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ADVANCE CAIRNS MEMBERSHIP
Information Package 2018-19
Future TNQ
Economic Development
Advocacy Members &
Organisation
Advance Cairns is the peak independent
non-government advocacy and
economic development organisation for
Tropical North Queensland
OUR MISSION
Providing wise, apolitical and united advocacy that stimulates innovative and strategic
initiatives for our regional advancement.
OUR VISION
A consistently growing and economically prosperous, productive, sustainable and outward
looking city of 250,000 servicing a region of 500,000 focussed on its connectivity to Asia and
the Pacific.
WHAT WE DO
We increase regional advancement in Tropical North Queensland through:
Identifying catalytic projects & policies to support growth
Developing priorities in collaboration with members and key regional organisations
Gaining business and community support
Leading unified and strategic advocacy to all levels of government
OUR FOCUS
Advocacy
Advance Cairns regularly advocates to all levels of government for the catalytic
projects and policies to support the future growth of our region.
Our regular delegations to Canberra and Brisbane are supported by reciprocal visits
from key Minister and shadow Minister representatives.
Economic Development
We facilitate economic development by supporting industry retention, growth and
attraction, trade development and investment attraction.
We utilise established links with peak industry bodies to attract new industries.
Future TNQ
Driving regional engagement, facilitating sustainable population growth, economic
growth and diversity
Membership & Organisation
Our members are socially responsible businesses who are actively involved in securing
a legacy of prosperity for TNQ. Through their membership, these leaders demonstrate
their commitment to moving beyond talk and into action.
Advance Cairns hosts a number of events throughout the year for members and
provides exclusive benefits in attendance at other key events.
Advance Cairns has three membership categories to offer flexibility to businesses.
OUR REGION
Encompassing 26 local government areas,
the Tropical North Queensland region
extends from Cardwell to the Torres Strait
and from the Northern Territory border to
the Coral Sea.
Nearly two-thirds of the region’s population
live within the Cairns Regional Council area.
7% to 12% of the population live within the
Cassowary Coast Regional, Douglas Shire,
Mareeba Shire and Tablelands Regional
Council areas and approximately 2% of the
population live in Cook Shire.
Urban areas include residential,
commercial, industrial, institutional,
entertainment and tourist land uses.
Rural land is used largely for agriculture,
particularly sugar cane farming, tropical
fruits and vegetable s, coffee, cattle
grazing, timber production, mining and
fishing.
Tourism is the region’s major export industry,
with world-heritage rainforests, the Great
Barrier Reef, beaches, tropical islands,
coastal ranges and numerous resorts.
The Estimated Resident Population of the Advance Cairns Region area as at June 2017 was
275,673.
OUR REGIONAL PRIORITIES
Cairns Convention Centre
Exisiting centre expansion and refurbishment
Cairns Hospital
Designation as a full-sevice tertiary hospital (level 6)
Cairns International Aviation Route Development
Destination marketing funding for long-term route sustainability
Cairns Marine Maintenance Precinct
Establishment of a Sustainment Marine Hub in Cairns
Cairns Ring Road
National Highway extension and ring road construction
Cairns Shipping Development Project
Channel dredging and wharf infrastructure construction
Gulf Savanah Way
Improved flood resilience and sealing
HMAS Cairns (Defence)
Funding advancement and home basing of OPVs
JCU Cairns Enterprise Bundle
Cairns Tropical Enterprise and Sports Conditioning Centre funding
Land Tenure and Lease Reform
Facilitation and support for Indigenous investment
Nullinga Dam
Increasing arable land and ensuring agricultural water supply
Superyacht Chartering Gaining permission for foreign vessels to charter in Australia
Uniform Tafiff Policy
Developing an energy policy for TNQ region
Infrastructure Priority Policy Priority
OUR MEMBERS
Platinum Members
Executive Members
General Members
AAB Equipment
AFL Cairns Limited
Air Freight Handling Services
Alive Pharmacy Warehouse
Aurecon Australasia
Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group
Babinda Electrics
Big Cat Green Island Reef Cruises
Brazier Motti
Brilliant Technologies
BSE Cairns Slipways
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital &
Health Service
Cairns Chamber of Commerce
Cairns Penny Savings & Loans
Cairns State High School
Cairns Wholesale Paint
Calanna Pharmacy
Catholic Education Cairns Diocese
CBRE Cairns
CCIQ
Chapman Group
Cock and Bull Hotel
Colliers International (Cairns)
CPB Contractors
CQUniversity
Crowe Horwath (Aust.)
