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Tablelands Region
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Advance Cairns Business Enterprise Centre is part of the National BEC Network whos services are partially funded by the Australian Government to support and development small business. - www.advancecairnsbec.com.au
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Think TNQ - Are you looking to establish a business? Considering relocating to take on a new job? Seeking a place with all the right qualities to bring up your family? To help you work through this decision making process, Think TNQ profiles the key regions of the Tropical North, providing information on industry and resources, infrastructure, accessibility, land and housing, employment, education, health and wellbeing, lifestyle and community. - www.thinktnq.com.au
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Australian Tropical Foods, food and wine industry portal for North Queensland - www.australiantropicalfoods.com.
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Tablelands Industry Workforce Group (TIWG) is a not-for-profit industry and community group who come together to identify, improve and expand a sustainable workforce within the Tablelands region. The group is made up of Industry Champions from across a range of industry sectors on the Tablelands and includes local government representatives, chambers of commerce, industry and community not-for-profit representatives supporting industry to build a skilled workforce - www.tablelandsworkforce.com.au.
Business & Tourism Organisations
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Chillagoe Alliance
Meet monthly, 1st Sunday at 2:00 pm at the Hub Meeting Room.
Phone: 4094 7109 -
Herberton & District Business Traders Association
PO Box 213, Herberton Qld 4887.
Phone: 4096 2632 -
Tourism Kuranda
PO box 860, Kuranda QLD 4881. Phone: 4093 7593.
Email: www.kuranda.org.au -
Malanda Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 560, Malanda QLD 4885
Email: www.malanda.info -
Mareeba Business Women's Club
PO Box 114, Mareeba QLD 4880
Email:
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Mareeba Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 1653, Mareeba QLD 4880. Phone: 4092 6050
Email:
www.mareebachamber.com.au -
Atherton Tablelands Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 668, Atherton QLD 4883.
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Millaa Millaa Chamber of Commerce
PO Box 11, Millaa Millaa QLD 4886
Email:
www.millaamillaa.com.au -
Mount Garnet Progress Association
www.mountgarnet.org.au -
Ravenshoe & District Chamber of Commerce
Meet monthly on the 1st Monday at 7 pm, Festival Hall, Grigg Street.
Phone: 4097 6421 -
Tablelands Business Women's Network
PO Box 1421, Atherton QLD 4883.
Email: www.tbwn.com.au -
Tropical Tablelands Tourism
PO Box 257, Atherton QLD 4883. Phone: 4096 7405
Email:
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Yungaburra Business Association
PO Box 164, Yungaburra QLD 4884
Email:
www.yungaburra.com
Government
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Business.gov.au offers a simple and convenient access to all the government information, forms and services you need. It's a whole-of-government service providing essential information on planning, starting and growing your own business - www.business.gov.au.
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Queensland Government information on business development and schemes - www.business.qld.gov.au.
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Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI) - www.deedi.qld.gov.au.
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ABN Lookup is the public view of the Australian Business Register (ABR). It provides access to the publicly available information supplied by businesses when they register for an Australian Business Number (ABN) - www.abr.business.gov.au.
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Australian Taxation Office - www.ato.gov.au.
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IP Australia - Intellectual property, patents and trademarks - www.ipaustralia.gov.au.
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Office of Fair Trading - www.fairtrading.qld.gov.au.
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Small Business Support Line provides small business owners with a single point of contact to access information and referral services to improve their business sustainability and help better manage their business - www.ausindustry.gov.au
Assistance for disaster-affected Businesses
Assistance is still available for Australian businesses affected by natural disasters that occured in 2011. A range of government assistance programs are available for buisnesses including councelling, grants, loans, finance, insurance and general business support.
More Information
- Resilient Places Project
The Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Inc has received funding until 30 June 2013 from the Queensland Department of Communities to work with communities recovering from natural disasters in the areas of mental health promotion and awareness and community coordination. This project, called the Resilient Places Project, will complement recovery responses in seventeen local government areas. Further information on the Resilient Places Project can be found at http://www.qldalliance.org.au/resilient-places-project or contact Pauline Coffey Resilient Places Manager .
