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Annual Report 2016–17 Table of Contents CERTIFICATION of FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Annual Report 2016 –17 Department of State Growth Submission to Ministers Will Hodgman Michael Ferguson Dr Vanessa Goodwin Premier Minister for Information Minister for the Arts Minister for Tourism, Technology and Innovation Hospitality and Events Matthew Groom Guy Barnett Rene Hidding Minister for State Growth Minister for Resources Minister for Infrastructure Minister for Energy Dear Ministers How to contact us In accordance with the requirements of Section 36 of the Head Office – Hobart State Services Act 2000 and Section 27 of the Financial Management and Audit Act 1990, I submit to you, for Salamanca Building, 4 Salamanca Place presentation to Parliament, this report on the affairs and GPO Box 536, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia activities of the Department of State Growth for the financial year ended 30 June 2017. Phone: 1800 030 688 Fax: 03 6233 5800 Separate reports will be presented to you by the Tasmania Email: [email protected] Development and Resources Board and the Board of Web: www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au Trustees of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery in accordance with state legislation. Yours sincerely © State of Tasmania, October 2017 Disclaimer: The information contained within the Annual Kim Evans Repor t 2016 –17 is considered to be correct at the time of publication. Images used within this publication remain the Secretary property of the copyright holder. Department of State Growth October 2017 An electronic version of this report is available at www.stategrowth.tas.gov.au 1 :: Annual Report 2016-17 Contents Submission to Ministers 1 Report from the Office of the Coordinator–General 43 Contents 2 Report from Infrastructure Tasmania 49 Message from the Secretary 3 Report from the Tasmanian Planning Who we are 5 Reform Taskforce 51 People and Culture 7 Supporting information Department Industry and Business Development 10 of State Growth 53 Client Services 10 Right to Information 53 Industry Strategy Planning and Coordination 11 Public Interest Disclosures Act 53 Mineral Resources Tasmania 11 Integrity Commission 53 Trade and International Relations 13 Legislation administered by the Department Workforce Development and Training 13 of State Growth 2016–17 54 Report from the Director of Energy Planning 19 Policies to help manage our business 57 Gifts, benefits and hospitality 57 Cultural and Tourism Development 22 Major contracts and consultancies 58 Arts Tasmania 23 Disability Framework for Action 2013–17 69 Events Tasmania 23 Publications 70 Screen Tasmania 24 Grants 71 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 24 Statutory and non–statutory bodies 74 Tourism and Hospitality Supply–side Unit 25 Superannuation certificate 74 Transport Services 30 Compliance index 75 State Roads 30 List of acronyms 78 Road User Services 32 Photo credits and acknowledgements 79 Report from the Abt Railway Financial Statements for the year Ministerial Corporation 38 ended 30 June 2017 80 Business Services 40 Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2017 Abt Railway Ministerial Corporation 182 2 :: Annual Report 2016-17 Message from the Secretary The recovery from the June 2016 floods continued to be a focus for us over the first half of 2016-17 with permanent rectification works across 48 high priority roads and 39 bridges completed by December. This financial year also saw the continuation of significant works as part of the $500 million Midland Highway 10 Year Action Plan with work completed on three more sections, taking the total completions to ten with works continuing on another three. This year also saw the completion of the $43.2 million North East Freight Roads project delivering eight projects including the replacement of 10 bridges across the region. For passenger transport services, 2016-17 saw the commencement of Project 2018 to enhance and re-contract I am very pleased to present the 2016-17 annual report for all general passenger bus services across the state and in the Department of State Growth on our work in supporting December we facilitated the entry of Uber-X services into the economic and cultural development and business and jobs greater Hobart area. growth in Tasmania. In December we also launched the new 10 year Towards This year we continued our focus on supporting local industries Zero Tasmanian Road Safety Strategy 2017–2026 and secured and businesses, creating real jobs and providing a skilled dedicated road safety funding for a further ten years for workforce to support our economy. evidence–based road safety programs and infrastructure. We have enhanced Tasmania’s position as a tourism, This year our support for local business saw strong results business and investment destination and supported building with some 850 clients accessing direct assistance from Business the Tasmanian brand to a wider audience nationally and Tasmania, more than 540 small businesses receiving free and internationally. independent advice through Enterprise Centres Tasmania, and Our work has continued to strengthen our regions and provide almost 1 600 businesses taking advantage of our Digital Ready the infrastructure and transport systems needed to keep people for Business program. and the economy moving. We continued the roll-out of the Government’s Free Wi–Fi This work is underpinned by our three-year Corporate Plan network which saw more than 290 000 users access over which continues to foster an employee-focussed workplace as 650 000 sessions from 153 hotspots in 60 key tourism locations, we progress the government’s stated Budget commitments and and the joint Tasmanian-Australian government Mobile Black Spot the Agenda 2016 and Deliverables 2017 plans. program saw regions serviced expanding to 10 during 2016-17. 