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Submission 10 Advance Rockhampton Region Rockhampton Regional Council Economic Action Plan 2016 – 2020 ABN 25 489 830 449 // PART OF THE EMPOWER NORTH GROUP ROCKHAMPTON REGIONAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN 2016 – 2020 1 Empower North is a group of expert consultants providing select clients with an integrated service across the specialist areas of: We are a client centred team delivering nuanced services to business, industry and all three tiers of government. We offer seamless cross specialty service delivery to provide clients holistic and fully integrated solutions and outcomes. Further information of Empower North services can be found at: www.empowernorthgroup.com.au ROCKHAMPTON REGIONAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN 2016 – 2020 2 Message from the Mayor There are many ingredients required to My Council is united in its create a strong and diverse economy. vision for our region and we want to be accountable A vibrant and innovative business sector is a must, as is on the things that we financial support from State and Federal Governments. control. This Action Plan Tying all this together must be a Council with a vision and outlines what we will do a desire to make things happen. as a Council to generate economic activity. It Too often local government sees its role simply as an identifies 10 broad areas advocate and not as an enabler. While I will never walk for growth and the actions away from fighting for our fair share from other levels of we will take to achieve government, this Economic Action Plan lists the things against all of them. that we control to make things happen. It’s a plan for growth that I would like myself and our entire Council to We recognise that Governments create successful be judged against. business environments - not successful businesses. This is best achieved through prudent policy and planning, No other region has a Council that is as unified to investment in the right infrastructure to get things moving, capitalise on growth in the traditional and innovative regulation that minimises business impact, skilled industries to create economic opportunities and an people, and basic research needed to identify economic unrivalled lifestyle as Rockhampton. opportunities. In October 2015, Council launched the Rockhampton Council is leading the push to develop our region through Region Economic Development Strategy. This strategy the initiatives of Advance Rockhampton and Destination provides our region with a map to achieve growth and Rockhampton; this plan outlines how we will do it. My economic prosperity. Now it is time for Council to set commitment is to build on our success to create an a clear example on the things we can get moving. I am economic environment that encourages and rewards confident by providing this, catalyst support from other innovation and attracts the investment and people levels of government and a positive attitude within our needed for a prosperous future. We invite you to play your community will flow. part with us. ROCKHAMPTON REGIONAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN 2016 – 2020 3 Economic Enablers Business is the engine driving economic • Regulation that minimises business impacts: growth. The goal of this plan is to create Balancing regulation against investment and jobs; a vibrant business environment that is • Skilled people: Assisting entrepreneurs develop the skills needed to start a business; innovative, competitive, productive and • Basic research needed to identify opportunities: prosperous. Partnering to provide the information needed for sound Rockhampton Regional Council is doing its bit to create investment and business decisions; that environment through the use of the following • Promoting our strengths and opportunities to economic enablers: attract investment and people: Building a national and international profile as a great place to live and Clearly stating our • Prudent policy and planning: invest; intent, backed up with sound planning and actions; • Lobbying other levels of government for our • Investment in the right infrastructure to get fair share: Fighting to ensure