1. SEQ Advanced Manufacturing Specialisations
Joint Action Plan (JAP)
Tracy Scott-Rimington
30 May 2014

2. Australasian Cluster
Conference
Sydney, May 30 2014
SEQ Advanced Manufacturing Specialisations
Joint Action Plan (JAP)

3. Background
The JAP is the result of a collaborative project undertaken in
by 7 RDAs from SEQ and RDA Northern Rivers NSW in 2012/13
SEQ Regional Development Framework – reviewed Roadmaps
and policy from the 3 levels of government and identified
common priority themes across SEQ and gaps in policy and
action:
“The Future of SEQ’s Manufacturing Sectors
identified as a A Priority”
Recent announcements regarding the state of
Manufacturing in Australia have reinforced the SEQ
community’s concerns

5. So what do we know about
Manufacturing in SEQ?
- Information patchy
- Brisbane Marketing’s website
 Manufacturing in Qld employs approx 187,000
 Approx 18% GSP – mainly in SEQ
SEQ Employment by Industry;
2006 2016 2026
Retail 205,000 263,193 293,651
Prop & Bus 172,412 237,287 292,156
Construction 136,860 143,689 180,626
Manufacturing 128,248 158,003 166,821
NIEIR Economic and Employment Forecasts 2008
(DSDIP & SEQ CoM - current study)

6. Contribution to exports

7. Importance of Manufacturing
• Manufacturing makes large direct and indirect contributions to
national – and regional – output, employment, investment and
innovation. It’s one of our largest employers.
• In particular it makes disproportionally large contributions to
exports and R&D
• Manufacturing has strong linkages across the economy both as
suppliers to and purchasers from other businesses. It also has
strong linkages with associated services including applied research,
engineering, industrial design, process improvement, client support
and product stewardship. PM’s Manufacturing Taskforce, Report of
Non Govt Members, Aug 2012
• A dynamic and thriving Australian manufacturing sector is critical to
the long term health of the region and nation - Lose it at our PERIL!

8. “In Australia, business and
government need to identify high-
value niches such as aerospace or
medical technology and then build
collaborative frameworks
comprising both the companies
and financiers”
Brisbane Economic Series, Dec 2012

10. Multilevel government and agency cross regional;
 LGAs Economic Development Officers, CEOs -13
(Mayors)
 SEQ Council of Mayors
 Qld State Government Departments; State
Development; Innovation ; Trade & Investment ;
Premiers
 QMI Solutions
 AIG
 Commonwealth government; Industry,
Innovative Regions Centre, Austrade
 Manufacturing Skills Council
 Others; NICTA ; SIBA ; Chief Scientist etc

11. SE
3. What data and information do
we have?
Contributions from around the table are
summarised in the attachment. Data
available is generally not readily accessible,
is disaggregated and not specific to
purpose. Efforts concentrated on
harnessing the combined knowledge of
participants to identify specialisations listed
opposite.
4. Where to from here?
The SEQ Regional Development Initiative
will culminate in the development of a Final
Report and Consortia Delivery Strategy.
We will seek your feedback on our
recommendations.
THANKYOU FOR COLLABORATING!
Sectors with Specialisations and Competitive
Advantage:
 Aviation, Aerospace & Defence
 Medical Technologies
 Food and Agrisciences
 Software Development
 Resources Technologies
 Transport & Logistics
 Clean Technologies
 Creative Industries
*‘Smart’ specialisations or niches’ have
not been identified*
It was noted that a world class strength in
engineering expertise underpins many of the
specialisations

15. THANKYOU
Tracy Scott-Rimington
SEQ Regional Development Coordinator
tracysr@rdabrisbane.org.au
0433346344