Queensland Government Planning Summit

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Queensland Government will hold a Planning Summit which will focus on the Better Planning for Queensland Directions Paper which was released earlier this year. http://dilgp.qld.gov.au/resources/planning/directions-paper/better-planning-directions-paper.pdf

The Summit is being streamed live and can be viewed at the following link:

https://webcast.gigtv.com.au/Mediasite/Login/Register?ReturnUrl=%2FMediasite%2FPlay%2F2bd7ef4cfe8143329e3744e7c15763941d

The hashtag for twitter is BP4Q#, please feel free to share your ideas via this hashtag and please forward this information to anyone who might be interested in viewing the Summit and participating via Twitter.

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Couriermail 28th July 2015 page 6

State seeks to stay ahead

MAYORS and planning experts from across the state will be told they need to focus on a future no longer tied to mining as Deputy Premier Jackie Trad outlines her vision for Queensland today.

Ms Trad will launch the State Government's Planning Summit in Brisbane with a speech intended to kickstart consultation on reform.
The Deputy Premier is expected to tell the audience she wants to start a new conversation "that needs to be had now as we forge our way in a changing global economy, and look to broaden our economic base away from a dependence on mining".

"We should be looking to become a regional investment and innovation hub, a launch pad into Asia for some of the biggest players in the world, playing off our strengths to grow investment and trade in the knowledge industries of the future," Ms Trad is expected to tell the summit.

"Nationally and internationally, there will be significant competition for knowledge and creative industries' workers and entrepreneurs, so we need to draw them here.

"And a flow-on effect will be the economic development and employment growth in such ancillary activities as retail, food and accommodation and personal services.

"It will be this level of detail that will be captured in the new SEQ Regional Plan currently being drawn up."

Ms Trad will tell the summit the current regional plan had served its purpose "protecting our rural areas, promoting greater housing density in growth corridors and protecting our enviable lifestyle, but again, it needs to reflect the changing ways in which we will be working, living and playing".

"It takes strong leadership and bold decisions to stay ahead of the curve, to provide the strong planning base."

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#bp4q Tweets

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Brisbanetimes --> Jackie Trad planning the plan to plan our future

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Twitter

Geoff Breusch ‏@gbreusch  2m

Planning for the growth of SEQ has been delayed by at least 12 months. The reason? Find out in @7NewsQueensland at 6

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7 News  --> Plans stalled by election: Qld govt

Queensland's Deputy Premier has revealed planning for the south east's growing population has stalled for more than a year because of January's election. Geoff Breusch reports.

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Well, this thread is on hold for a while ...

At times like these we need a song! (and a plan hey?)      It just gets crazier and crazier ...