AM Duration: 0 min 24 secs • ASR AUD 49 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: V00062088562 Townsville is well-placed to become a biofuel hub for the US Navy, according to the Qld Government. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is in the United States to discuss the possibility of US forces sourcing biofuels from Qld. A spokesman for Palaszczuk says Mackay and Gladstone are well-placed production hubs while the Townsville port has a strong position to export biofuels.

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Some of Qld scientists will team up with US researchers to help develop a cure against ... Hot Tomato, Gold Coast, 07:00 News, Newsreader 15 Jun 2015 7:02 AM Duration: 0 min 33 secs • ASR AUD 157 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: 200062090755 Some of Qld scientists will team up with US researchers to help develop a cure against the Hendra virus.

Audience 15,000 ALL, 7,000 MALE 16+, 6,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Qld Premier

Biofuel made from Mackay sugar cane is on the list as some of the most environmentally-... SEA FM Mackay, Mackay, 07:30 News, Newsreader 15 Jun 2015 7:31 AM Duration: 0 min 22 secs • ASR AUD 76 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: V00062094581 Biofuel made from Mackay sugar cane is on the list as some of the most environmentally-friendly in the world, as suggested by [Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier], to the United States Navy at the Pentagon. [Palaszczuk] says that Mackay and Gladstone could be a location for a biofuel production plant. Kevin Borg, chairman, Canegrowers Mackay, has told the Daily Mercury that it would require more cane to be produced.

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COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Queensland signs partnership with Smithsonian MySunshineCoast by Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier and Mini 15 Jun 2015 9:26 AM 574 words • ASR AUD 7,835 • Building Industry and Policy Internet • ID: 420769369 Read on source website

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The Queensland Institute of Medical Research has been given approval to move to ... 612 ABC Brisbane, Brisbane, 15:00 News, Newsreader 15 Jun 2015 3:02 PM Duration: 0 min 41 secs • ASR AUD 1,500 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: W00062097977 The Queensland Institute of Medical Research has been given approval to move to advanced clinical trials for new immunotherapy cancer treatment. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has indicated to delegates at the biotech conference in the U.S. the approval was granted by the Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Audience 36,600 ALL, 19,000 MALE 16+, 16,600 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Professor Radgiff Kamar (*), Queensland Institute of Medical Research Also broadcast from the following 11 stations ABC Capricornia (Rockhampton), ABC Far North (Cairns), ABC Gold Coast (Gold Coast), ABC North Queensland (Townsville), ABC North West Qld (Mt Isa), ABC Southern Queensland (Toowoomba), ABC Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), ABC Tropical North (Mackay), ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg), Radio National (Brisbane)

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has pitched Qld's biotechnology expertise ... Channel 10, Brisbane, TEN Eyewitness News, Georgie Lewis 15 Jun 2015 5:02 PM Duration: 2 mins 21 secs • ASR AUD 20,176 • QLD • Australia • Employment Radio & TV • ID: M00062099667 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has pitched Qld's biotechnology expertise to pharmaceutical giants at a Philadelphia convention. Palaszczuk believes Qld just needs the reputation and connections to commercialise discoveries. QIMR scientists have been developing new immuno-therapies which have now been approved to start trials on cancer patients, with the treatment hopefully being able to stave off relapses or secondary cancers. Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Opposition Leader says there has been no evidence of new jobs being attracted to Qld. Palaszczuk also announced a new partnership between QUT, QIMR and an Indian research institute to help the university translate discoveries into real products.

Audience 162,000 ALL, 53,000 MALE 16+, 100,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Karl Kelly, Clemson University|Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Opposition Leader|Prof. Frank Gannon, CEO, QIMR|Prof. Peter Coaldrake, Vice-Chancellor, QUT|Prof. Rajov Khanna, Immunologist, QIMR Also broadcast from the following 7 stations Ten Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Ten Cairns (Cairns), Ten Mackay (Mackay), Ten Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Ten Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Ten Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Ten Townsville (Townsville)

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Queensland could soon be holding clinical trials for new cancer therapist after ... Hot FM 91.1, Sunshine Coast, 17:00 News, Newsreader 15 Jun 2015 5:02 PM Duration: 0 min 15 secs • ASR AUD 246 • QLD • Australia • Trade Radio & TV • ID: V00062100599 Queensland could soon be holding clinical trials for new cancer therapist after Queensland Institute of Medical Research has been given approval to manufacture and trial for new cancer treatments. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has made the announcement in Philadelphia during her US Trade mission.

Audience N/A ALL, N/A MALE 16+, N/A FEMALE 16+ Also broadcast from the following 8 stations 4CA AM (Cairns), 4MK (Mackay), 4RO (Rockhampton), Zinc 101.9 (Mackay), Zinc Central Queensland (Rockhampton), Zinc FM Cairns (Cairns), Zinc FM Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Zinc FM Townsville (Townsville)

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is continuing her US tour, hosting a ... Channel 9, Brisbane, Nine Afternoon News, Eva Milic 15 Jun 2015 5:04 PM Duration: 1 min 40 secs • ASR AUD 12,758 • QLD • Australia • Planning and Property Radio & TV • ID: M00062100061 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is continuing her US tour, hosting a Philadelphia reception for some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. It's part of a bid to secure more research jobs and funding for Qld. Palaszczuk has mentioned that 1 William Street has seven empty floors, which will leave a hole in the Qld Budget numbering in the tens of millions of dollars of service. She adds that she will not cut services or raise taxes.

