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A Appendix A – List of Submissions 1 Mr Bruce Evans 2 Murweh Shire Council 3 District Council of Karoonda East Murray 4 Mid North Coast Regional Development Board 4.1 Mid North Coast Regional Development Board Supplementary 5 ACC - Mid West Gascoyne 6 ACC - North Queensland 7 The Brolga Project 8 Narromine Shire Council 9 Regional Council Tamworth 10 School of Behavioural, Cognitive & Social Science 11 Deakin University 12 Mr Wally Lenyszyn 13 Corangamite Shire 14 VECCI Invigorating Business 15 Committee for Geelong 16 Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire Council 17 ACC - Peel 18 Geofabrics Australasia Pty Limited 19 City of Wodonga 90 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND REGIONAL AUSTRALIA 20 Horsham Rural City Council 21 Hughenden Chamber of Commerce Inc. 22 Central Darling Shire 23 Rural City of Wangaratta 24 Southern Cross University 25 Department of Broadband, Communications & the Digital Economy 26 Municipal Association of Victoria 27 Australian Bankers' Association Inc. 28 Southern Cross University 29 Growcom 30 Southern Councils Group 31 Southern Mallee District Council 32 Manningham City Council 33 G21 - Geelong Region Alliance 34 ACC - Illawarra 35 Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism 36 Peel Development Commission 37 Latrobe City Council 38 Shire of Yilgarn 39 City of Albany 40 Glenelg Shire Council 41 National Farmers' Federation 42 RMIT University 43 National Sea Change Taskforce 44 Shire of Strathbogie 45 ACC - Mackay Region 46 Hurstville City Council 47 Qantas Airways Limited APPENDIX A – LIST OF SUBMISSIONS 91 48 Albury City 49 City of Mandurah 50 Goldfields-Esperance Development Commission 51 Burnett Mary Regional Group 52 Central Goldfields Shire Council 53 Kempsey Shire Council 54 Urana Shire Council 55 Regional Aviation Association of Australia 56 Australia's Premier Peace Advocate 57 Toowoomba Regional Council 58 ACC - VIC Central Highlands 59 National Growth Areas Alliance 60 Mid-Western Regional Council 61 Shire of Dumbleyung 62 Wyong Shire Council 63 Upper Lachlan Shire Council 64 Greater Shepparton City Council 65 Wakefield Group 66 Darwin City Council 67 City of Wanneroo 68 City of Townsville 69 Northern Rivers Regional Development Board Inc. 70 The City of Newcastle 71 Western Australian Local Government Association 72 Shellharbour City Council 73 Richmond Shire Council 74 Gold Coast City Council 75 Caterpillar Underground Mining Pty Ltd. 92 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND REGIONAL AUSTRALIA 76 Oberon Council 77 University of Ballarat 78 Gosford City Council 79 Gippsland Local Government Network 80 ACC - Tasmania 80.1 ACC - Tasmania Supplementary 81 Shoalhaven City Council 82 Wide Bay Burnett ROC 83 Broken Hill City Council 84 InvestWEST Alliance of Councils 85 Alexandrina Council 86 Limestone Coast Regional Development Board 87 Far Western Regional Development Board 88 Shire of Flinders 89 ACC - NT 90 District Council of Cleve 91 Organising Principles Group 92 BREAZE Inc. 93 Sunshine Coast Regional Council 94 ACC - Sunshine Coast 95 Rockhampton Regional Development Limited 96 Interface Councils 97 ACC – Kimberley 98 ACC - Northern Rivers (NSW) 99 Ozeconomics Consulting 100 ACC - Central Murray 101 Wentworth Shire Council 102 Minerals Council of Australia APPENDIX A – LIST OF SUBMISSIONS 93 103 ACC - Orana 104 ACC - Greater Brisbane 105 ACC - Gippsland 106 Southern Grampians Shire Council 107 Local Government of Queensland 108 Griffith City Council 109 ACC - Ipswich & Regional 110 Economic Development Australia 110.1 Economic Development Australia Supplementary 111 Moree Plains Shire Council 112 Regional Economic Development Corporation 113 Goulburn Mulwaree Council 114 ACC - Southern Inland Queensland 115 Strathfield Council 116 Shire of York 117 ACC - South East NSW 118 CONFIDENTIAL 119 Nexus Consulting (Aust) Pty Ltd 120 Townsville Enterprise Limited 121 The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia 122 NSW Business Chamber 123 Tasmanian Department of Economic Development and Tourism. 124 Wellington Shire Council 125 Australian Local Government Association 126 Mortlake Employment Services 127 ACC - Riverina 128 Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry 129 Geelong Chamber of Commerce 94 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND REGIONAL AUSTRALIA 130 TAFE NSW - North Coast Institute 131 Geelong Manufacturing Council 132 Ararat Rural City Council 133 Grampians Pyrenees Regional Development Board 134 Grampians Tourism Inc. 135 Gunnedah Shire Council 136 Abacus - Australian Mutuals 137 Mr David Smith 138 Department for Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts 139 Diamantina Shire Council 140 Bunbury Wellington Economic Alliance 141 Barcoo Shire Council 142 Peel Community Development Group 143 Mid West Development Commission 144 Barwon Darling Alliance 145 Northern Territory Government 146 NSW Government 147 Migration Institute of Australia Limited 148 NSW Legal Assistance Forum 148.1 NSW Legal Assistance Forum Supplementary 149 Eurobodalla Shire Council 150 Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce 151 Mildura Rural City Council 152 ACT Government 153 Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government 153.1 Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government Supplementary APPENDIX A – LIST OF SUBMISSIONS 95 153.2 Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development & Local Government Supplementary 154 Department of Human Services 155 Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF Australia) 156 Queensland Government 157 Genworth Financial 158 Business Broken Hill 159 Far West Community Legal Centre 160 Advance Cairns Limited 161 Mrs Sherrie Wilkins 162 Ms Margaret Kelly 163 Ms Rebecca McIlveen 164 ASPO Australia 165 Logan City Council 166 Gold Coast Tourism 167 Department of the Treasury 168 Nation Building Australia Pty Ltd. 169 Department of Innovation, Industry, Science & Research 170 Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations 96 THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND REGIONAL AUSTRALIA .
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