WARREN TRUSS MP TO ADDRESS YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AT BREAKFAST MEETING
INVITATION TO ATTEND BREAKFAST MEETING WITH THE HONOURABLE WARREN TRSS MP AS GUEST SPEAKER
Maryborough Young Professionals are pleased to announce The Hon Warren Truss MP, as special guest speaker at our August breakfast.
How has he outlasted many of his colleagues and opponents in a career that has spanned more than two decades in one of the toughest jobs around? Mr. Truss will share with us some of this inspiring story and discuss the young professionals he has encountered along the way – what did they do right and more importantly, what did they do wrong? What can you and I learn from them?
Event Details:
Time: 6.50 am for 7:00 am start
Venue: Maryborough RSL (173 Lennox Street)
Date: Wednesday 31 August 2011
Price: $15
The Hon Warren Truss MP:
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=GT4
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QUEENSLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY HAS REBRANDED ITSELF & UPDATED ITS WEB PRESENCE
New Brand and Website
Dear valued members and customers,
Recently, we have launched a new CCIQ brand and website.
In recent months, you have let us know that you – as business owners, entrepreneurs and managers – are time poor and need accurate and easy to understand information at your fingertips. Our new website is evidence that we are listening and responding.
To meet our sole goal of better serving Queensland businesses, we took a good, hard look at the way we structure our services and communicate them to you – our members and customers.
Key features of the new CCIQ website include:
- A direct link to search for upcoming training courses on our homepage. This is in response to your feedback that training is a highly valued service. Click here.
- Comprehensive information on all the services we offer to help your business, found under the services button on the top navigation bar. These include CCIQ Advocacy, CCIQ Apprenticeships, CCIQ Consulting, CCIQ HR, CCIQ International, CCIQ Law, CCIQ Safety, CCIQ Sustainability and CCIQ Training. Click here.
- Map and directions to all CCIQ offices & Local Chamber of Commerce Offices found under the regions button on the top navigation bar. Click here.
- Information on our community programs including our School Business Community Partnership Brokers Program, Youth Invest. Click here.
- Information on upcoming events and webinars to keep you up-to-date on latest legislation, and to connect you with state and national leaders and decision makers. Click here.
Information you value
To make sure that we provide you with the most relevant information, we have also developed a CCIQ customer portal.
First and foremost, this will allow you to choose your areas of interests and subscriptions. You will also be able to view and update your contact details and to track online enquiries with the ‘member-only’ employer assistance line (EAL) team. More features will be added over time for your benefit. Click here to register for our portal.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us on 1300 731 988 . We value your opinion, so please also take this opportunity to let us know what you think of our new website by clicking the feedback button at the bottom of the site.
This is the first of many new initiatives that you will see rolled out over the near future to improve our service and value.
We’re doing everything we can to make your experience with us better.
CCIQ team
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INVITATION TO ATTEND OPEN FORUM ON ALDERSHOT MINING OPERATION SHORTCOMINGS
This corressponce & invitation was forwarded to us
ALDERSHOT AND DISTRICT AGAINST MINING
Pres. Steve Harding-Vice.Pres. Brian Linforth-Sec.Sue Crickitt
Tres. Col Renyolds
72 Smelter St. Aldershot 4650
Tel 41221011—e-mail brisue@dodo.com.au
14/03/11
Chambers Of Commerce Fraser Coast
The committee of our organization invites you to a very factual and informative documentry film regarding COAL SEAM GAS EXTRACTION.
Apart from the possible income from these wells we believe it is in your members interest to be aware of the potential damage the proliferation of this form of mining can have.
The attached brochure gives details and we hope to see some of you there.
REGARDS
BRIAN LINFORTH
VICE PRES .
