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AUSTRALASIAISSUE 10 | WWW.AUSTRALASIAOUTLOOK.COM
gold medal
London 2012 was a
huge disappointment
also this issue
THE
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A U S T R A L I A S
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L Game cme a cleThe 2012 London Olympics have come to
an end. Lets be frank from an Australian
perspective things didnt go too well. A
shortage of gold has left the athletes licking
wounds, the public saddened (after all,
whats beer than an Olympic gold?) and the
AOC in disbelief.
AOC president John Coates certainly
wasnt happy and took aim at the aitude ofsporting administrators - not athletes - for the
disappointing medal haul.
I wouldnt point the nger at any
athletes in terms of aitude. I cant do that,
Coates said. But I leave a question mark on
whether the aitude or ownership is as good
as it could be in the management of some of
the sports.
Some though, rightly or wrongly,
have questioned the athletes work ethic
and commitment.So what went wrong? We discuss that on
page 16.
Away from the Olympics, we look at the
boomtowns of Western Australia and some
of the recent going ons at Queensland Rail.
We also pay a visit to leading shopping and
supermarket trolley manufacturer QHDC
which diversied some of its focus and is
set for expansion according to business
development manager Bruce Atkins.
Of course we continue to bring you all the
other things you have come to expect from one
of the regions leading business lifestyle titles.
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Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt
defended his mens 100m title in
stunning style at London 2012,
winning the nal in a time of 9.63
seconds an Olympic record.
Fellow Jamaican Yohan Blake
and American Justin Gatlin came
second and third.
I was slightly worried about
my start, Bolt told BBC Sport.
It was not the best reaction
in the world, but I stopped
worrying about it and executed
it and it worked.
Seven of the eight nalists
ran under 10 seconds in what
was the fastest Olympic 100mnal in history.
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Oscar Pistorius made history by
becoming the rst amputee sprinter
to compete at the Olympics.
The four-time Paralympic
champion, 25, whose legs were
amputated below the knee
aged eight, nished second in
his 400m heat in a time of 45.44
seconds to reach the semi-nal.
I didnt know if I should
cry or be happy. It was such a
mix of emotions, Pistorius told
BBC Sport.
seebhm ele f ilve i 100m backke
A heartbroken Emily Seebohm
had to sele for silver in the
100m backstroke after 17-year-old American schoolgirl Missy
Franklin passed the Aussie in
the last desperate strokes to
the wall.
Franklins time was 0.10
seconds slower than the
one Seebohm set in her heat
swim. If the Queenslander
had been able to reproduce
that performance in the nal
she would be the Olympicchampion.
Immediately after the race,
the disconsolate 20-year-old
broke down in tears as she
was being interviewed by
Grant Hacke.
But as her achievement sank
in over the following hours, her
outlook gradually changed.
Im really happy, not
that you can tell, that I got
silver, she said. In the last
Olympics I got ninth, but
ninth is like second in a way,
you are just so close but you
just missed it.Seebohm has since
conceded her obsession with
social media may have played
a role in narrowly missing out
on gold.
I dont know, I just felt
like I didnt really get o
[social media] and get into
my own mind, she said. I
have said a lot that all I need
to do is focus on my ownrace. But when people start
telling you are going to win
gold, you are going to start
believing it. When they tell
you a thousand times you are
going to get it, somewhere in
your mind you are just like,
Ive done it. But I hadnt
and that was a big learning
curve and I obviously need
to sign out of Twier and log
out of Facebook a lot sooner
than I did.
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Dominos Pizza says full-year prots are expected
to grow by 15 percent by June 2013 driven by
soaring digital sales and demand for moreshopfronts.
The Australia-based pizzamaker reported a 26
percent rise in full year net prot of $A26.9 million
for the year to June 30, 2012, up from $A21.4
million in the previous year.
Chief executive Don Meij said customers were
increasingly buying pizzas online, especially
through their smartphones, instead of the
conventional ways over the phone or in-person.
He said its expected more than 60 percent of
Dominos overall pizza sales will come through viaonline orders this year.
Weve gone from one percent of (online sales)
in 2005 to 50 percent today, and 40 percent of thats
through smartphones, Mr Meij told AAP.
Dominos says its same store sales will grow bythree to ve percent by June 2013 and about 75 new
stores will open at the same time as a result of that.
The whole digital exposure means were geing
more business, and more business means we need
more shops to handle all that, Mr Meij said.
Dominos expects new product lines and online
oerings will drive its sales this year.
The pizzamaker is to launch a new iPad app
that allows customers to `create their own pizza
before its handed to them at the door.
You actually make the pizza with your ngers,so youre actually pulling the topping on the pizza
and building it.
L i f e s t y L e
AnZ cme a High Cfee figh
A class action representing 38,000 ANZ bank
customers has begun with lawyers hoping tooverturn a Federal Court judgment limiting which
bank penalties are regarded as excessive.
Lawyers say banks are boosting their coers
and punishing customers by charging excessive
fees for over-the-limit credit cards, overdrafts and
overdrawn accounts.
The case against ANZ is part of Australias
largest class action on behalf of 170,000 customers
from ANZ, Commonwealth, NAB, Westpac, St
George, Citibank, Bankwest and Bank SA who are
claiming more than $A220 million in excessive fees.Justin Gleeson, representing the class action,
argued the law should focus on whether the fees
exceed the cost of any likely damage incurred by
the bank and examine the purpose for the fees.