3 :: Annual Report 2016-17 These programs were part of an agency-wide focus on The Tasmanian Museum and Gallery had another strong year supporting growth in the visitor economy as we work with with record attendance of 403 662 visitors across exhibitions industry and other parts of government to increase visitor including kanalaritja: An Unbroken String, The Tempest, and One numbers to 1.5 million by 2020. Hell of an Inferno: The 1967 Tasmanian Bushfire. In supporting local communities we rolled out the new State Growth continued to support the Energy Security Community Infrastructure Fund with 126 local projects totalling Taskforce in its work following the extraordinary Basslink outage $4.73 million funded through the Minor Round, and the Major of 2015-16 with the Taskforce releasing its interim report for Round closed for applications to be finalised in the coming period. comment in December 2016 and subsequently providing its final report to the Minister for Energy in June this year. We continued Tasmania’s international engagement with trade missions to China, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan Within State Growth, and underpinned by our Corporate Plan, and South Korea and provided support for TasInvest 2017 in this year we launched our new Corporate Values: Courage Japan, generating a significant number of reciprocal delegations to make a difference through teamwork, respect, excellence and trade missions to Tasmania, and we supported the overseas and integrity. expansion plans of 17 local Tasmanian businesses through the We have also implemented a comprehensive healthy workplace New Market Expansion Program. regime, reaffirmed our commitment to the mental health In supporting jobs and skills, in the last year there were some and wellbeing of our people and have proudly commenced 28 700 working-age Tasmanian students in government White Ribbon accreditation to demonstrate our leadership in subsidised vocational education and Tasmanian apprentices and addressing family violence and violence against women. trainee numbers peaked at 8 200 in June 2017. In closing, I commend the staff of State Growth for their Under the Workforce Development Grants program 56 commitment and support across the year, and thank the Chairs projects worth more than $3.36 million were either completed, and members of our respective boards and our Ministers for continuing or commenced, and support for apprentices and their support. trainees continues through the User Choice program and Career Start and Skills Fund Jobseeker programs. Tasmania’s cultural and tourism offerings had another big year in 2016-17 with 29 major events supported by Events Tasmania, and Screen Tasmania collaborations continued to promote our state with successes such as The Kettering Incident, Lion, Rosehaven, and animated children’s shows Little J & Big Cuz and Kim Evans Fanshaw and Crudnutt. Secretary Department of State Growth 4 :: Annual Report 2016-17 Who we are The Department of State Growth’s role is to support The Department of State Growth also supports economic growth and facilitate the creation of jobs and Infrastructure Tasmania and the Office of the opportunities for Tasmanians. Coordinator–General. The department is made up of four business areas each These key offices are important in providing a coordinated headed by a Deputy Secretary reporting to the Secretary. approach to the planning and delivery of all major economic infrastructure in Tasmania, and in attracting investment to We recognise and build on synergies that exist across Tasmania, facilitating major projects and cutting red tape. government and work collaboratively to create opportunities for all Tasmanians. Our Corporate Plan Our structure includes the following business areas: The Department of State Growth’s Corporate Plan 2015–18 » Industry and Business Development – a client–centric acknowledges the diversity of our activities and provides us with group that focuses on driving the development of industry common objectives that we all contribute to. capability and regional development for growth including For each of the following objectives there are also a number of small business support, workforce development, trade, priority actions. resources and energy. 1. Work with Tasmanian businesses and industry to support » Cultural and Tourism Development – developing policy growth and job creation. and programs to deliver economic and social outcomes through the cultural and creative sectors, encompassing 2.
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