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WEB CONFERENCE ON STAFF RETENTION SET FOR MARCH 16TH
Dear Henry Sapiecha, Just a reminder. There are only a few days left to join us for this practical,60-minute webinar."Proven Employee Recognition Strategies that Boost Morale & Reduce Turnover" Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET http://www.edcuation.net/1YC/0/2/p4RWVUc/p5SCT5C7i/p0e CONFERENCE AGENDA: How to Keep Your Best Employees from Leaving: Rewards & Recognition ** Creative ways to reward without money - what's working in 2011 ** Don't underestimate the power of praise- how to use it effectively ** What your best employees want from you & how to deliver consistently What Supervisors Can Do Today to Inspire & Motivate Your Superstars ** Simple ways to integrate employee recognition into your daily routine ** Ways to spark passion in drained high performers & build loyalty ** How to liven up boring & redundant tasks for discouraged employees How to Avoid the Top Mistakes that Cost Supervisors their Best Employees ** Coaching tips to make your best employees feel valued & appreciated ** Identify & remedy the most common causes of boredom & burnout ** How to pinpoint the problem BEFORE they get to the exit interview Live question and answer session - Have your specific questions answered by our expert speaker: Expert, Hunter Lott, is an award-winning trainer with the American Management Association, Vistage and the Society of Human Resource Management. Highlights of his background include: ** He serves as HR support for small, growing businesses through his membership organization Hunter 24/7. Hunter has reviewed over 1,100 employee handbooks in the last eight years. ** His clients include Anheuser-Busch, FedEx Kinko's, Carpet One, Vistage, The National Institutes of Health and Morton Buildings. ** He attended Tulane University in New Orleans, graduated from Iowa State University and currently resides in Rochester, MN. Earn HRCI Credit: This program has been approved for 1 re-certification credit hour toward PHR and SPHR re-certification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). As a leader in fast-read, actionable advice on workplace issues, the conference gives you the opportunity to add immediate impact to your HR efforts in a manner that is: FAST - No wasted time here. Get right to the heart of the matter in a 1-hour block designed to easily fit into your busy schedule. CONVENIENT - No airlines. No travel. No time out of the office. Listen from the comfort and convenience of your desk. EASY - A telephone and computer with access to the Internet is all the equipment you need. Just dial in, punch-in your access code, then click the link to access the website and you're in. That's it. Follow along with the Webinar handouts provided in advance. ACTIONABLE - Our conferences provide money-saving tactics you can start using right when you hang up the phone. IDEAL FOR MULTIPLE LISTENERS - Use a speakerphone and as many people as you want can listen in - at no extra cost to you. A projector is suggested for the video portion for multiple attendees. Many professionals use these sessions as a cost-effective, time-efficient means of training supervisors, managers, and staff while reinforcing key issues in a fresh, new manner that they will remember and act on. AFFORDABLE - Priced at $199, it is a fraction of the cost of travel and attendance fees for other high-priced conferences or seminars. ** "Proven Employee Recognition Strategies that Boost Morale & Reduce Turnover" ** ** Live, 60-Minute Webinar Conference ** ** Wednesday, March 16, 2011 – 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET ** Register now for this exciting event by clicking the following link or calling 1-888-669-6067: http://www.edcuation.net/1YC/0/2/p4RWVUc/p5SCT5C7i/p0e We hope you'll join us. Sincerely, Executive Education P.O. Box 31 Devault, PA 19432 Received & published by Henry Sapiecha
FLY IN, FLY OUT FRASER COAST & NATIONAL MINING JOBS
Fly In Fly Out-Fill out the survey
The establishment of a Fly in Fly Out (FIFO) hub during the curent Australian mining boom could be a major economic boost for lifestyle areas who otherwise will miss out on the great mining boom.
Achieving a target of even 1000 people living in a coastal area and working in remote mining locations could generate a minimum $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 in wages to an economy.
The aim is to determine commercial and economic opportunities around the creation of a FIFO hub on Queensland’s Fraser Coast for those within 1 1/2 hours driving distance of Hervey Bay.
The survey can be taken at:
Please pass the link on to your networks and people who may be interested.
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NOMINATE NOW FOR THE TELSTRA BUSINESS AWARDS 2011
2011 Telstra Business Awards-
Australians are urged to celebrate the nation’s best small and medium businesses by nominating them for the 2011 Telstra Business Awards.
Entries are open for the Awards program in its 19th year of recognising excellence in business. It is bigger than ever in 2011 with the introduction of two new Awards, the Telstra Regional Business Award and the People’s Choice Award.
For the second year, entrants in the Awards can elect to receive a 70-page Business Health Check, an independent report that assesses a company’s performance against best practice and can help in identifying opportunities for growth.
For finalists and winners, the Awards offer accolades, public profile and the privilege of joining an exclusive national business alumni. Winners will share $500,000 in overall cash and prizes.
Deena Shiff, Telstra Business Group Managing Director and Telstra Business Awards Ambassador, said the Awards were the best way to recognise the contribution made by small and medium businesses.
“Many are built on adversity and overcome obstacles – as communities across Australia face immense challenges such as rebuilding after the recent natural disasters, small businesses are making an enormous contribution,” Ms Shiff said.
“As Australia’s longest-running and most prestigious national business Awards, they play an important part in supporting the development of this diverse sector. The Awards celebrate not just success in business but also the skills and innovation needed to breathe life into an emerging business idea.
