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Economic Development & Advocacy

Advocating and Supporting the Douglas Shire Business Community

We are focused on offering representation for our business community to local, state and federal government on all matters concerning business in the Douglas Shire.

We support and work with Business Chamber Queensland (BCQ) to advocate on a State and Federal level and work closely with Douglas Shire Council to advocate for matters affecting our business community locally.

We conduct regular meetings with CCIQ, Douglas Shire Council and TPDD to ensure issues facing our business community are heard and have regular contact with the Department of Employment Small Business and Training and QLD Small Business Commissioners Office.

With your support we aim to make Douglas Shire a great place to do business and would love to hear from you if you in how you think we could assist local business.

Current Projects Include:

Jeremy Blockey, current president of the Douglas Chamber or Commerce sits on the Mossman Region Transition Program (MRTP) Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC). This group is responsibe for overseeing the transition of the sugar industry arising from the closure of Mossman Mill. The SAC has engaged consultants Scyne Advisory to prepare a Transition Management Plan, and Scyne have also prepared a shortlist of possible transition industry projects/replacements for sugar.
Project Priority List working with Douglas Shire Council and Tourism Port Douglas Daintree to prepare a list of major projects for which we might seek government assistance – pertinent in presenting to politicians leading up to elections for example.
Economic development: particularly working with Douglas Shire Council to encourage investment in the shire – e.g. participating in projects like the Economic Development Strategy, Douglas Shire Investment Prospectus.
Advocacy: representing the interests of private industry, notably the small business sector, in meetings with all levels of government; being a signatory to the Small Business Friendly Charter in which the Douglas Shire Council, its partners and small businesses support a prosperous and sustainable small business sector in our community.

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the shared land and sea areas of the Douglas Shire, especially the Eastern Kuku Yalanji and Djabuganjdji Traditional people. We pay our respects to Elders of the past, present and those emerging and future and thank them for their continuing role and presence in maintaining and caring for this country and sea.

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