Some of the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region’s change champions last week travelled to Canberra to meet with a range of parliamentarians and key advisors to discuss and showcase our region’s strong economic credentials and how it is at the forefront of embracing change.
Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) hosted a small delegation to Canberra on March 16, 17 and 18 to coincide with the Region’s Rising Summit delivered by the Regional Australia Institute.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) and Canegrowers Mackay are transforming the sugarcane landscape with a collaboration to challenge some thinking around farming as a career and attract young people to the sugarcane industry.
Ag Mastermind:
Monday 22 March
From 7.45 am – 4 pm
Resources Centre of Excellence, 65 Crichtons Rd, Paget QLD 4740
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is leading the way to support the agriculture industry and to improve food systems within the Mackay Whitsunday Issac region through the Agribusiness Future Alliance Project.
GW3 CEO Ms Kylie Porter said Ms Shireen Pisters will lead the Agribusiness Future Alliance Project, after her appointment to the role in late 2020.
Ms Pisters has worked across many fields within the agricultural industry for the past 20 years, working in the Northern Territory in the Central and Top End; Broome in Western Australia and South Australia.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) has today released the Greater Whitsunday Future Skills Roadmap which provides a summary of the skills and training required for the region in the future.
The Greater Whitsunday Future Skills Roadmap was a component of the Regional Jobs Committee project, funded by the Queensland Government’s Department of Employment, Small Business and Training (DESBT).
The roadmap includes recommendations under four key pillars to educate the region to ensure the Greater Whitsunday workforces remain adaptable, resilient, and employable in the future of work.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) recently held its 2019-2020 Annual General Meeting and officially welcomed Mackay business leader Tony Caruso as the new Chairperson of the GW3 board.
GW3 Chairperson, Mr Tony Caruso said the AGM was an opportunity for the organisation to reflect on the past twelve months of the organisation.
Mr Caruso said despite the challenges that the year has presented the 2019-2020 year has been one where GW3 has continued to cement its value as a truly regional organisational body that is focused on the economic development and prosperity of the greater Whitsunday Region.
Read MoreAs the Christmas and New Year season approaches Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is encouraging small business owners who may be struggling after a tough year, to take advantage of the extended MIW Business Wellbeing Service.
The MIW Business Wellbeing Service provides free mental health support to Mackay Isaac Whitsunday small business owners.
Read MoreThe Regional Australia Institute (RAI) will today officially launch the Regional Activators Alliance (RAA) – a new body designed to help create its national awareness campaign aimed at driving population to the regions.
GW3 CEO, Ms Kylie Porter says GW3 has joined the the alliance which is designed to raise awareness and lead important conversations about the importance of regions like Mackay Isaac Whitsunday to the national economy.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) has released the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday (MIW) Future Employment Study to provide the region’s industries, businesses and workforces with a blueprint to ensure we are prepared for the impact of digital technology.
GW3 commissioned global consulting firm KPMG to complete the study.
Read MoreMackay business leader Tony Caruso has been appointed as the incoming Chairperson of the Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) board.
Mr Caruso will lead eight directors on the board to guide the strategic outcomes for the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday (MIW) economic development organisation.
Whitsunday Regional Council (WRC) Mayor and Chairperson of the Greater Whitsunday Council of Mayors (GWCoM) Andrew Willcox said Mr Caruso was selected from a group of high-profile candidates after a comprehensive recruitment campaign.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) and Queensland Local Content Leaders Network (QLCLN) is this week releasing their local content recommendations, after the group commissioned a research project to develop a better answer to the question ‘what is local?’.
Keeping it in the Regions: A better practice model for local content and defining local business was developed in response to the 2018 House of Representatives Standing Committee Inquiry into mining and resource industry support for businesses in regional economies.
Read MoreNearly $40 billion worth of projects have been listed on the Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) Regional Projects Development Register update released today.
The register lists 489 projects and highlights the project pipeline in the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region.
Mackay has $1 billion in infrastructure projects planned and $2.7 billion in construction projects; Isaac has more than $15 billion in mining projects, as well as nearly $2 billion in utilities projects proposed; while Whitsunday has more than $6.7 billion in infrastructure projects planned and more than $8 billion in utilities.
Read MoreMackay businessman John Fordyce has been appointed as a director to the Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) board.
Mr Fordyce joins GW3 Chairperson Mr John Glanville and seven other directors on the board to guide the strategic outcomes for the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday economic development organisation.
GW3 Chairperson Mr John Glanville said Mr Fordyce was a great addition to the GW3 board and bring with him years of commercial and governance experience.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is leading the way to showcase Mackay Isaac Whitsunday (MIW) as a region tackling head on the challenges and opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).
To better prepare its 170,000 plus regional population, GW3 will launch the Transformation Region digital platform with a virtual summit on July 29.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) this week is launching the MIW Business Wellbeing Service to provide mental health support to Mackay Isaac Whitsunday small business owners.
COVID-19 has created many pressures for small business owners across the region. Through the BHP Vital Resources Fund, small business owners can now access free sessions with a clinical psychologist.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) Chairperson Mr John Glanville has announced his retirement after almost four years of championing the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday (MIW) region as the inaugural Chairperson.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is this week launching the My Digital Coach program to assist small business in the Mackay Isaac Whitsunday region recover from the COVID- 19 pandemic impacts on the economy.
The program funded through the Local Buying Foundation will help small businesses develop or enhance foundational digital skills and assets to improve their business’ bottom line.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) has launched a community activation campaign #wepledgelocal designed to encourage the community of Mackay Isaac Whitsunday to love their local business and keep supporting them however they can.
Read MoreThe Mackay Isaac Whitsunday Agribusiness Export Supply Chain Mapping Study will be launched at tomorrow’s meeting of the Growing Greater Whitsunday Agrifood Steering Committee.
Read MoreAfter the success of the Big Ideas Challenge in October, Greater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is calling on Mackay Isaac Whitsunday schools to take hold of an opportunity to take part in Future Anything: Activate.
Read MoreGreater Whitsunday Alliance (GW3) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kylie Porter as Chief Executive Officer. GW3 Chairman John Glanville said it was an exciting time for the organisation.
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