“Nominating businesses for the Awards shines a light on the courage, persistence and sheer hard work behind their achievements as well as opening entrants to a unique evaluation process that provides a ‘health check’ of invaluable insights that can help them grow and thrive.
“Winning a Telstra Business Award often catapults a business on to bigger and better things, with previous winners expanding across the country and overseas.
“The state and territory Telstra Regional Business Award is a chance to highlight the success and importance to local economies of regional businesses while the Telstra Business Awards People’s Choice Award will allow customers and supporters to vote for their favourite businesses and recognise the service, values, innovation and other strengths that the businesses offer,” Ms Shiff said.
Mr Peter Lilley, co-founder and CEO of the 2010 Telstra Australian Business of the Year, stratsec, said winning the Award was a fantastic honour for the company that provides independent information security consulting and testing services. The win has been followed by stratsec’s acquisition by British information security company BAE Australia as well as new cyber security opportunities for stratsec in South-East Asia and the Middle East.
“The reputation boost and recognition in international markets afforded by that kind of independent Award is incredibly important,” Mr Lilley said.
The 2011 Telstra Business Awards have six Award categories:
1. Business Owner Micro-Business Award – For businesses with five employees or fewer.
2. MYOB Small Business Award – For businesses with more than five employees but less than or equal to 20 employees.
3. Panasonic Australia Medium Business Award – For businesses with more than 20 employees but less than or equal to 200 employees.
All entrants will be considered for the following two specialist Awards:
4. AMP Innovation Award – For businesses that have successfully introduced an innovation.
5. Yellow Pages Social Responsibility Award – For demonstrated leadership and contribution by a business to the environment, people, education or the community.
6. Telstra Regional Business Award – For businesses in each state and territory located outside the metropolitan areas of the capital cities.
The People’s Choice Award is open to all submitted entrants in the Telstra Business Awards. It gives the Australian public the opportunity to vote for their favourite businesses via the Telstra Business Awards website from early April.
To nominate and enter go to telstrabusinessawards.comor call the Telstra Business Awards Team on 1800 262 323 between 9am and 7pm AEST Monday to Friday. Entries close at 5pm Eastern Standard Time on Monday 4 April 2011.
Category Awards are offered in each state and territory, and an overall state or territory winner is selected from the category winners.
Winners of state and territory categories are then eligible to take out national categories, with the overall state and territory winners eligible to win the 2011 Telstra Australian Business of the Year, which will be announced at a gala event in Melbourne on 26 August 2011.
Media contacts:
Kathryn McFarlane 0419 850 201 Telstra
Marcela Balart 0422 483 371 Lighthouse Communications Group
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SHAVE YOUR HEAD FOR THE LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION CHARITY DRIVE
LEUKAEMIA FOUNDATION CHARITY EVENT
Every hour, someone in Australia is diagnosed with leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma. Every two hours, someone dies from one of these blood cancers.
The money raised is used by the Leukaemia Foundation to fund services to support patients and families living with leukaemias, lymphomas, myeloma and related blood disorders. All the Leukaemia Foundation services are free. Funds raised go towards blood cancer research to find better treatments and cures.
This year I have made the commitment to help raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation and will be brave and shave my hair (completely off)!
That’s right on Saturday 12th of March at 5.30pm at the Bayswater myself and 14 other people in my team (Scalped Hervey Bay) will be shaving or colouring our hair to raise money.
This year it is my goal to raise $ 5000.00 for the this vital cause. I am putting the call out to all my friends and family, to help me raise the much need funds to help those people suffering from these blood related diseases. If you area able to donate a few dollars towards my fund raising efforts I, as well at the patients suffering from Leukaemia would be very appreciative. Remember, any donations made online will receive a tax receipt.
If you would like to donate online please click here. Alternatively email me and I can organise collecting any donation you may want to make.
Again I would like to thank you for your anticipated support and I hope the money raised will get us one step closer to finding a cure for this disease.
Thanks
Bernard Whebell
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FRASER COAST YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FIRST BREAKFAST MEETING FOR 2011
Dear Members and Supporters,
| FCYP Maryborough’s First Breakfast for the Year 2011
After a rocky start to 2011, Maryborough along with the rest of Queensland is ready to get back on its feet – the question is… what can you do to help? Our first Maryborough breakfast for 2011 will focus not only on how new visitors will be brought to our region but what can we as individuals and Young Professionals do to help rebuild our local economy. Our guest speakers will be General Manager of Fraser Coast Tourism, Damien Massingham, Marketing and Media Manager Tourism Fraser Coast, Danielle Andreuzzi and Executive Manager Customer Service, Marketing & Tourism for Fraser Coast Regional Council Lisa Stephenson who will all share with us some important information on our current tourism situation and how we can help assist the rebuilding of our region practically and economically. The smallest efforts are often the most important! Spread the word! RSVP HERE TODAY: fcyp.whosattending.com/events/34 Event Details When: Thursday 24 February 2011
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FRASER COAST COMMUNITY CARE SERVICES FUNDING
| More Than $2 Million for Fraser Coast Home and Community Care Services |
| Tuesday, 16 November 2010 |
Almost $2.4 million has come into Home and Community Care services on the Fraser Coast, including $1.8 million to secure a site for a new respite service to be run by the Kalang Respite Care Centre Aboriginal Corporation.