He said if an ANZ customer had an overdrawn
account they could be charged a $A45 dishonour
fee or a $A29.90 honour fee and have electronic
access to their account terminated.
The bank takes the self-help remedy of
dishonour, Mr Gleeson told the courts full bench.
Its to deter a customer and punish them to the
unjust enrichment of the bank.
Mr Gleeson said the size of the fee was excessive.
M o n e y
rBA keep cah ae hl
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has left
the cash rate on hold at 3.5 percent for the
second meeting in a row.
At its August meeting, the RBA decided
to keep the cash rate steady, after a similar
decision in July, and cash rate cuts in Mayand June.
RBA governor Glenn Stevens said that
moderate growth in the domestic economy,
plus earlier cash rate cuts had prompted
the decision.
As a result of the sequence of earlier
decisions, monetary policy is easier than it
was for most of 2011, he said.
In Australia, most indicators suggest
growth close to trend overall.
Labour market data show moderate
employment growth, even with job
shedding in some industries, and the rate of
unemployment has thus far remained low.
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B u s i n e s s
Alec hae ee aig hal
Shares in garage door and construction
products maker Alesco have been placed
in a trading halt as takeover talks withDuluxGroup continue.
Alesco advises the reason for the
trading halt is to allow Alesco to continue
its discussions with DuluxGroup in relation
to its conditional o-market takeover bid
for all of the ordinary shares in Alesco, a
statement said.
Alescos board previously has said it
was opposed to paint maker Duluxs $A210
million takeover oer, which includes
2.05 cents a share in cash plus 18 cents in
franking credits.
However, Dulux has managed to convince
some of Alescos largest shareholders to
take up its oer and now controls about 41
percent of Alescos shares.
s p o r t
Cicke Vicia m l fray J
Cricket Victoria haspaid tribute to former
state wicketkeeper Ray
Jordon, who has died
aged 75.
Nicknamed Slug,
Jordon was also a
prominent gure in
the VFL/AFL as a
junior coach.
Fondly remembered for his mentoring skills, his
sharp tongue and his even sharper wicketkeepingskills to all types of bowlers, Jordon played 79 rst-
class matches for Victoria from 1959-60 to 1970-71.
He scored 2237 runs at 26.01 and claimed 260
dismissals, a record later broken by Richie Robinson.
Jordon was Brian Tabers back-up gloveman
on Australias tour of Sri Lanka, India and
South Africa in 1969-70 and played 11 rst-class
matches on that tour.
He later served as a Victorian selector.
Cricket Victoria chief Tony Dodemaide said
Jordon was a character in every sense.
He was denitely one of those people for
whom records and statistics are only a small part
of the story.
Magpie AFL a swa baeby clb
Collingwood have suspended star Dane Swan,
jeopardising their chances of an AFL top two
nish and the midelders hopes of back-to-backBrownlow Medals.
The Magpies backed team rules over star power,
banning the in-form 28-year-old for two games for
going out drinking.
The decision was made after the club became
aware that Swan had been drinking alcohol a
clear breach of club protocol, the Magpies said in
a statement.
The suspension followed discussions between a
number of parties, including the leadership group.
The clubs players reportedly made a pledge
to refrain from drinking alcohol for the rest
of the season.
L i f e s t y L e
Jble ae fell i Jly
There was a small improvement in
the unemployment rate in July, data
released by the Australian Bureau ofStatistics showed.
According to the data, 14,000 more
people found jobs in July and the
unemployment rate fell 0.1 percent to
5.2 percent in the month.
Full-time employment rose by
9,200 to 8.074 million in July and
part-time employment was up 4,800
to 3.439 million.
The July participation rate was 65.2
percent, compared with 65.3 percent in June.
The participation rate was forecast to
be 65.3 percent.
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Carlton & United Breweries
(CUB) is to shed about 30
Melbourne brewing jobs.
CUB told workers at its
Abbotsford brewery it will shut
one of the sites seven production
lines. 33 jobs will go.CUB has announced it
will be closing one of the older
production lines at Abbotsford,
making 33 positions redundant,
the company said in a statement.
The companys acquisition
by SAB Miller has meant
international beers such as
Carlsberg and Stella Artois are
no longer being brewed under
licence at Abbotsford, it said.This, combined with
the challenging short-term
Australian market forecast for
beer volumes, has led to the
decision to close B2, which is
one of the older boling lines at
Abbotsford, CUB said.
A spokeswoman said the past
six months had seen beer sales
become just a bit aer.
The company said it expects
voluntary redundancies to cover
all job losses, which will be
nalised by October.
p r o p e r t y
Le Leae le gp wi mlibilli-llaql eal
A consortium led by
construction behemoth
Lend Lease Group has been
awarded an A$2 billion
contract for the Sunshine
Coast University Hospital
public private sponsorship.
The Exemplar Health
consortium comprises Lend
Lease and its infrastructure
development business, Capella
Capital, and services company
Spotless Group.
It will design, construct,
maintain and nance a 738-
bed hospital at Kawana as a
public private partnership
with Queensland Health.
