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Future job seekers in the agricultural sector will need to know their way around a computer rather than a tractor if they want a long career in the industry.
Thatâs the message from Greater Whitsunday Alliance chief executive Kylie Porter, who said the pandemic had refocused attention on the critical need for places such as Mackay to produce and manufacture onshore.
The federal government will deliver a $10m funding injection in these new projects under the Regional Recovery Partnerships program to drive the regionâs recovery from COVID-19.
The projects include an upgrade of the Biocommodities Pilot Plant in Mackay, a new Aquaculture and Agriculture Tech Skills Hub for the Whitsunday region and delivery of stage 2 of the Clermont Saleyards and Showgrounds Revitalisation.
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Three new major projects in the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday set to boost jobs and the economy have been revealed.
The federal government will announce on Wednesday a $10m funding injection in three new projects under the Regional Recovery Partnerships program to drive the region’s recovery from COVID-19.
These projects include an upgrade of the Biocommodities Pilot Plant in Mackay, a new Aquaculture and Agriculture Tech Skills Hub for the Whitsunday region and delivery of stage 2 of the Clermont Saleyards and Showgrounds Revitalisation.
The federal and Queensland governments have identified these projects as high priority.
Dawson MP George Christensen said the Whitsunday-based Tech Skills Hub would deliver ag-tech programs and training to boost the sugar cane, beef, aquaculture and horticulture industries.
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Subscriber only One of Australia s most innovative entrepreneurs will share a few slices of business advice with Central Queenslanders as part of Isaac Regional Council s Small Business Month. Business leader and Eagle Boys founder Tom Potter will be the key speaker at The Networking Evening with Tom Potter in Moranbah and Clermont in May. Mr Potter left school at 15 and found himself jobless at 23. He opened his first pizza shop in Albury, New South Wales in 1987 and proceeded to build his business to become Australia and New Zealand s largest privately owned pizza company. Fast forward 34 years later and he is still here, and part of the reason is his most valuable lesson- to continuously evolve .
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A “vital” new report aims to unlock water supplies to boost economic growth across the Mackay Whitsunday Isaac region.
Greater Whitsunday Alliance has released its Regional Water Strategy to identify the value of existing assets and pinpoint new ways to tap into water to ensure long-term economic security.
GW3 chief executive officer Kylie Porter said the strategy was “vital” to understand how constraints to accessing water were impacting development opportunities.
“The MIW Regional Water Strategy quantifies both regional water assets, and the current and future demand for water and provides a blueprint for leveraging these assets to secure our region’s economic future,” Ms Porter said.
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