| PROJECT |
PROJECT DESCRIPTION |
FUNDING GST Inclusive |
| Wide Bay Water Research Centre |
Fit out of a new Research and Training Centre |
$203,000 |
| AustChilli Food Processing Capital Development |
Development of a new chilli and herb processing facility. |
$546,750 |
| Cherbourg Abattoir |
Expansion of the Cherbourg abattoir to develop new markets and generate employment. |
$500,000 |
| Queensland Sea Scallops |
Establishment and commercialisation of a sea-ranching operation. |
$487,000 |
| Eidsvold Sustainable Agroforestry Complex |
Pre-construction phase of the complex and establishment of a Development Fund. |
$496,000 |
| Building a Stronger Wide Bay Burnett |
Development of the Burnett Inland Strategic Framework by the Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation. |
$117,658 |
| Jabiru Avtech |
Development of the 'Jabiru' range of light composite aircraft by Avtech Pty Ltd for factory production (type certification). |
$480,000 |
| Agri Fibre Pilot Hemp Processing Plant |
Installation of a pilot processing plant to process hemp fibre and oil from commercial trial hemp plantings. |
$186,000 |
| "Coast and Country" Tourism and Regional Development Project |
Further development of tourism precincts and tourism marketing linkages between Hervey Bay City Council and Kingaroy Shire Council. |
$852,500 |
| ICT Infrastructure Development Plan |
Development of a strategic framework to coordinate broadband infrastructure in the region. |
$120,000 |
| TotalPak Software Project |
Completion and commercialisation of a horticulture business software suite. |
$360,000 |
| Coral Sea Pearls |
Establishment of a pearl farm in the Great Sandy Straits in Hervey Bay. |
$220,012 |
| Pedogenesis Blue Grit |
Commissioning of Blue Grit operations and field trials. |
$110,000 |
| Burnett River Dam Recreational Facilities |
Construction of recreational Facilities at Burnett River Dam. |
$550,000 |
| CAD/CAM Design Centre |
The establishment of an engineering/ technology learning centre at the Bundaberg High School linking the University, TAFE, Schools and industry in the region. |
$362,089 |
| Wide Bay Burnett Community Portal |
A regional online content management system to promote products, services and natural attributes of the region. |
$385,000 |
| Allweld Pty Ltd |
State of the art aircraft and marine engineering facility in Maryborough. |
$137,500 |
| Farm Accommodation Project |
A purpose-built supervised accommodation facility to provide affordable housing with access to support systems. |
$268,029 |
| AIEM Project |
Development of a website, printed compendium and CD to promote engineering and manufacturing businesses in the region. |
$107,800 |
| Wide Bay Burnett Regional Organisation of Councils - Lifestyle Project |
The funding will be used for the initial study which will provide the basis for long-term structural adjustment planning within the region. The study findings will provide an important foundation to underpin the development of the Burnett Inland Strategic Action Plan. |
$93,500 |
| Auspac Foods Pty Ltd - Auspac Food Chain Phase Two |
Auspac Foods aims to cater for a untapped market in "TV Dinner" style meals: single serve frozen goat and beef curry for the Australian domestic Muslim market. Sustainable Regions funding will be used to assist in the provision of required infrastructure, including a commercial kitchen and food processing facility. |
$385,000 |
| Murgon Leather Pty Ltd - Salt Reduction Strategies |
The project involves the recycling of waste streams through the use of leading edge vibrating filtration equipment. Funding will be provided for filtration trials, salt pan installations ad salt pan trials. |
$134,200 |
| Barlil - Organic Poultry Vertical Integration and Expansion Project, Phase Two |
The funding will establish a dedicated organic chicken processing plant and expand Barlil's poultry production. The plant will also be available to process other organic chickens in the region. |
$495,000 |
| Bluefin Seafoods |
The project is a vertical integration of Bluefin Seafoods existing crab and sea cucumber aquaculture enterprise and will take advantage of an exciting opportunity to firmly establish Hervey Bay as a centre of excellence in aquaculture innovation. |
$275,000 |
| PAC Foundry |
This funding will assist PAC Foundry introduce Magma 3D Simulation Technology into its business. The introduction of this worlds best technology will reduce manufacturing costs, improve product performance and create additional sustainable jobs. |
$157,931 |
| Dean Wilson Aviation |
This project is to build an industrial shed to manufacture a fully certified two-seat training aircraft for the commercial pilot training market. |
$165,012 |
| Coral Coast Mariculture |
This funding is to assist CCM to construct the first stage of aquaculture infrastructure, including buildings, ponds and technical facilities, on a site at Bundaberg Park. |
$550,000 |