Construction is scheduled
for completion in late 2016.
s p o r t
new AFL playe igig le
The AFL has warned clubs they face
$A100,000 nes if they breach new rules
regarding poaching of players.
The AFL tightened its rules on a
player signing with a new club to try to
prevent the code going down the same
path as the NRL.
In the NRL, players can play out a
season with their existing team having already signed a deal witha rival club.
Previously the only way an AFL player could sign a deal with
a dierent club while still under contract was in the o-season
window where oers could be made to players before the start of
the nal year of their existing deal.
Now, while clubs can still negotiate with players, no binding
deals can be agreed outside a three-week free agency window at
the end of each season.
Clubs who are discovered to have made a binding agreement
with a player outside that window face the hefty ne of up to
$A100,000.
No players have so far admied to signing with rival teams in
advance, although Phil Davis announced he intended to negotiate
with Greater Western Sydney while still playing with Adelaide.
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qaa eme fligh Gl Ca
Qantas is resuming ights to Queenslands
Gold Coast following a four-year absence.
The airline stopped ights to the tourist
strip in July 2008 but will resume three
ights per day from the end of October.
We believe the time is now right for
Qantas to come back onto this route, Qantas
boss Alan Joyce said.
offhe pceig begi iweek: PM
Australia could start sending asylumseekers to Nauru and Papua New Guinea
within weeks after the opposition agreed
to support a tougher version of John
Howards Pacic Solution.
Parliament has begun debating the
governments new legislation to resurrect
oshore processing.
The time for politics is over, the time
for action is here. We want this legislation
through, Prime Minister Julia Gillard told
reporters in Canberra shortly before thedebate began.
The legislation, modelled on the
recommendations of former defence chief
Angus Houstons expert panel, will allow the
government to designate any third country
for oshore processing of asylum seekers.
But it will also give both houses of
parliament the power to veto designations
before they come into eect.
That means processing on Nauru and
Papua New Guinea will be allowed to
proceed with coalition support, but the
governments preferred option of Malaysia
appears doomed.
p r o p e r t y
sA Gv fa-ack bilig wk
The South Australian government is to fast-track
building projects worth more than $A20 million toprovide a boost to the states construction sector.
Premier Jay Weatherill said the projects would
be intensively case managed to cut through red
tape and bring them on quicker to help the industry
through a dicult period.
This wont alter our existing planning,
environmental and safety approvals system, which
is the best in the nation, he said.
But there is a sense of urgency about the
circumstances of the building and construction sector.
Thats why we are taking this
extraordinary step to ensure that our construction
industry is supported.
e u r o z o n e c r i s i s
Gemay, Ialy vw eveyhig pible pec eze
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian PrimeMinister Mario Monti have pledged to do everything
necessary to shield the debt-wracked eurozone from the
ongoing crisis gripping the region.
In a telephone talk, they agreed that Germany and
Italy will do everything to protect the eurozone, said
a statement released in Berlin and Rome.
The statement followed a similar pledge by the leaders
of France and Germany and remarks by the head of
the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, in which he
vowed to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro.
$A plmme ami fhe Epea ble
The Australian dollar has fallen one US cent and the euro
has hit a record two-year low against the US dollar amid
renewed fears about the European government debt crisis.
At 1700 AEST on Monday (July 23), the local unit
was trading at 103.12 US cents, down from 104.09 cents
on Friday.
The euro went as low as 120.85 US cents on
Monday, its lowest point since June 2010.
Over the weekend, Spanish bond yields soared past
seven percent, pushing the cost of borrowing for the
Spanish government to a level which is considered too
high to be sustainable.
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Jame Haie lif pfi
Building products maker James
Hardie Industries has posted an
improved net prot of $US68.5million ($A65.02 million) for the
three months to June 30.
The company said an increase
in sales volumes and home
building in the US and Europe
had driven the result.
Its Australian operations
however made a lower
contribution to earnings.
James Hardie forecasts full
year earnings excluding asbestos,
Australian Securities and
Investments Commission (ASIC)
expenses and tax adjustments to
be in the range of $US140 million
to $US160 million ($A133.21
million - A152.24 million).
Cw pfi p by 53%
Casino operator Crowns fullyear prot grew by 53 percent
as revenue from its Australian
operations increased on the
previous year.
Its net prot for the year to
June 30 of $A513.3 million was
up from $A335.9 million in the
previous year.
Revenue in the year to June of
$A2.8 billion was an increase of
17 percent from $A2.4 billion inthe previous year.
However, gaming revenue
growth slowed in the second half of
the 2011/12 nancial year, in general
gaming and also high rollers.
Chief executive Rowen
Craigie described the results for
Crown in Melbourne and Perths
Burswood casino as mixed.
During the year, we saw
reasonable revenue growth at
both properties, although in
some areas this was oset by
higher operating costs, he said.
L i f e s t y L e
Fie clb fi ge cab ax fie
A tness club has become the
rst Australian business to paya ne for making a false claim
about the carbon tax.
GFC Berwick, trading as
Genesis Fitness Club, paid
$A6600 to the Australian
Competition and Consumer
Commission (ACCC) as penalty
for sending a leer to its
members in April promoting a
rate freeze oer.The club said that by taking
up the oer, members could
avoid a fee increase of nine
to 15 percent because of the
carbon price.