Audience 117,000 ALL, 48,000 MALE 16+, 61,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 8 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Canegrowers has welcomed the Premier's Pentagon pitch for Queensland to supply ... Seven Mackay, Mackay, Seven News Mackay, Rob Brough 15 Jun 2015 6:05 PM Duration: 1 min 48 secs • ASR AUD 998 • QLD • Australia • Trade Radio & TV • ID: M00062102435 Canegrowers has welcomed the Premier's Pentagon pitch for Queensland to supply sugar biofuels to the US Navy. The industry group says it could generate another income stream for the sector as the commodity price stays low. Tim Mulherin, Former Agriculture Minister, first proposed the idea in 2011. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, says Queensland can lead the way when it comes to alternative fuel supplies, such as ethanol. Recently, the industry has battled a low international sugar price and adverse weather conditions, meaning the diversity could help growers. The potential international demand for ethanol would also require farmers to grow different varieties of cane.

Audience 14,000 ALL, 7,000 MALE 16+, 6,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Kerry Latter, Canegrowers|Tim Mulherin, Former Agriculture Minister

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wants some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News, Sharyn Ghidella and Bill McDonald 15 Jun 2015 6:08 PM Duration: 2 mins 27 secs • ASR AUD 39,663 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062100588 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk wants some of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies to start making medicine in Queensland. The Government is trying to stop local researchers from losing their rewards for their ideas. It came as Palaszczuk attended a business conference in USA. Today Palaszczuk revealed a hole in the 1 William Street project, that there are no takers for the 7 floors have been set aside for the private sector. She says the Treasurer is looking at options to address that. Jackie Trad was due to hold a media event in Brisbane today but cancelled at the last moment.

Audience 322,000 ALL, 132,000 MALE 16+, 164,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Frank Gannon, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute|Karl Kelly, Clemson University South Carolina Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville)

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is defending her trade trip to the US as ... Channel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News, Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes 15 Jun 2015 6:27 PM Duration: 1 min 56 secs • ASR AUD 29,753 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062100756 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is defending her trade trip to the US as 'vital' to Qld's future, saying she is focused on four economic pillars and is trying to create the fifth - biotechnology. Qld universities and QIMR are keeping more money they make from breakthroughs. Rental deals on seven floors of 1 Williams St have fallen through, with Palaszczuk saying taxpayers will take the hit. Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Opposition Leader disagrees.

Audience 275,000 ALL, 124,000 MALE 16+, 135,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Frank Gannon, CEO, QIMR Berghofer|Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Opposition Leader|Peter Coaldrake, QUT Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), River FM (Ipswich), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Townsville is in the running to become the hub of a brand new biofuel industry. ... WIN Townsville, Townsville, WIN News, Natassia Apolloni 15 Jun 2015 7:04 PM Duration: 0 min 52 secs • ASR AUD 410 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062102427 Townsville is in the running to become the hub of a brand new biofuel industry. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, says the industry will supply fuel to vessels from the US navy. Jenny Hill, Townsville Mayor, says sugar cane makes biofuel.

Audience 13,000 ALL, 5,000 MALE 16+, 7,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Jenny Hill, Townsville Mayor

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is blaming the previous LNP Government ... ABC, Brisbane, ABC News, Karina Carvalho 15 Jun 2015 7:08 PM Duration: 1 min 51 secs • ASR AUD 13,646 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062101824 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, is blaming the previous LNP Government for a rental deal that will force it to occupy every floor of the new Executive Building. Palaszczuk was at the BIO International Convention in the US and announced that Brisbane scientists will test new cancer therapies. QIMR is the second facility in the country to get a licence to manufacture cellular therapies for human use, meaning clinical trials can start. In the future it could reduce the need for more invasive cancer treatments. Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Opposition Leader, says to date he has seen Palaszczuk sign the same things Peter Beattie signed when he was Premier. The Government has confirmed it will move into the Executive Building. Labor says it is making the best of the bad situation it was left in.

Audience 145,000 ALL, 66,000 MALE 16+, 78,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Opposition Leader|Rajiv Khanna, QIMR Vision QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute Also broadcast from the following 1 station ABC (Regional Queensland)

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Scientists work on hendra antibody Gympie Times, Gympie QLD, General News, Shelley Strachan 16 Jun 2015

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Green light raises hopes for cancer drugs The Australian, Australia, Edition Changes - QLD First 16 Jun 2015

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Qld premier eyes US navy for biofuels push Brisbane Courier-Mail 16 Jun 2015 4:14 PM 187 words • ASR AUD 548 • Science - Internet • ID: 421356769 Read on source website

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A new deal struck on Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's US trade mission will ... Channel 10, Brisbane, TEN Eyewitness News, Georgie Lewis 16 Jun 2015 5:07 PM Duration: 0 min 57 secs • ASR AUD 7,706 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062116125 A new deal struck on Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's US trade mission will see locally discovered drugs hit the market sooner. She announced the partnership between the University of Queensland and an American university at a convention in the US.

Audience 155,000 ALL, 49,000 MALE 16+, 98,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Dennis Liotta, Emory Drug Institute for Drug Development Also broadcast from the following 7 stations Ten Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Ten Cairns (Cairns), Ten Mackay (Mackay), Ten Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Ten Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Ten Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Ten Townsville (Townsville)

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] The University of Qld has signed a deal that could deliver bigger dividends than the ... Channel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News, Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes 16 Jun 2015 6:12 PM Duration: 1 min 50 secs • ASR AUD 26,418 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062116783 The University of Qld has signed a deal that could deliver bigger dividends than the richest coal mine. After inventing the world's first cancer vaccine, they have teamed up with Emory University to hopefully do the same for AIDS. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is in the US talking to various biotechnology companies and universities. She is due to talk to Uber.

Audience 256,000 ALL, 116,000 MALE 16+, 122,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Dennis Liotta, Emory University|Peter Hoj, University of Qld Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), River FM (Ipswich), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Queensland's biotechnology industry could one day grow into rivalling coal exports, if ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News, Sharyn Ghidella and Bill McDonald 16 Jun 2015 6:32 PM Duration: 1 min 46 secs • ASR AUD 35,433 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062117170 Queensland's biotechnology industry could one day grow into rivalling coal exports, if Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk gets her way. University of Queensland has just beaten dozens of rivals to sign a deal with one of the world's biggest names in medical research. It will be part of a program to cut the time it takes to get new pharmaceuticals from research to treatment.