Local Federal Member Paul Neville said the entire allocation of funding was a much-needed boost for local support agencies, and meant aged and frail people could stay in their own homes longer.
“We know the majority of people prefer to continue living in their own homes, and HACC services can provide people with that option while giving them greater independence.
“This funding will help these organisations provide services which maintain and improve the quality of life for older and disabled Australians.
“Without services such as domestic assistance, centre-based day care, meals, transport and home nursing, many local older residents and people with disabilities would have to move into residential care facilities, rather than stay in their own homes.”
Details of the local grants are:
• Kalang Respite Care Centre – $1.8 million to secure land and construction of a new building to provide centre-based day care and social support services
• Kalang Respite Care Centre – $139,838 for a new bus
• Kalang Respite Care Centre – $195,791for allied health care, centre-based day care, domestic help, meals, transport and social support
• Blue Care Fraser Coast – an extra $176,984 for domestic help, health and personal care and centre-based day care
• The Hervey Bay Day Care and Respite Centre – $8,576 for allied health care and centre-based day care in Hervey Bay
• The Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre TransComCare – $5,994 for transport of clients
• Burrum District Respite Association – $5,298 for centre-based day care
• Centacare Fraser Coast – $39,784 for domestic help, social support, personal and respite care
• Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre, Multicultural Respite Service – $5,955 for social support, centre-based day car and respite care
• Hervey Bay Home Assist Secure – $7,385 for domestic help and home maintenance services
• Wide Bay Respite Services Association – $4,618 for respite care services
• Hervey Bay Meals on Wheels – $15,510 for a new gas range and planetary mixer to help with meal preparation
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CENTRELINK EXPO FREE FOR EMPLOYERS AND PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES
A message from Centrelink
I would like to take this opportunity to extend an invitation for your company to attend an upcoming Centrelink Jobs and Skills Expo. The event is 100% free and details about the Expo can be found below.
Centrelink is holding a series of Expos across Australia as part of the Australian Government’s Nation Building Economic Stimulus Plan. The Centrelink Jobs and Skills Expos support the ‘Keep Australia Working’ initiative, an Australia wide federal government strategy supporting Australian jobs and industry.
The Centrelink Jobs and Skills Expo is intended to provide a vehicle for employers, industry groups, recruitment and training providers, and other key stakeholders, to participate in a local community event that provides people with access to job vacancies, information about options that enhance employability, training opportunities, as well as information about other related local support services.
This will be a great opportunity for employers to promote and effectively fill job vacancies for all job types – a real ‘Jobs Marketplace’.
The event will be extensively publicised, and all local job seekers will be issued with a personal invitation to attend. Centrelink is working with the Local News to maximise public awareness of the Keep Australia Working Jobs and Skills Expos. Sales representatives of local news may contact you to offer advertising space in a special Jobs Expo supplement which Centrelink will be supplying with editorial information about the expo. It is important to note that you are under no obligation to purchase advertising in this supplement.
To date Centrelink has coordinated 30 Expos around Australia with over 130,000 Job Seekers and well over 2000 Exhibitors attending.
The schedule for southern Queensland is:
· Fraser Coast – Friday 19 November – Wide Bay Institute of TAFE 45 – 97 Urraween Road, Pialba
· Gympie – Wednesday 24 November – The Pavilion, Gympie Showgrounds, Gympie
· Caboolture – Friday 10 December – Morayfield Park Leisure Centre, 298 Morayfield Road
As an Exhibitor you’ll be provided with free display space, including table, chairs, signage, and a light lunch.
Please CLICK HERE to download a Registration Form for the Expo to be held on the Fraser Coast on 19 November 2010. Please complete and return the form as soon as possible. If you are interested in attending other Expos, please indicate which one/s in your response.
You can also find additional information about the Expos at www.centrelink.gov.au Regards,
Jayne Ross,
Manager,
Hervey Bay
Centrelink
Ph: 4125 9030
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