More than 200 members
took up the oer and extended
their contracts.
p r o p e r t y
nZ ppey vale exe gai
New Zealand property valuesextended their gains in July
as homes in Auckland and
Christchurch continue to
appreciate amid a shortage of
supply, according to government
valuer Quotable Value.
National property values
rose 2.2 percent in the three
months ended July 31 and
have increased 4.6 percent
over the past year, to be 0.8
percent o the market peak
in 2007.
Across the main centreslistings remain relatively
tight, leading to less choice
for buyers, research director
Jonno Ingerson said.
In Auckland this has led
to a sellers market with prices
pushing upwards, while
Wellington is showing the rst
signs of heading that way too.
New Zealands property
market has been on the
up this year after stalling
through 2011.
s p o r t
Bleae i AFL riig sa miee
Melbournes Sam Blease is
the AFLs Rising Star Award
nominee for round 20.
Blease was best-aeld for
the Demons against St Kilda,
gathering 20 possessions and
kicking a career-best ve goals.
The 21-year-old utility hasplayed 18 AFL games in total.
Blease was also nominated
in round 23 last season, but
remains eligible this year.
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p r o p e r t y
Cw bil ew ix-a hel i Peh
Casino operator Crown plans to spend $A568
million building a new six-star hotel at its
Burswood complex in Perth.
The James Packer-controlled company said
the 500-room Crown Towers Hotel would be the
citys largest, and would create 500 new jobs once
completed, plus 700 construction jobs.
Construction of the hotel tower will begin next
year, with completion expected in 2016.
The development will be built on a site owned
by Burswood, plus land to be bought from the
West Australian government for $A60 million.
As part of the deal with the government, Crown
will be allowed to add 500 poker machines and
130 gaming tables at the Burswood casino over
the next ve years.
Crown said Perth was in desperate need
of additional luxury hotel and short-term
accommodation to satisfy the demands of
business travellers and tourists.
The new hotel would put the city rmly
back on the map for leisure travellers seeking
exclusive, resort-style experiences, Crown said
in a statement.
e u r o z o n e c r i s i s
E cii: My give Gemay egaive lk
Moodys credit agency has
warned the outlook for
Germanys AAA credit rating is
negative, the rst step towards a
possible downgrade.
It said Germany was at risk
from wider eurozone troubles
and a possible Greek exit from
the euro.
It also put the ratings for
the eurozones other top-rated
economies, the Netherlands and
Luxembourg, on negative outlooks.
Todays decision to change to
negative the outlooks on the
AAA ratings of Germany, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg
is driven by Moodys view
that the level of uncertainty
about the outlook for the
euro area and the potential
impact of plausible scenarios
on member states are no
longer consistent with stable
outlooks, the agency said in
a statement.
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London 2012 has been a
huge disappointment
By Ian Armitage
GoLd MEdAL BLuEs
Lets face it. Australias Olympics was
pretty poor.
Just where were those gold medals we
longed for?
Even James missile Magnussen who
just a few weeks ago you would have bet your house on
missed out, winning silver in the 100m freestyle.
For a country with such a sporting prowess, you might
have expected a lile beer than the seven golds we got.
The AOC certainly did they wanted 15 based on the
good performance at the 2011 world championships.Okay to be fair, Australia did nish a fairly
respectable 10th in the overall medals table with 27
medals, but it was an Olympics of mixed fortunes and
we really wanted a top ve nish. It has left us all
feeling a bit at.
AOC president John Coates certainly wasnt happy
with how things turned out and took aim at the aitude
of sporting administrators - not athletes - for the
disappointing medal haul.
I wouldnt point the finger at any athletes in
terms of attitude. I cant do that, Coates said. But
I leave a question mark on whether the attitude
or ownership is as good as it could be in the
management of some of the sports. I havent lost the
Australias Olympic
Andrew Grant cant hide his disappointment ater the loss to Bulgaria during Mens Volleyball
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I have lhe huge fAualia well i ri.ou bjeciveagai will be
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hunger for Australia to do well in Rio. Our objective
again will be top five. The Australian Olympic
Committee hasnt lost the hunger.
The sports have to look at themselves
rather than look at the funding, he added.
I was concerned about 18 months
before these Games whether the sports
themselves, the presidents and their
executives, were taking enough
ownership. I know the executives
and chairmen in some sports knowevery result internationally. I get
phonecalls and we tick-tack.
But there are others that are
just allowing it to happen, relying
on high-performance managers.
Im not going to be specic here.
But it has to come from the top.
Any corporation is only as good as
its CEO or chairman and the direction
that is coming from there.
I got leers back from all but one
of (the sports) saying, We think we can
do this. What I was doing was trying to
make sure they knew their neck wasnt on
Magnussen reacts ater hefnished second in the Mens 100m Freestyle
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the line but they had to take
some ownership. Theyre
largely being very, very well
funded by the Australian Sports
Commission. With that comes
the responsibility of delivering.
The likes of former swimmerSusie ONeill and marathon
legend Robert de Castella
questioned the work ethic and
commitment of the athletes.
As Coates said, funding
certainly isnt an issue.
So what went wrong?
Maybe all the other countries
just got beer? That certainly
seemed to be the case with Team
GB in particular, who came third
and enjoyed a fantastic games.