Audience 402,000 ALL, 144,000 MALE 16+, 218,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Dennis Liotta, Scientist|Peter HOJ, University of Queensland Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville)

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk 's sales pitch has moved to Boston, where she will visit ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News, Sharyn Ghidella and Bill McDonald 16 Jun 2015 6:34 PM Duration: 0 min 47 secs • ASR AUD 15,708 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062117207 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk 's sales pitch has moved to Boston, where she will visit Harvard Business School. She will also visit MIT to look at a robotics program it's working on with University of Queensland, as well as Massachusetts General Hospital which is doing an imaging study with Translational Research Institute in Brisbane.

Audience 402,000 ALL, 144,000 MALE 16+, 218,000 FEMALE 16+ Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville)

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has continued her trade mission in the US, ... Channel 9, Brisbane, Nine Morning News, Eva Milic 17 Jun 2015 11:35 AM Duration: 1 min 27 secs • ASR AUD 6,655 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062127412 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has continued her trade mission in the US, determined to make QLD a cutting edge technology hub. Meanwhile domestic politics have followed her, with debate still raging over the new CCC Head.

Audience 53,000 ALL, 21,000 MALE 16+, 30,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 8 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has visited Brisbane researchers at a laboratory in the ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News, Sharyn Ghidella and Bill McDonald 17 Jun 2015 6:36 PM Duration: 1 min 53 secs • ASR AUD 37,074 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062133549 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has visited Brisbane researchers at a laboratory in the US, as the State Government moves to equip more school children with the skills to make and operate robots. Robots at the lab, which may be used for surgical procedures, are part of a collaboration between QUT and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Queensland is the world's first test site for robotic drones, delivering supplies to graziers near Warrick. They may have a bigger role to play as generations of grain farmers walk off the land.

Audience 393,000 ALL, 140,000 MALE 16+, 209,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|Arun Sharma, Queensland University of Technology Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville)

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Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is in San Francisco for a trade mission, ... Channel 9, Brisbane, Nine Morning News, Eva Milic 18 Jun 2015 11:38 AM Duration: 1 min 28 secs • ASR AUD 6,708 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062143598 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier is in San Francisco for a trade mission, visiting the headquarters of Facebook. She commented on the State of Origin match, stating QLD were 'robbed'. She also commented on luring expatriates back to educate others and bring skills to Australia. She will visit leaders in battery technology tomorrow.

Audience 53,000 ALL, 21,000 MALE 16+, 30,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 8 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, has been to Facebook headquarters and ... Channel 10, Brisbane, TEN Eyewitness News, Georgie Lewis 18 Jun 2015 5:32 PM Duration: 0 min 40 secs • ASR AUD 5,655 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062148383 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier, has been to Facebook headquarters and hinted there will be new money to keep the best and brightest IT students in the state.

Audience 162,000 ALL, 63,000 MALE 16+, 87,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier Also broadcast from the following 7 stations Ten Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Ten Cairns (Cairns), Ten Mackay (Mackay), Ten Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Ten Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Ten Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Ten Townsville (Townsville)

Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has visited Facebook's headquarters on ... Channel 9, Brisbane, National Nine News, Andrew Lofthouse and Melissa Downes 18 Jun 2015 6:30 PM Duration: 1 min 36 secs • ASR AUD 25,532 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062149012 Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier has visited Facebook's headquarters on her trade tour of the US. Palaszczuk has stated she is planning to introduce budget measures to attract Qld ex-pats back to the state to use their knowledge to help others. She will later meet with battery technology leaders, possibly to talk about powering a Qld outback town with batteries.

Audience 295,000 ALL, 138,000 MALE 16+, 139,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|vox pops Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Channel 9 Gold Coast (Gold Coast North), River FM (Ipswich), WIN Cairns (Cairns), WIN Mackay (Mackay), WIN Rockhampton (Rockhampton), WIN Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), WIN Toowoomba (Toowoomba), WIN Townsville (Townsville), WIN Wide Bay (Bundaberg)

COPYRIGHT For the internal research use of Mediaportal subscribers only. Not to be provided to any third party for any purpose without the express permission of Isentia. For further information contact [email protected] Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has hinted that the Government could give ... Channel 7, Brisbane, Seven News, Sharyn Ghidella and Bill McDonald 18 Jun 2015 6:33 PM Duration: 1 min 38 secs • ASR AUD 30,075 • QLD • Australia • Ministerial - Radio & TV • ID: M00062149167 Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has hinted that the Government could give Queenslanders working overseas financial incentives to come home. She spent the day seeing what it's like for former residents working for Facebook in San Francisco.

Audience 367,000 ALL, 132,000 MALE 16+, 195,000 FEMALE 16+ Interviewees Annastacia Palaszczuk, Queensland Premier|vox pops Also broadcast from the following 9 stations Seven Bundaberg (Bundaberg), Seven Cairns (Cairns), Seven Central (Alice Springs), Seven Mackay (Mackay), Seven Mt Isa (Mt Isa), Seven Rockhampton (Rockhampton), Seven Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), Seven Toowoomba (Toowoomba), Seven Townsville (Townsville)

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Premier pushes renewables, IT and movie industry in California (AUDIO AVAILABLE) Queensland Government 19 Jun 2015 2:40 PM 320 words • ASR AUD 1,000 • Innovation - Internet • ID: 422884510 Read on source website

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Palaszczuk hopes to turn ideas into reality Courier Mail, Brisbane, General News, Steven Wardill 20 Jun 2015

Page 4 • 267 words • ASR AUD 2,541 • Photo: No • Type: News Item • Size: 116.00 cm² • QLD • Australia • Premier and Cabinet - Press • ID: 422999248 ANNASTACIA Palaszczuk will today return to Queensland determined to turn ideas gleaned from her US trade trip into reality. The Queensland Prem ier's nine-day sojourn wound up yesterday in Los Angeles after meetings with major movie houses and test driv ing an electric car. View original - Full text: 267 word(s), ~1 min