that the Rockhampton Timely and prudent investment in things moving: region gets its fair share of government investment and local infrastructure to boost business investment, jobs service delivery. and prosperity; Queensland’s mineral, coal and petroleumm operations and resourcess Horn Island Gold Major mining operations and mineral resources Metals MINE Ceased production/ Resource (including under construction) care and maintenance Bauxite Cobalt Copper Gold Indium Iron Lead Molybdenum Skardon River Kaolin Nickel Scandium Silver Tin Tungsten Uranium Vanadium Zinc Bauxite SKARDON RIVER Industrial MINE Ceased production/ Resource minerals (including under construction) care and maintenance and rocks Pisolite Hills Bauxite Apatite Bentonite Brick clay Diatomite Dolomite Fluorite Feldspar Gallium Granite Gypsum Ilmenite Kaolin Limestone Magnesite Magnetite Marble Potash Perlite Porphyry stone Phosphate Rare earths Rhenium Salt WEIPA Bauxite Sandstone Silica Silica sand Siltstone Slate Sodium bicarbonate Zeolite HEY POINT Bauxite Urquhart Point Mineral sands Gemstones MINE Ceased production/ Amrun Bauxite care and maintenance Aurukun Bauxite Chrysoprase Opal Sapphire Mineral MINE Resource sands Mineral sands Kendall River Kaolin Major coal and petroleum operations and resources CAPE FLATTERY Silica sand Coal MINE Ceased production/ Resource (including under construction) care and maintenance Coal-bearing region Tin Collingwood Conventional Gold PALMER RIVER petroleum Tungsten Watershed RIVER OF GOLDG Slate Coal seam gas Silica MOUNT CARBINE MOUNT CARBINE Tungsten Gold Tregoora ROCKHAMPTONMOUNTT MOLLOY REGIONAL Limestone COUNCIL ECONOMIC ACTION PLAN Perlite NYNYCHUMCHUM Oil shale Resource Cairns 2016 – 2020 4 Copper TTARARTTANAANA Gold NorNorthcthcototee Zinc King King VVooll Copper Lead Zinc MUNGANAMUNGANA WOLFRAM CAMP Tungsten Molybdenum Pipeline Oil Oil non-operational Gas Gas proposed Copper Gold Mungana/Red Dome PHOENIXPHO LIME Limestone Marble Limestone CHILLACHILLAGOEGOE Por o r phyyry r yP Porphyry stone Tin KKararttououmm BAAL GAMMON Copper Tin Silver Indium Karumba Tin MOUNT VETERANTE Export Port Mineral Coal LNG Zinc Copper Silver MOUNT GARNET MouMouririlylyananSilica sand Tin Mount Garnet CCORALIMEORALIME Limestone Westmoreland Uranium Limestone BUCKLANDBUCKLAND Bell Creek Nickel Cobalt Cairns Population centre Mesozoic and Cenozoic basins Walford Creek Copper Lead Zinc Silver Pipeline Gold Georgetown LighthouLighthouseseSilica Late Paleozoic to Early Mesozoic basins Gold Silver Zinc Lead CroydonCroydon Einasleigh/KaiserStrategic Bill Opportunities Railway Copper Gold Silver Slurry Zinc Lead Silver Chloe/Jackson LAVA PLAINS Sapphire Mid Paleozoic Drummond Basin Gold ROPEWROPEWALKALK KKookkomoomo Nickel Cobalt Scandium Constance Range Iron Copper Gold BBALALCCOOOOMAMA Conjuboy Diatomite Proposed railway Paleozoic fold belt CENTURY Zinc Lead Silver Zinc Lead Silver Dry River South GrGreeneenvvalealeNickel Cobalt Scandium CHRISTMAS CREEK Limestone Gold Agate Creek Early Paleozoic Georgina Basin MagnetiteResourcesMOUNT MOSS Townsville Copper MMaitlaitlandand Nickel Cobalt Lucky Break Neoproterozoic fold belt (Anakie Inlier) Paradise North Mount Oxide Copper Ben Lomond Phosphate DolomiteMostPAULEESON of Rockhampton’s remarkable period buildings were founded and funded by the Mount Dromedary Graphite Uranium Molybdenumum D-D-TTrreeee Dolomite HILLHILLGROGROVEVE Middle Proterozoic fold belts Paradise South Phosphate Gold Phosphate WWoooolglgarar MOUNT GORDON Copper wealthGold generatedBrilliant Lode byFFar gold.Far Fanninganning INKERMAN LIME Limestone LADY LORETTA LADY ANNIE Copper Gold Bowen Gold Great Britain Lead Zinc Silver Leichhardt Copper Gold Granite Castle RAVENSWOOD/MOUNT WRIGHT Gold RosebyRoseby Copper Gold Gold Silver WWARRIORARRIOR Gold Silver Copper Lead Zinc Silver Dugald River The Region’s well placed to take advantageMount ofCarlton world-class coal and gas deposits in the Bowen, Galilee and the Surat ERNEST HENRY Copper Gold Magnetite Zinc Lead Copper Gold Silver VVOOMAMACKACKA Copper Gold Magnetite Zinc Lead Copper Gold Silver LiontLiontoownwn Uranium ValhallaValhalla BBarbarbararaaCopper basins. 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