Regardless, Coates called on
the AIS and high-performance
units across all Olympic
disciplines to search for an edge
between now and the Rio de
Janeiro Olympics in 2016.
The athletes need to start
turning some of those silvers (we
got 16 in London) into gold.I dont buy into the
commitment factor. You
only had to look at missile
Magnussens face after a gold
medal was whisked away
from him by American Nathan
Adrian by less than 0.01
seconds to know just how much
he wanted it.
It hurts, Magnussen said.
I did my best tonight and it wasnot quite good enough. To lose
by that amount stings.
21-year-old Magnussen also
had his ego knocked in the mens
4x100m freestyle relay which
Australia were rm favourites
to win.
I guess having such a
successful young career, I just
felt prey much bullet proof
coming into these Olympics and
its very humbling, he said.
Australian Olympic
backstroke 100m silver medallist
Gold medalist Missy Franklin othe US is congratulated by
silver medalistMelanie Schlanger
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Emily Seebohm, another of thecountrys gold medal hopes, burst into
tears after losing her race, saying in an
interview: I guess when you swim
that fast in the heat, then people put
pressure and more pressure on you,
saying: Oh, youre going to get the
gold. Maybe I just started believing
that and just thought Id already won
by the time I had swum and I hadnt
even swum yet.
Seebohm set an Olympic recordin the heats so you can understand
her disappointment.
Hopefully theyll be able to use
that as motivation next time (just
like Sally Pearson did in this games
in the 100m hurdles).
Sports-mad Aussies have a history of
sporting success with a never say die
aitude and perhaps thats why weve
been so hard on this crop of athletes.
To put things in perspective, the
Aussies won ve gold medals in Sydney
(2000), seven in Athens (2004) and six in
Beijing (2008).
Todd Skipworth, Benjamin Cureton, Samuel Beltz andAnthony Edwards react ater fnishing outside o the medal
positions in the Lightweight Mens Four fnal
Silver medalist Emily Seebohm o Australiacelebrates with her medal
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Just a stones throwfrom Perth, WAs
southwest is home tolush, largely unknown
beaches, wilderness andfamous wineries.
By Robert Burton-Bradley
of Western Australia
The
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the bOOmtOwns Of western AustrAliA
the jy f EpeaceEarlier in the trip on a cool,
crisp morning as the sun
rises over Cape Le Grand,
near Esperance, I am greeted
by one of the most amazing
experiences. A pair of female
western grey kangaroos usher
their joeys right down to the
receding tides edge to fossick
for washed up seaweed just
metres from me. The gentle-
eyed mothers are completely
oblivious to the handful of
people from Perth and overseas
on the beach staring at the
remarkable sight. Im luckyenough to get close up and
hand-feed one of these amazing
creatures. But be warned,
although they seem placid
dont try and touch the joeys,
as Im told by one mothers
deep guural growl that has me
jumping back a few paces.
For a lot of people, a beach is
a beach and one strip of coastline
is as good as any and I certainlyt into this category, but even
my jaded beachcombing eyes
drown in the visual impact of
the coast along southern Western
Australia. Running in a swerve
of blue, grey and green from just
before Esperance, all the way past
Albany to the DEntrecasteaux
National Park, is some of the most
untouched and deserted coastline
in Australia. Forget the dark, deep
blue of the Pacic, this corner
where the Southern and Indian
oceans meet is pure turquoise and
resembles the white sand beach
paradises of Southeast Asia.
But if you dont want to just sit
and wallow on the shore, theres
plenty to do, including swimmingwith dolphins, whale watching
and some big surf beaches.
Inland to the north of Albany
youll nd the land rises up to
meet the Stirling Ranges where its
not uncommon to see a dusting
of snow during winter, another
contrast to Western Australias
reputation as a hot, dry and
arid land. Stirling National Park
and the nearby PorongurupNational Park are both great for
bushwalking but its even beer if
you are a rock-climber.
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the bigh ligh f PehIm siing at a bar with a guy who cant be
more than 25 and is laughing as he tells me
how much he makes working in a mine in the
northwest of the state. He orders boles of
imported, over-priced beer, which he downs
in almost one gulp, before moving on to a
bole of wine Id buy when making a marriage
proposal. Not to share with a random guy I just
met in a bar. Yeah, times are tough, bud. I thinkIve just met the nouveau riche of Australias
newest boomtown.
It reminds me of Sydney a decade ago
when the city was still smug and booming
after the 2000 Olympics and everyone
seemed to be having a good time. Ive only
been in the city a few hours but I am fast
realising this is where things are moving
economically in this country. I feel somewhat
happier when he tells me he has to leave to
get to bed at 9pm he has to get up at 4.30amto return to work. I imagine him travelling
back to some remote, hot dust bowl where
he digs ore out of the ground for some
multinational mining conglomerate. Theres
a reason were not all ocking to get a cut of
this boom.
Later, I wander through downtown Perth
by night and Im impressed by the diversity
of the nightlife on oer; bars, clubs, pubs,
restaurants all packed and inviting. Despite
the newness of everything, its surprisingly
seductive and sophisticated for a city of just
over 1.6 million people. This is my rst trip
to Perth and Im beguiled by the speed and
obvious wealth of the place, but mainly by how everyone
seems to be having fun.