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CODE FOR SMART Sunday Mail Brisbane, Brisbane, General News, Steven Wardill 21 Jun 2015

Page 26 • 296 words • ASR AUD 6,044 • Photo: No • Type: News Item • Size: 186.00 cm² • QLD • Australia • Innovation - Press • ID: 423368757 Premier keen on innovation evolution in schools SCHOOL kids could be taught computer coding in the classroom under Annastacia Palaszczuk's push to make Queensland the "smarter state". View original - Full text: 296 word(s), ~1 min

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Premier’s trip may see city’s ship come in PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk described her trip to the United States this week as a trade mission to drum up business for Queensland. Indeed, there are few businesses in the world as big as the US military. It emerged yesterday that Ms Palaszczuk will meet defence officials in the Pentagon to push for Townsville to supply biofuels to the so-called Great Green Fleet, opening the door for the city to become a major fuelling port. The Green Fleet is an initiative of the US Navy involving ships running on biofuels instead of conventional fuels. Ms Palaszczuk will present the case that Townsville is ideally placed to service the fleet. Any commitment by the US Navy to refuel in Townsville would be watched closely by the North Queensland Bio-Energy Corporation, which is well advanced on developing a $520 million sugar mill at Ingham capable of producing up to 200,000 litres of ethanol per day. The prospect of regular visits from US Navy ships would also be a welcome boost to the Townsville economy. US sailors are known for spending up big during shore leave, but the city has been starved of visits in recent years. The last major visit was the USS Chosin in late 2013. C’mon Premier, give it your best pitch. Man up, that’s an Enders to it MARK Enders should take his disqualification from Labor’s preselection battle for the Federal seat of Herbert “like a man” instead of blaming others for his political implosion. Mr Enders took to the Townsville ALP blog to attack the Bulletin for its reporting of his claim that he had a better chance of unseating the LNP’s Ewen Jones because he was a man. “The Bulletin took the hysterical, sensationalist and hypocritical low road in its reportage,” he wrote. Only problem is that Mr Enders had already sent a personal message to the journalist after the article’s publication, thanking him for his “integrity” and “not doing a hatchet job on me”. It seems Mr Enders is a little confused with his message. That is probably why he was dumped from preselection. 13 Jun 2015 Courier Mail, Brisbane Author: Steven Wardill • Section: Insight • Article type : News Item • Audience : 197,963 Page: 58 • Printed Size: 377.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia ASR: AUD 8,260 • Words: 553 • Item ID: 420067281

Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au) Page 1 of 2 back Trade trips can leave lasting benefits for years to come science community. unknown potential in many It would be easy to write off corners of the world. the Premier’s trip as a If the state’s leaders are not taxpayer-funded reward for going to spruik this message who will? Labor’s extraordinary International businesses election victory in looking to invest in STEVEN January and easy to WARDILL imagine that, [email protected] between a few Queensland need to be business meetings, assured their potential trading it’s going to be all partner has the local about touring administration’s ear. T WASN’T that long ago Washington’s It’s easy to forget that state trade trips were famous sovereign risk occurs not just being written off as little landmarks, under despot regimes but in more than junkets for munching corn functioning democracies self-important provincial dogs at Fenway where the whims of political Ipoliticians. Park and posing leaders can quickly imperil States packed up their investment. international outposts, for a “Rocky” selfie at They need assurances that deeming them an unnecessary Philadelphia’s Museum of Art. proposals are not going to be expense when the federal But done rightly, trade trips bogged down in bureaucracy. government could fill the void. such as Palaszczuk’s can have They also need to know Peter Beattie, wisely, an afterlife that reverberates regulations and tax conditions resisted temptation to follow for many years, creating are not going to suddenly suit and save a few million links, sealing contracts change in a way that adds dollars annually. and generating wealth unimagined dangers to the He kept the state’s trade and jobs that flow to risk they are already taking commissioners in growth the state. trading with a partner where The old the tyranny of distance is meccas such as China and argument is that already an issue. India and expanded the businesses can Along with Beattie, former network into new terrain as he do these deals premier Anna Bligh knew this beat the “Smart State” mantra themselves. also. On Bligh’s first trade trip and need to diversify Politicians are Queensland’s economy. just there for in 2008, she ventured to the the picture Indian headquarters of global opportunity energy behemoth British Gas And today a vast array of and sweet and was there when a deal was Queensland business with relief from signed with new upstart global ambitions is better off the day-to- company, Queensland Gas. because of this decision. day rigours Now the state’s Budget is Premier Annastacia of running moving into a phase where it Palaszczuk jetted out for her the states. will be heavily reliant on the first trade-trip this week, There are royalty income from that and bound for Washington, Boston other like agreements, and Philadelphia on a week- many examples of this over particularly given the cash cow long mission to drum up US the years, for sure. of coal has gone missing in the business for the state. In tow But we need to remember top paddock. was a delegation from that Queensland is a far-flung The state’s rising jobless business, academia and the dominion, an outpost with rate has created a sense of 13 Jun 2015 Courier Mail, Brisbane Author: Steven Wardill • Section: Insight • Article type : News Item • Audience : 197,963 Page: 58 • Printed Size: 377.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia ASR: AUD 8,260 • Words: 553 • Item ID: 420067281

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urgency to find the next big industry. Without trade trips like Palaszczuk’s, Queensland is left with little more than a fingers-crossed approach for our future.