Dawsons Engineering
Destination Cairns Marketing
Dodge Auto Repairs
EMBECA
Elite Real Estate
Energy Queensland
FGF Developments
Flanagan Consulting Group
Flinders Shire Council
Fowler’s Group
Grant Thornton
Halpin Partners Accountants
Haz-Elec Industries Pty Ltd
Herron Todd White (Cairns)
Hilton Hotel
Holding Redlich
Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd
Joe Vella Insurance Brokers
Kleinhardt Business Consultants
KUR-World
LDI Constructions Civil Pty Ltd
LJ Hooker Cairns Edge Hill
Mac Farms
MacDonnells Law
McDonalds Restaurant
Miller Harris Lawyers
My Pathway
National Australia Bank
Nightowl Convenience
Norship
Pacific Hotel Cairns
Pasma Electrical
Peters Bosel Lawyers
Piccone’s Family of Companies
Planz Town Planning
PMC (Plaster Metal Cladding)
Quicksilver Group
Ramsay Health
Raymond Plumbing
RDA FNQ&TS
Reef Magic Cruises
Riley Resort – Crystalbrook Collection
SBJ Joint Ventures
Shangri-La Hotel
Star 102.7 and 4CA
Study Cairns
Super Yacht Group Great Barrier Reef
TAFE North Queensland
Taylor Byrne Valuers
Telstra Business Centre
The CaPTA Group
The Morris Family
The Reef Hotel Casino
Ten Years Younger
TNQ Hydraulics
Trinity Anglican School
Tropical Reef Shipyard
Tropical Tourism North Queensland
Westpac
WGC Lawyers Pty Ltd
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Trent Twomey – Chair
Trent is a pharmacist and a partner in a group of four pharmacies. He
is Qld Branch President of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, a member
of the James Cook University Council, Interim Chair of the Northern
Australia Alliance and has been a member of the Northern Australia
Advisory Group, providing expert advice on developing Northern
Australia to the members of the Strategic Partnership — the Prime
Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, the Premiers of Queensland and
Western Australia and the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory.
Trent is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Council Member of the
Queensland Futures Institute, Committee for Economic Development Australia Trustee, and
the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian College of Pharmacy. Trent is
married with two children.
Michael Delaney - Deputy Chair
Michael has been in public practice in Cairns since 1987 and has
worked in the audit and business services areas since.
Michael is a BDO accredited advisor in Family Business and consults to
a wide range of family businesses.
Michael is the President of the Cairns Amateurs and a Director of
Access Community Housing Company.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Science (UQ), Bachelor of Commerce
(UQ), Graduate Certificate in Forensic Studies (Accounting) (Monash), is a Chartered
Accountant and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Chris Boland - Director & Chair of Finance and Risk Committee
Chris Boland is Chief Executive Officer of Ports North.
Ports North is responsible for the management and operation of the
Ports of Cairns, Karumba, Thursday Island, Mourilyan, Skardon River,
Cape Flattery, Quintell Beach, Cooktown and Burketown as well as
the Cityport project in Cairns.
Chris was born in Queensland and attended university at the
University of Queensland gaining an honours degree in Engineering
before working in Melbourne, the United Kingdom and Cairns.
Professor Sandra Harding – Director
Professor Sandra Harding took up her appointment as Vice
Chancellor and President of James Cook University Australia in
January 2007. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring clear and
effective leadership and management of the University across all
operating sites, including campuses in Cairns, Singapore and
Townsville.
Professor Harding has extensive academic and academic leadership
experience. An economic sociologist by training, her areas of
enduring academic interest include work, organisation and markets and how they work. She
also has a keen interest in public policy in two areas: education policy and related areas;
and the global Tropics, northern Australia and economic development.
Professor Harding has undertaken a wide variety of external roles within the business
community and the higher education sector.
Melissa Nielsen – Director
Melissa has extensive experience in all facets of business, commercial
and property law with her clientele base ranging from larger publicly-
listed corporations through to privately-owned companies and self-
employed clients.
Her extensive experience in commercial and property matters
includes advising on all aspects of the acquisition and sale process,
drafting contract documentation, negotiating contract terms,
completing due diligence enquiries and finalising the conveyancing
process. She provides practical and effective advice in relation to all aspects of property
and commercial transactions, with a strong background in rural and agricultural dealings.
Melissa has a special interest in leasing – commercial, rural and retail, acting on behalf of Far
North Queensland’s largest corporation in this field. Highly results driven, she specialises in
transactional work and has a strong background in providing advice on contracts and
agreements, property development, building, conveyancing, mortgaging and franchising.
Melissa has valuable local experience.