By day, the city is even more inviting. The wide
streets are clean, although a lile empty and under-
used compared to the crowds and trac you get in
Melbournes or Sydneys CBD. Locals proudly tell you
its the most isolated city in the world this makes it
seem exotic and lonely at the same time and perhaps a
lile insecure?For all its beauty, the city is not a huge place and to
make any trip worthwhile you need to get out and about
beyond the CBD. My rst picks would be a day trip to
Ronest Island where you can walk, enjoy the beach, ride
bikes and watch the friendly lile quokka marsupials
play around tourists, hoping for an easy meal. My second
pick would be to head out to Coesloe Beach before
dinner in the very trendy suburb of Subiaco, where youll
nd some fabulous places to eat and drink.
The City is dened and made by the meandering,
sparkling blue water of the Swan River. Like Sydney,this is a city made for the waterfront and a stroll
along the banks of this waterway on Riverside Drive
and through Langley Park does not disappoint, the
citys growing collection of oce towers a testament
to its new found wealth. Its a beautiful and dramatic
location to end a rst trip to this gleaming and isolated
jewel on the Indian Ocean.
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Traveller, which oers a diverse range of touring
experiences through the southwest of Western Australia,
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Leading shopping and supermarket trolleymanufacturer QHDC has diversied some ofits focus and is set for expansion says businessdevelopment manager Bruce Atkins.
By Ian Armitage
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Companies diversify
for a host of
dierent reasons.
Sometimes its
about survival;
sometimes its about achieving
growth. By extending yourrange of goods or services you
can either sell more products
to your existing customers
or reach out to new markets.
This can supercharge your
growth prospects. The laer
is certainly true for the guys
at QHDC, a leading shopping
and supermarket trolley
manufacturer with an experience
of 25 years in the eld.
The company has diversied
some of its focus into wheels,
castors, stock trolleys, hand
trucks and other materials,
handling lines with the opening
of a new showroom and retail/
trade outlet at Burleigh on the
Qld Gold Coast.
Were a Gold Coast family-
owned business with over 25years experience in protective
coatings and shopping trolleys
and yes, over the past year,
we have been working on
spreading our wings, says
QHDC business development
manager Bruce Atkins. The
diversication came about
because the business had to rely
too much on a small number of
large customers so we movedinto the wheel, castor and
accessory line business, not
forgeing the material handling
equipment business as well. Our
plan is to extend that business to
other types of trolleys, powered
materials handling and bin
tippers and those sorts of things.
Thats on the drawing board
for the future. Were looking to
diversify more into that sector
of the market, which will gives
us exposure to a much bigger
customer base.
Qhdc
FocusManufacuring
Trading as Industrial Wheels
and Castors (IWC), a division
of QHDC, the new venture
incorporates a large showroom
with a huge range of industrial and
institutional castors and wheels.
QHDC will continue inprotective coatings, shopping
trolleys and importing/
distributing wheels and castors
throughout Australia and New
Zealand, Atkins says.
We believe we have
the biggest range of wheels
and castors in South East
Queensland. We have sourced
many well known brands from
around the world to ensure that
we have as many applications as
possible covered from our large
stock holdings.
Included in the range
are specialised scaolding
castors and premium heavy-
duty wheels and castors with
capacities up to 7.5 tons.
There is also an extensive
range of castors and wheels forhigh temperature applications
up to 300C and specially
designed polyurethane tyred
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buie wihve 25 yeaexpeiecei pecivecaig ahppiglley
models with highly resilient
tyres that are made specically
for road and ight cases.
Its a good time to be
branching out, says Atkins.
Looking ahead QHDC sees
many opportunities to increaseits business.
Were a bit of a mixed bag
really. Our business is divided
roughly into three dierent
activities. We do shopping
trolleys and some back of house
trolleys, mainly for the retail
sector. We do shopping baskets
as well. That business has been
very patchy due to strong
competition in retail - whats
been going on between the major
chains has created a prey tough
environment. We had acquired a
signicant share of that market,
and we still do have a reasonable
share of it, but when the major
retailers are competing so
ercely with each other theyre
not spending so much money on
shopping trolleys so that makesour life a lile bit hard.
Secondly, we provide a
protective coating service for
valves and ings. Mainly this
is for water reticulation but
sometimes for other products
too. A lot of councils and local
authorities use our protective
coatings on valves and ings
the bright blue parts that can be
seen along the sides of streets.We apply a nylon coating to
those components that provides
long-life protection. That
business has been going very
well so weve been very busy
and theres a lot happening in
that area. Supporting that, we
have burn-o ovens and we have
grit and shot blasting facilities to
prepare the valves and ings
and other parts. Then we apply
the coating, which has been
going very well. We also do other
things such as grit blasting
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coated and we provide that service for other
customers as well.
Thirdly, weve moved into the wheels
and castors, including the Muvtons range.
We see a lot of potential for that business.
He says the Muvtons deal was a real coup.Its a bit of a funny story actually. I
previously worked for a company that
had an agency from India, Muvtons
premium heavy-duty wheels and castors.