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QLD:Qld scientists examine global diseases The development of an anti-Hendra virus treatment by Queensland researchers has opened the door for them to work on other global diseases with US colleagues. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk today met with researcher Dr Dimiter Dimitrov from the National Institutes of Health during her US trade mission to discuss an ongoing relationship with Queensland scientists. Dr Dimitrov was a co-developer of the monoclonal antibody for Hendra virus, launched in April, which has been approved for human trials in Queensland. The work of Queensland scientists in further progressing the treatment fuelled discussions about other emerging diseases, including Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The virus has caused seven deaths in South Korea and seen 1800 schools shut and more than 2500 people quarantined. AAP RTV

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BIOFUELS made from Mackay sugar cane would be among the world’s most environmentally friendly. The fact is worth consi- dering following Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s discussions with the US Navy at the Pentagon. Ms Palaszczuk named Mackay, along with Glad- stone, as a potential loca- tion for a biofuel production plant when she discussed Queensland’s potential to support the US Navy’s renewable energy policy on Friday. “The US Navy has set a goal of meeting half its STILL INTERESTED: US Navy director of operational energy Chris Tindal (second from right) energy needs from alterna- tours Mackay Sugar’s Racecourse Mill biofuel plant in February 2012. The US Navy is still tive sources by 2020, which interested in the concept. PHOTO: PETER HOLT opens up opportunities for biofuels suppliers at ports ships,” he said. could power the process. in the possibility of a around the world,” she said. “It’s part of the US Great “That means if we pro- biofuels production plant in “There is potential for Green Fleet Initiative; they duced fuel here it would Mackay but had other regional Queensland, espe- are looking for suppliers all have a positive carbon priorities at the moment. cially Mackay and Glad- around the world.” footprint,” Mr Cappello Canegrowers Mackay stone.” Mackay Sugar chairman said. Chairman Kevin Borg A spokesperson for the Andrew Cappello said any “We would be using a said the move would Premier’s office said it was biofuels produced in Mack- green energy to produce a require more cane to be Mackay’s sugarcane bypro- ay would be among the green fuel,” he said. produced. ducts that made it an at- world’s greenest because “It’s counterproductive to “To produce ethanol, we tractive option. the cogeneration plant, use coal to produce bio- would probably grow diffe- “Sugarcane could one which made electricity from fuels.” rent varieties of cane,” Mr day be powering US navy sugar cane byproduct, He said he was interested Borg said. 15 Jun 2015 The Australian, Australia Section: Edition Changes - QLD First • Article type : News Item • Audience : 104,774 Page: 2 • Printed Size: 44.00cm² • Market: National • Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 889 Words: 71 • Item ID: 420678554

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YOUR STATE QUEENSLAND Hendra success opens door to collaboration The development of an anti- Hendra virus treatment by Queensland researchers has opened the door for them to work on other global diseases with US colleagues. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday met researcher Dimiter Dimitrov of the National Institutes of Health during her US trade mission and discussed other collaboration opportunities. Dr Dimitrov was a co-developer of the antibody for Hendra virus, which has been approved for human trials. 15 Jun 2015 Daily Mercury, Mackay QLD Author: Emily Smith • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 9,928 • Page: 2 • Printed Size: 287.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia ASR: AUD 1,612 • Words: 326 • Item ID: 420655698

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BIOFUELS made from Mackay sugar cane would be among the world’s most environmentally friendly. The fact is worth consi- dering following Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s discussions with the US Navy at the Pentagon. Ms Palaszczuk named Mackay, along with Glad- stone, as a potential loca- tion for a biofuel production plant when she discussed Queensland’s potential to support the US Navy’s renewable energy policy on Friday. “The US Navy has set a goal of meeting half its STILL INTERESTED: US Navy director of operational energy Chris Tindal (second from right) energy needs from alterna- tours Mackay Sugar’s Racecourse Mill biofuel plant in February 2012. The US Navy is still tive sources by 2020, which interested in the concept. PHOTO: PETER HOLT opens up opportunities for biofuels suppliers at ports ships,” he said. could power the process. in the possibility of a around the world,” she said. “It’s part of the US Great “That means if we pro- biofuels production plant in “There is potential for Green Fleet Initiative; they duced fuel here it would Mackay but had other regional Queensland, espe- are looking for suppliers all have a positive carbon priorities at the moment. cially Mackay and Glad- around the world.” footprint,” Mr Cappello Canegrowers Mackay stone.” Mackay Sugar chairman said. Chairman Kevin Borg A spokesperson for the Andrew Cappello said any “We would be using a said the move would Premier’s office said it was biofuels produced in Mack- green energy to produce a require more cane to be Mackay’s sugarcane bypro- ay would be among the green fuel,” he said. produced. ducts that made it an at- world’s greenest because “It’s counterproductive to “To produce ethanol, we tractive option. the cogeneration plant, use coal to produce bio- would probably grow diffe- “Sugarcane could one which made electricity from fuels.” rent varieties of cane,” Mr day be powering US navy sugar cane byproduct, He said he was interested Borg said. 15 Jun 2015 Townsville Bulletin, Townsville QLD Section: General News • Article type : News Item • Audience : 20,932 • Page: 5 Printed Size: 166.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 1,007 Words: 378 • Item ID: 420680718

