L-R: Cameron Dick MP, SEBCC President Penny Cutting, Premier Anna Bligh, Di Farmer MP
Thanks to Penny Cutting, South East Brisbane Chamber of Commerce President, for providing us with her July President’s Report.
One hundred and fourteen members and guests attended our July Business at Sunrise meeting with the Premier. Those who were unable to attend missed an exceptional opportunity. Next time perhaps.
The Premier provided good reasons why Queensland can expect strong economic growth in this new financial year. Genuine information that we don’t seem to get in the press or the TV news.
Did you know, for example, that our desalination plant, which some critics label a multi-billion dollar white elephant, provided drinking water for Brisbane for four weeks when the standard system could not cope with polluted floodwaters? I didn’t. Things you learn at the Chamber!
The Premier gave examples of how small business will benefit from the economic growth generated by the resurgence of mineral extraction industries.
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Gumdale State School is one of the 14 Queensland state schools where new kindergarten services are to be co-located in 2012.