That company relinquished the agency
and joined up with another supplier from
USA. Muvtons was there for the taking so
I grabbed it. I had a good relationship with
their management team in India as I had
worked with them previously so I contacted
the managing director and said that wed
like to become their distributors in Australia.
That was three years ago. We had plans to
start up this diversication at QHDC and
we became more serious about it 12 months
ago and it has prey much taken us all that
time to get the wider range of products set
up, have the catalogues produced and all
that sort of thing. We also had to
get the stock in from overseas,
hire additional sta and set up
the distribution network. Weve
hired three experienced people
who know the industry well with
the intention of adding more asthe business grows.
It has a bright future.
Its a lot of hard work geing
them to y o the shelves! Our
sales sta have a lot of combined
experience in the wheel and caster
industry, in excess of 80 years,
says Atkins. Three of us have had
more than 20 years each. So weve
got a team of people whove
been in the game and know the
customers around Australia that
use the product. Wheels and
castors are put on the boom of
things and are often forgoen
about. In the heavy duty range;
youre dealing with loads up to
say 20 tons or more spread over
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four casters, so you dont want them failing
and the load falling on the ground.
He is keen on geing QHDCs name
out there the applications for wheels and
castors are limitless.
Just this week we have had some of our
guys spend time at the QME Mining andEngineering Exhibition. Were very serious
about becoming a major player in this
industry. The major competition is basically
two companies who have manufactured in
Oz for a few years but have moved more
towards importing; and a third company that
imports all of its range. Weve decided were
going take the competition on and we think
that because of our experience and how we
operate, well do very well. Also it will be
down to the product and the brands we have
chosen. Weve been very careful to select
globally recognised brands like Muvtons,
Haion and Di Candia whose products are
ideally suited to our conditions and whose
quality can match it with the best.
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By Brian Lee B.E. (Hons),MAICD - National Treasure.
Fighting for an
AaliaMafacigFe
The Age Newspaper recently reported that
33,000 full time manufacturing jobs have
been lost in Victoria alone since April 2011.
That is one in 60 manufacturing jobs in
the heartland of domestic manufacturing.
The companies that have already shed jobs, or have
precursory reviews underway include: Alcoa, Toyota,
Caltex Unicharm to name a few. One common thread
is they are all multinationals.
Over the past 40 years a great number of iconicAustralian manufacturing companies have disappeared;
companies created by entrepreneurs with innovative
ideas about producing products that the public
needed and wanted. The factories were manned by a
predominately migrant workforce that saw hard work as
a virtue in a land of opportunity. Those manufacturing
companies prospered, grew, and in many cases changed
from small private companies to large, share market
listed companies. So many of those companies have now
disappeared. Why?
They disappeared because the world changed and
they did not change with it:
Factory workforces developed an expectation that it
was their right to take rather than give;
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Multinational companies
acquired Australian
companies to get access to
Australian markets then
closed down the Australian
manufacturing operations;
Factory investments moved tomarkets outside Australia as
o-shoring became fashionable;
The global manufacturing
industry became much more
competitive and only the
best now survive;
Geographic isolation
diminished in importance as a
defensive barrier in Australia.
The world wont revert to what
was. So manufacturers in
Australia need to adapt to the
circumstances that exist today
and in the future.
Small-to-Medium enterprises
(SMEs) are Australias
manufacturing future.
Large scale manufacturing
will be dominated by
multinationals. Australiais no longer an aractive
location for multinational
manufacturing operations
for a multitude of reasons,
including: the high Australian
dollar; a progressively higher
taxing government (e.g. the
carbon and resources taxes);
regressing IR laws and unions
pushing for disproportionately
higher wages than overseascounterparts. Australian
Governments have tried
again and again to entice
multinationals to enter or stay
in Australia, by granting them
sizable amounts of taxpayers
money, but those band-aid
measures are merely delaying
the inevitable, failing to
address the underlying issues
that lead to an unpalatable
operational environment.
Australia still has
entrepreneurs with
innovative product ideas.
Those entrepreneurs will
continue to chance their
arm at establishing viable
manufacturing businesses. Such
people need to understand
prerequisites for success aredierent today to what they had
been. Having innovative product
ideas is one thing, but cost
eective delivery to market is a
necessary ingredient for large-
scale success.
In the ercely competitive
global manufacturing world,
lessons must be learnt from the
worlds best manufacturers.
They havent become the best
by chance.
One fundamental point
to learn is the need to have
absolutely certain conviction that
the manufacturing enterprise
will be enduring over time.
Believing that there will be
longevity in business life leads
to a recognition of the essential
need to grow and develop assetswithin the business and one
of the assets is the workforce.
Managing a manufacturing
business to maximise short
term prots by being stingy
on educating and developing
people, is a formula for ensuring
that the business will only ever
have short term prots.
Educating and developing
people is about ensuring theyunderstand and have the ability
to apply the concepts, processes
and ideas employed in best
practice factories. Currently
there are no Australian factories
that can legitimately claim to
be worlds best practice. The
best domestic exponents of best
practice principles commonly
regarded as Lean Thinking,
were multi-nationals such as
Autolive and Robert Bosch,
but these companies have
recently moved to o-shore their
manufacturing operations. Some
Australian-owned factories will
say (rightfully) they are trying
hard to understand and apply
Lean principles, others are
dangerously unaware.