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VICTORIA NUGENT Artwork; WAYNE SHIELDS Port of Townsville chief economy, not just for Towns- FUEL OF executive Ranee Crosby said ville but for North Queens- MACKAY and Gladstone while it was early days, it was land,” he said. VICTORIA NUGENT TOWNSVILLE could become a US Navy fuelling port under a pitch to use North Queensland biofuels to power have joined Townsville as environmentally friendly ships. Premier Annastacia great that Ms Palaszczuk was The plan could also mean Palaszczuk will meet with Pentagon staff today about providing biofuel for the US Navy’s carrier strike group, dubbed the Great Green Fleet, tipped to deploy next year. The force is part of the US Navy’s push to power possible sites for a biofuels pro- HOPE half of its fleet by alternative fuels by 2020. championing Queensland and opportunities for James Cook Continued page 2 duction plant as part of a State TONY IRELAND CELEBRATES 30 YEARS I Townsville. University researchers, with a Government plan to power the yy“We’ve got a port that’s US naval delegation having US Navy’s eco-fleet. ready and capable,” she said. visited the university in 2012 to Premier Annastacia Pal- “We need to look at where Ms Crosby said the port inspect bioenergy projects. aszczuk met senior US Navy we can put in place a pro- would love to host the fleet The push comes as the State officials at the Pentagon on duction plant,” she said. during next year’s Pacific tour. Government commits up to $1 Saturday to lobby for Queens- “Initially it could either be “It would just be brilliant for million to identify new agri- land to supply fuel for its Greet in Mackay or Gladstone, but the city,” she said. business prospects and their Green Fleet. we also know we have Towns- “They’ve got priority access water needs in the Lower The meeting, part of a US ville there, a ready port which to Berth 10 if they’re willing to Burdekin. trade trip, discussed the would be able to use the fuels come.” Minister for State Develop- navy’s renewable energy pol- for the US Navy.” Townsville MP Scott Stew- ment Dr Anthony Lynham icy and how Queensland The Great Green Fleet will art said he would support the said the Lower Burdekin could be involved. embark on a Pacific tour in project and a visit during the Catchment Development Pro- Ms Palaszczuk said the 2016 as part of its planned ac- Pacific tour. ject would identify future de- State wanted to tap into the ex- tivities to trial biofuels, with “If we can pull this off and velopment options and what pertise from universities re- Queensland being a potential develop the biofuels, it will be a needed to happen with water garding biofuels. destination. great shot in the arm for the resources to support growth. 16 Jun 2015 Gympie Times, Gympie QLD Author: Shelley Strachan • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 3,745 • Page: 5 • Printed Size: 230.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia ASR: AUD 1,011 • Words: 266 • Item ID: 421009249

Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au) Page 1 of 1 back Scientists work on hendra antibody SHELLEY Palaszczuk said. STRACHAN “The University of Queens- Following DEPUTY EDITOR land’s Australian Institute the [email protected] for Bioengineering and Na- notechnology, under director ❝ successful QUEENSLAND scientists Professor Peter Gray, has working on an anti-hendra been asked to lead the pro- world-class virus treatment are in discus- ject. research and sions with top American re- “MERS and other emerg- searchers about developing ing diseases pose a serious development they an antibody against the global threat, which is why a did on the hendra growing global threat of collaborative effort from emerging diseases. some of the world's best re- monoclonal Gympie will host a hendra searchers is urgently need- information night at The Pa- ed.” antibody, vilion on June 23, featuring Professor Gray and his Queensland vet nurse and hendra survi- team worked with US col- vor Natalie Beohm and Gym- leagues in the development researchers are pie horse vet Justin Schooth. of the world-first anti-hendra set to focus on In Washington DC yester- monoclonal antibody, which day, Queensland Premier An- was approved for human other emerging nastacia Palaszczuk met trials in April this year. The with researcher Dr Dimiter trials are running in Bris- diseases... S. Dimitrov from the National bane with Dr Geoffrey Play- – Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk Institutes of Health who, ford as the lead investigator. along with Professor Chris “We would be delighted for Broder, were co-developers this work to come to Queens- of the anti-hendra monoclo- land, further enhancing our nal antibody. reputation of becoming a centre of biotechnology ex- cellence,” Ms Palaszczuk “Following the successful said. world-class research and de- velopment they did on the hendra monoclonal antibody, Queensland researchers are set to focus on other emerg- Annastacia Palaszczuk ing diseases, potentially in- cluding Middle-East Respira- tory Syndrome,” Ms 16 Jun 2015 The Australian, Australia Section: Edition Changes - QLD First • Article type : News Item • Audience : 104,774 Page: 2 • Printed Size: 40.00cm² • Market: National • Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 808 Words: 69 • Item ID: 420991771

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Green light raises hopes for cancer drugs New cancer drugs could soon be trialled in Queensland after one of the state’s research facilities received the green light to produce cellular therapies. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has granted QIMR Berghofer’s manufacturing facility, Q-Gen, regulatory approval to produce new cancer drugs. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, in the US on a trade mission, said the facility was now a world leader in the fight against cancer. 16 Jun 2015 Gladstone Observer, Gladstone QLD Author: Helen Spelitis • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 4,823 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 647.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia ASR: AUD 3,137 • Words: 324 • Item ID: 421052837

Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au) Page 1 of 3 back YES WE ‘CANE’ Gladstone is on the shortlist for an ethanol plant to supply the US Navy. The move could create jobs for Gladstone while bringing cheap fuel to the state. The proposal comes as part of the Premier’s trade tour in the US and follows the government’s commitment to develop biofuel technology. Story, P4 ■■■▼ 16 Jun 2015 Gladstone Observer, Gladstone QLD Author: Helen Spelitis • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 4,823 • Page: 1 • Printed Size: 647.00cm² • Market: QLD • Country: Australia ASR: AUD 3,137 • Words: 324 • Item ID: 421052837

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Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au) Page 3 of 3 back Plan for biofuel factory City named a top site for plant Helen Spelitis tion calling for an ethanol [email protected] mandate on all fuel, which won bi-partisan support in GLADSTONE has been the Queensland Parliament named one of three possible last month. sites for a biofuel production The plan is to mix ethanol plant. with all grades of fuel sold The plan follows Premier across the state, however the Annastacia Palaszczuk’s first ethanol-to-fuel percentage trade mission to the US. has not yet been decided. While on tour this week, The motion was introduced the Premier began negotia- by LNP’s Andrew Powell, tions with Navy officials to member for Glass House. supply US ships with biofuel – Two out of Australia’s namely ethanol – produced in Queensland. three ethanol plants are in Mackay, Gladstone and Queensland – at Dalby and Townsville were named pos- Sarina (35km south of Mack- sible sites for the plant if a ay – and have a combined ca- deal is secured with the pacity to produce 140 mega Pentagon. litres of ethanol each year. MP Glenn Butcher said But a 5% ethanol mandate Gladstone was in the box seat on fuel is predicted to create for the plant given the size of demand for 200 mega litres its port and available land. per year. “They’re looking for big, Mr Powell said expansions deep water ports,” Mr Butch- at existing facilities may cope er said. with increased demand but “And if they are looking to higher mandates would “re- build an ethanol plant we’ve quire further industry deve- got that land (the Gladstone lopment”. State Development Area) sit- ting right here in our back- yard.” Mr Butcher said he had not yet seen any formal documen- tation of the project. The proposal follows a mo- 20 Jun 2015 Courier Mail, Brisbane Author: Steven Wardill • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 197,963 • Page: 4 • Printed Size: 116.00cm² • Market: QLD Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 2,541 • Words: 267 • Item ID: 422999248