Born and raised in tropical north Queensland, she is a true local with strong ties to the
community and the region. She is a current director of Advance Cairns Limited.
In 2013 Melissa was awarded the James Cook University Outstanding Alumni Award for the
Faculty of Law, Business and the Creative Arts.
Mark Hope - Director
Mark Hope is CFO and General Manager of Corporate Services,
North Queensland Airports (NQA), which operates Cairns and
Mackay airports.
Mark Hope leads NQA’s Finance and Corporate Services team,
with responsibility for all financial, legal, procurement, information
technology and human resources activities. Mark has over 20
years’ experience gained in a career that has included senior roles
at Price Waterhouse (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers), APN News
and Media, and Queensland Government. His experience includes Chief Financial Officer
roles in both private and public sectors.
Jodie Duignan-George - Director
Jodie Duignan-George is an Associate Vice Chancellor of CQUniversity.
The primary focus of this role is to set the strategic direction for
CQUniversity’s Cairns and Far North Region and lead activity in pursuit of
the University’s engagement agenda.
Jodie has a strong background in corporate and commercial service
management and business development within the higher education
sector. Jodie’s real strength lies in community engagement. She has
experience leading teams and setting strategic direction, for social and
economic impact, in collaboration with industry and community.
In addition to her role at CQUniversity, Jodie is the Vice President of the Cairns Chamber of
Commerce, Vice President of Study Cairns and Company Secretary of Engagement Australia. She
is also a Committee member of Regional Development Australia FNQ&TS.
Jodie is a firm believer that the Cairns region has enormous potential yet to be unlocked. As a
Cairns local of 26 years, she is passionate about the region’s development and is dedicated to
strengthening opportunities for education and industry alike.
Sean Adams - Director
With over 20 years’ experience working within the construction industry,
Sean Adams has a wealth of knowledge and a passion for all facets of
business.
As a hands-on director, he is dedicated to his staff, improving efficiencies
and providing cost effective supply solutions to his clients. Having
graduated from The University of Queensland with an honours degree in
Structural Engineering, he has worked as a design engineer with national
firms located in both Australia and the UK.
Joining CSF Industries in late 2003, Sean became managing director in 2009. Under his leadership,
CSF Industries has diversified and Sean now oversees three separate business units: CSF Steel
Fabricators, CSF Roofing and Townsville Steel Fabricators. In 2014, he launched a start-up transport
company, Intrans Logistics, where he remains the Managing Director. Born and raised in Cairns,
Sean believes in the opportunities our region has to offer for current and future generations.
Nick Trompf - CEO
Since moving from Victoria to tropical north Queensland in 2001, Nick has
played an active role as a senior business leader as well as in the wider
community.
Before joining Advance Cairns as CEO, he had a 34-year career in media,
initially as a journalist and editor and then moving into commercial
management. He was General Manager of Cairns’ oldest business, the
Cairns Post Pty Ltd, for 11 years before promotion into more senior roles at
News Corp Australia – ultimately heading all of its regional divisions from
Hobart to Darwin (while still based in Cairns).
Nick has been a passionate advocate for the region serving on a variety of voluntary boards
including Advance Cairns (two terms), the Far North Queensland Amateur Turf Club, AFL Cairns,
the Salvation Army Red Shield Business Appeal and Events Cairns. He and his family also run a stud
beef cattle business on the Atherton Tablelands.
MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
COMPANY/ORGANISATION INFORMATION
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Street Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
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COMPANY/ORGANISATION CONTACTS
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PREFERRED MEMBERSHIP LEVEL
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Full membership terms and conditions, direct debit authority and privacy policy can be found at
www.advancecairns.com/members/become-a-member.
MEMBERSHIP PAYMENT
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Billing Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
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BANK DETAILS
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CREDIT CARD DETAILS
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Credit Card Issuing Bank Name: __________________________________________________________
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I agree to cover the following charges (amount to be immediately charged to credit card /
debited from my account for Advance Cairns Membership):
Platinum Membership:
Option 1 - $4333.33 (per month) Option 2 $13000 (per quarter) Option 3 - $52000 (per
annum)
Executive Membership:
Option 1 $2083.33 (per month) Option 2 $6250 (per quarter) Option 3 $25000 (per
annum)
General Membership:
Option 1 $366.67 (per month) Option 2 $1100 (per quarter) Option 3 $4400 (per
annum)
Cardholder Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ___ / ___ / ___
Please return this form by post or email:
Advance Cairns PO Box 3065 Cairns QLD 4870 or [email protected].
Level1, 51 The Esplanade
PO Box 3065, Cairns, 4870
P: (07) 4080 2900
W: www.advancecairns.com