The message in this article isto the readers of Australasian
Business Outlook magazine.
The message is to the managers
within manufacturing
businesses- the people with the
ability to drive the business
in a new direction. It is
imperative that a new breed of
Australian SMEs embrace Lean
Thinking in manufacturing
operations. Senior managers
of SMEs must continually
expose themselves, and their
employees, to examples of Lean
Thinking. That could be a costly
commitment if the option is to
travel overseas to witness Lean
Thinking in action. However,
there is another option.
The AME in Australia is a
not-for-prot organisation thatexists to promote best practice
operations in Australia by
bringing together like-minded
people to share knowledge
and best practice. Three times
each year, the AME stages
national Road Shows. In those
Road Shows, the AME brings
to Australian audiences in each
capital city, internationally
recognised experts in theapplication of Lean Thinking
at a fraction of the cost of
travelling overseas.
So the challenge is there for
SMEs who are serious about
still being in the ring when
the final bell sounds. Immerse
yourself in the world of Lean
Thinking. Expose yourself
and your employees, to the
thinking of the gurus on the
subject. Participate with other
like minded people in the
activities of AME.
fighting fOr An AustrAliAn mAnufActuring future
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An integral part of the economy and transport of the State,Queensland Rail is refocusing on frontline services and has
embarked on a station upgrade and renovation projects aimingto deliver enhanced levels of safety, security and comfort.
By Marie Toms
forwardqeelaMoving
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Queensland Rail, also known as
OR and formerly OR Limited
before the government sello
of coal and freight, is an
integral part of the
Queensland landscape. For
145 years it has kept the State, its peopleand economy connected. In its own words,
Our State relies on us to do a job and do
it well.
In 2009, the State Premier Anna Bligh
announced the separation of Queensland Rails
passenger services from the coal and freight
businesses (which became OR National).
Queensland Rail remained in Queensland
Government ownership.
It has more than 7,000 sta, $A6 billion in
assets and more than 7,000 kilometres of track.
It is a strong and powerful integrated
passenger and rail infrastructure business.
Altogether we run more than 260,000
scheduled services and earn annual
revenue of more than $A1.8 billion,
its website says. We service the big
population centres of the South East,
connect the regions of the state , and take
domestic and international tourists to some
of Queenslands world famous locations.Our major business includes long
distance trains, rail holidays and travel
centres and management and access to
the South East Queensland and regional
freight networks.
As locals will have noticed, QR has been
expanding and improving its rail network
seeking to meet the increasing demand.
All the recent investments are part of the
Queensland Infrastructure Plan designed to
tap into the States growth potential.OR is undertaking extensive works to
deliver new lines, stations and introduce new
trains to the network.
It has a large program of works dedicated
to improving customer experience.
Its station upgrade and renovation
projects are aiming to deliver enhanced
levels of safety, security and comfort
for the 65 million passengers it carries
each year.
At Queensland Rail we strive to set
new standards of excellence in safety and
customer service; to keep Queensland
moving and to deliver our future, it says.
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QueenslAnd rAil
Bibae pgaeOne of several projects is
happening at Queensland Rails
historic South Brisbane station.
Earlier this month it reached a
new milestone in its restoration
and renovation journey with theGrey Street plaza reopening to
the public.
Chief Project Delivery
O cer Kevin Wright said
the upgraded plaza gives
the station an aractive,
pedestrian-friendly frontage on
Grey Street.
Its been designed to
complement not only the
appearance of our 120 year old
heritage-listed station building
but also the surrounding area,
said Mr Wright.
Weve planted mature
trees and installed signage that
incorporates Braille, new lighting
to improve safety and highlight
the historical building, and the
stations iconic exterior clock that
sits over the main entrance isbeing repaired.
Finishes such as seating and
paving have been selected in
consultation with South Bank
Corporation to ensure visual
harmony in the precinct.
The plaza is now a dedicated
pedestrian zone which means
vehicles will no longer have
access to the area.
To ensure a safe, pedestrian-friendly meeting place, weve
removed the drive-through
access, said Mr Wright.
The plaza reopening is a major
milestone in the project with the
remaining works expected to
wrap up by December.
The South Brisbane station
upgrade has provided some
unique challenges, not only
because its one of our major
stations but also due to its iconic
status and listing on the state
heritage register.
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Cleaig p i acLast month the government ordered
Queensland Rail to refocus its business on
frontline services after signicant increases in
corporate personnel numbers over the pasttwo years.
According to media reports, the
government-owned corporation had 12
senior executives paid above the CEO level.
There were also more than 60 general
managers in Queensland Rail.
Queensland Rail bonuses will also only be
paid where they are required under contracts
set up by Labor the transport minister said.
He said the current payments are not in
line with community expectations.
Mr Emerson said with 1337 payments
totalling $A4.8 million in 2010/11, the
bonuses were out of control.
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This was despite promises to link
pay to service delivery.
I accept that there are some
circumstances where bonuses
are required as part of an
employment package, he said.
But $A4.8 million is not an
acceptable level, particularly
when there is declining
patronage and reliability reacheda three-year low.
Bonuses will be paid where
they are required under contracts
set up by Labor.
The Liberal National
Party (LNP) government has
embarked on a massive cost-
saving drive, slashing around
5000 government jobs so far.
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