Copyright Agency licensed copy (www.copyright.com.au) Page 1 of 1 back Palaszczuk hopes to turn ideas into reality STEVEN WARDILL Elon Musk, which has started selling electric vehicles and batteries to store solar power will today return to Queens- at home. “A lot of people land determined to turn ideas would have thought electric gleaned from her US trade vehicles were years away. But trip into reality. the factory is up and running The Queensland Prem- and it is state-of-the-art.” ier’s nine-day sojourn wound She said trade trips had bi- up yesterday in Los Angeles partisan support and her Gov- after meetings with major ernment would undertake movie houses and test driv- more aimed at bringing invest- ing an electric car. ment and jobs to the state. Ms Palaszczuk last night told The Courier-Mail the trip, which also included Washing- ton, Boston and the annual biotechnology conference in Philadelphia, would not be for- gotten. “Over the next few months I will be looking at ways we can take the learnings I have got from here and run with them,’’ she said. Preparing Queensland for the influx of electric vehicles, pushing the state’s biotechnol- ogy industry towards commer- cialisation and a program for sending talented people over- seas to learn skills in emerging industry are among the ideas Ms Palaszczuk will pursue. Ms Palaszczuk also met yes- terday with representatives of Legendary, the makers of Jur- assic World, and Marvel. She said they were im- pressed with Queensland as a movie-making destination, with its array of locations and experienced workers. “It is about opportunities for Queensland to have an on- going industry on the Gold Coast, not just sporadic, one- off films,’’ Ms Palaszczuk said. She also toured the factory of Tesla Motors, a company founded by PayPal billionaire 21 Jun 2015 Sunday Mail Brisbane, Brisbane Author: Steven Wardill • Section: General News • Article type : News Item Audience : 363,068 • Page: 26 • Printed Size: 186.00cm² • Market: QLD Country: Australia • ASR: AUD 6,044 • Words: 296 • Item ID: 423368757

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SCHOOL kids could be taught pert in IT and innovation then you have to start in the computer coding in the class- state’s solar potential and to schools,’’ she said. room under Annastacia Pal- speak at the World Science Ms Palaszczuk said that aszczuk’s push to make Festival, which will be hosted must involve computer skills Queensland the “smarter in Brisbane for the next six from an early age through to state”. years. coding classes being made Returning from her US trade “I’m very excited about the available to students eager to trip yesterday, the Queensland potential for future investment break into IT. Premier said the clear message in Queensland coming out of Federal Labor Leader Bill she had received was that the America,” she said. Shorten has also spoken of the innovation evolution had to “Tesla is a perfect fit for need to teach coding in class- start in the classroom. Queensland given their appe- rooms and promised a program Ms Palaszczuk met with of- tite for innovation in renew- ficials from international on- to upskill existing teachers to able energy, especially solar.” line behemoths, including provide the training. Facebook and GE, as well as IT industry leaders have global electric car and battery been advocating for Australia leader Tesla. to follow the lead set by Europe She told The Sunday Mail where science, technology, en- that diversifying the Queens- gineering and mathematics, so land economy could not be left called STEM skills, are being to industry and the right train- taught in kindy classes. ing for the jobs of the future The Premier also invited needed to start early. Tesla’s Elon Musk, who found- “Nearly everywhere I went ed PayPal, to Queensland for people were saying that if further discussions about the Queensland wants to be an ex- Qld premier eyes US navy for biofuels push | Business News | Business and Finance ... Page 1 of 2

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The US navy could help create a thriving biofuels industry in regional Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

Ms Palaszczuk visited the Pentagon in Washington DC as part of her first trade mission as premier to the US, where she met the navy's top brass.

A renewable energy policy has set a goal for half the navy's energy needs to be met from alternative sources by 2020.

The premier says that opens up opportunities for regional Queensland.

"We saw the boom of the LNG industry - this has the potential to be our next growth industry," she said on Saturday.

"We know the technology is there, we know we have the people already working in this field, what we now need to do is seek out those industry partners."

Ms Palaszczuk said the talks were in their early stages and the state needed to decide where it would place production plants.

"Initially, it could be in Mackay or Gladstone," she said.

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"But we also know we have Townsville there - a ready port which would be able to utilise the fuels for the US navy."

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Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is lobbying US Navy officials for Queensland to supply fuel for its Great Green Fleet. Source: News Corp Australia

MACKAY and Gladstone have joined Townsville as possible sites for a biofuels production plant as part of a State Government plan to power the US Navy’s eco-fleet.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk met senior US Navy officials at the Pentagon on Saturday to lobby for Queensland to supply fuel for its Greet Green Fleet.

The meeting, part of a US trade trip, discussed the navy’s renewable energy policy and how Queensland could be involved.

Ms Palaszczuk said the State wanted to tap into the expertise from universities regarding biofuels.

“We need to look at where we can put in place a production plant,” she said.

“Initially it could either be in Mackay or Gladstone, but we also know we have Townsville there, a 7 ready port which would be able to use the fuels for the US Navy.”

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The Great Green Fleet will embark on a Pacific tour in 2016 as part of its planned activities to trial biofuels, with Queensland being a potential destination.

