South Australia wants a Federal commitment to ensure regional economies benefit from multi-million dollar Commonwealth works contracts. South Australia’s Defence Industries Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith has written to the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten seeking a post-election commitment to ensuring local economic benefit from the regional construction works at the Cultana…
Food and tourism investment opportunities on the Limestone Coast are being explored by nine business migration clients taking part in Immigration SA-led tour to the region this week. Investment and Trade Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith said that over the next two days the group of investors from China, Malaysia and Taiwan will investigate identified tourism accommodation,…
State Government procurement reforms will make it even easier for South Australian firms to access work through government procurement contracts. Small Business Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith said that changes to the Better Customer Charter, coming into effect on 1 July 2016, mean that Simple Procurement provisions will reduce the amount of information businesses need to provide…
Sub-contractors in the building industry will be supported in their push for prompt and fair payment by principal contractors under new laws proposed by the Small Business Commissioner. The proposal follows a review of the Building and Construction Security of Payment Act, conducted by retired District Court Judge Alan Moss and a round of extensive…
Personal stories of endurance, tragedy, humour and mateship have been gathered into a program to commemorate the centenary of Australia’s loss and triumph in battles fought on the Western Front 100 years ago. Tokens, artefacts, letters, writings, music and art are among the keepsakes and historical treasures that make up the Flanders Fields Poppy Trail,…
South Australian students, from primary right through to vocational and tertiary levels, are set to benefit from a new agreement to be signed this afternoon to strengthen education and training ties with Da Nang, Vietnam. In Vietnam as part of the South Australian Government’s South East Asia business delegation, Trade and Investment Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith…
Minister for Investment and Trade Martin-Hamilton Smith has today opened the first South Australia-Bandung Vocational International Collaboration forum today and signed a new commitment between TAFE SA and Bandung’s LPKI Politeknik. The 50-person forum, attended by South Australian South East Asia business mission delegates and West Java vocational education providers, applied universities and vocational high…
Three local fashion designers leave for Indonesia today to showcase their work in Jakarta as part of South Australia’s trade and business delegation to South East Asia. Monday night’s South Australian dinner event for leading investors, fashion buyers and influential business identities, will feature the designs of South Australia’s Acler (represented by Julia Ritorto), Paige…
Opportunities in business and education will be a focus of a South Australian delegation leaving today for the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. The delegation of more than 60 business, education, cultural and government leaders, will work to advance relationships, increase engagement with South East Asia and raise South Australia’s profile in the region’s markets. Led…
Mr Brent Espeland AM has been appointed Chair of the Veterans’ Advisory Council (VAC), replacing the Hon Sir Eric Neal AC CVO who has served in the role with distinction since inception of the VAC in 2008. The Council’s key aim is to promote the well-being of South Australian Veterans and provide advice to the…