Port of Townsville chief executive Ranee Crosby said while it was early days, it was great that Ms Palaszczuk was championing Queensland and Townsville.

“We’ve got a port that’s ready and capable,” she said.

Ms Crosby said the port would love to host the fleet during next year’s Pacific tour.

“It would just be brilliant for the city,” she said.

“They’ve got priority access to Berth 10 if they’re willing to come.”

Townsville MP Scott Stewart said he would support the project and a visit during the Pacific tour.

“If we can pull this off and develop the biofuels, it will be a great shot in the arm for the economy, not just for Townsville but for North Queensland,” he said.

The plan could also mean opportunities for James Cook University researchers, with a US naval delegation having visited the university in 2012 to inspect bioenergy projects.

The push comes as the State Government commits up to $1 million to identify new agribusiness prospects and their water needs in the Lower Burdekin.

Minister for State Development Dr Anthony Lynham said the Lower Burdekin Catchment Development Project would identify future development options and what needed to happen with water resources to support growth.      

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THE Queensland Government will spend $360,000 on a three-year research partnership with the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the money would help support Queenslanders undertaking research at the Institute.

The Smithsonian will host the researchers while the Queensland Government will pay $5000 worth of airfares and $1250 per week living costs for researchers completing three to four- month study tours.

The 2016 round of the fellowship program will open shortly and only Queensland school teachers and researchers can apply.

Brisbane's Dawn Boland and Beenleigh's Silas Middleton received the 2015 grants. - APN NEWSDESK

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US navy could create thriving biofuel hub in Queensland, Palaszczuk says Queensland premier visits Pentagon in trade mission to US and says navy’s goal to shift to renewable energy could aid industry at home

Australian Associated Press Saturday 13 June 2015 13.55 AEST

The US navy could help create a thriving biofuels industry in regional Queensland, the state’s premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, says.

Palaszczuk visited the Pentagon in Washington DC as part of her first trade mission as premier, where she met the navy’s top brass.

A renewable energy policy has set a goal for half the navy’s energy needs to be met from alternative sources by 2020.

The premier says that opens up opportunities for regional Queensland.

“We saw the boom of the LNG industry – this [biofuel] has the potential to be our next growth industry,” she said on Saturday. “We know the technology is there, we know we have the people already working in this field, what we now need to do is seek out those industry partners.”

Palaszczuk said the talks were in their early stages and the state needed to decide where it would place production plants.

“Initially, it could be in Mackay or Gladstone,” she said. “But we also know we have Townsville there – a ready port which would be able to utilise the fuels for the US navy.”

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Mackay might one day produce biofuels for US navy ships.

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MACKAY has been named as a potential location for a biofuel production plant to supply the US Navy.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made the announcement following a meeting with senior US Navy officials at the Pentagon in Washington yesterday, as part of the US Navy's renewable energy policy and its potential for supporting a biofuels industry in Queensland.

"The US Navy has set a goal of meeting half its energy needs from alternative sources by 2020, which opens up opportunities for biofuels suppliers at ports around the world," Ms Palaszczuk said.

"Queensland has the potential to play a big role in meeting those needs.

"There is potential for regional Queensland, especially Mackay and Gladstone."

A spokesperson from the Premier's office said it was Mackay's abundance of sugarcane by- products that made it an attractive option.

"Sugarcane could one day be powering US navy ships," he said.

"It's part of the US Great Green Fleet Initiative, they are looking for suppliers all around the world.

"Gladstone was probably also mentioned because of it's port."

Ms Palaszczuk named biofuels as the next big industry for Queensland.

"A Deloitte Access Economics/QUT study predicts bio-refining in all its forms could contribute $1.8m in gross state product to Queensland over 20 years and support more than 6,600 jobs over the next 20 years," she said.

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THE US navy could help create a thriving biofuels industry in regional Queensland, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

MS Palaszczuk visited the Pentagon in Washington DC as part of her first trade mission as premier to the US, where she met the navy's top brass.

A renewable energy policy has set a goal for half the navy's energy needs to be met from alternative sources by 2020.

The premier says that opens up opportunities for regional Queensland.

"We saw the boom of the LNG industry - this has the potential to be our next growth industry," she said on Saturday.

"We know the technology is there, we know we have the people already working in this field, what we now need to do is seek out those industry partners."

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Ms Palaszczuk said the talks were in their early stages and the state needed to decide where it would place production plants.

"Initially, it could be in Mackay or Gladstone," she said.

"But we also know we have Townsville there - a ready port which would be able to utilise the fuels for the US navy."

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Amy Remeikis Published: June 13, 2015 - 10:13AM

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's United States trade mission has taken her to the Pentagon.

Ms Palaszczuk, who left for America on Thursday, met US Navy brass at the famed Washington building to discuss how Queensland can help the leader of the free world meet its renewable energy targets.

The world's largest Navy, which includes a fleet of more than 280 battle ships and 10 aircraft carriers, wants to have half its energy needs met by alternative fuel sources by 2020.

Ms Palaszczuk wants Queensland to be a part of helping the US meets that goal.

"If we can lock down this partnership, we can unlock the opportunities to Queensland this will bring," Ms Palaszczuk said in a statement.

"My Government is keen to work with industry and research organisations to maximise Queensland's potential when it comes to biofuels and bio-manufacturing industries."

Both the Opposition and Labor have indicated a willingness to expand the state's biofuel industry, including plans for an ethanol mandate in fuel, which coincidentally is a key commitment needed to secure the Katter Party support in the state's hung parliament.

But with the mining and resources boom subsiding Ms Palaszczuk said it also opens doors to creating a new industry for the state.

The Premier has already flagged research and development of new industries playing a starring role in next month's budget and while no plan has been released, has also made a commitment to exploring renewable energies, including expanding the state's solar industry.

After leaving Washington, Ms Palaszczuk will travel to Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles.

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