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PLEASE NOTE THAT PERIOD 22 FEBRUARY TO 4 MARCH, WE WILL BE MOVING OFFICES AND OUR OFFICE LINES WILL BE UNAVAILABLE. PLEASE DIRECT ALL CALLS TO OUR MOBILE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW. David Breese – CEO – 0418 149 235 Stacey Kent – Marketing Manager – 0488 770408

Prices at a premium in mining areas

John McCarthy | The Courier-Mail | February 20, 2012 12:00AM FOR the first time in decades the Western Downs is planning for growth, not just incremental growth but nerve-racking, infrastructure-busting growth. Western Downs Regional Council Mayor Ray Brown said potentially there were 80 projects across the Surat worth $180 MORE

SURAT BASIN CORPORATION EXTENDS OFFER OF SUPPORT TO RETRENCHED WORKERS

MEDIA RELEASE 17 February 2012 SURAT BASIN CORPORATION EXTENDS OFFER OF SUPPORT TO RETRENCHED WORKERS IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Surat Basin Corporation CEO, David Breese has written to Senator Kim Carr, Federal Minister for Manufacturing and QANTAS CEO Alan Joyce offering support to those that have recently lost MORE

Solar Dawn team to provide update

14th February 2012 | The Chronicle Original Source – AAP THE Solar Dawn Consortium is holding its second round of community information sessions to give residents and businesses an update on the solar thermal power plant to be built near Chinchilla. The consortium is continuing to advance the development and MORE

Aussies want a fair go

Bill Hoffman | 15th February 2012 | Sunshine Coast Daily PLANS for enterprise migration agreements that would allow mining companies to fly overseas labour directly to mines have angered Australian workers unable to get a foot in the door. And Ray Brown, mayor of Western Downs Council based in Chinchilla MORE

SBC Founder Member Easternwell Secures $20.8M Contract

15th February 2012| The Chronicle EASTERNWELL announced today that it has secured a A$20.8 million contract to support Santos’ GLNG Project. The contract is a renewal for the provision of full camp facility management including catering and housekeeping services throughout the Surat and Cooper Basins. The three-year contract commenced this MORE

SBC Member secures $52M contract

Adam Davies | 9th February 2012 | The Chronicle TOOWOOMBA-BASED company Hutchinson Builders is fast gaining a reputation as the benchmark provider of temporary accommo- dation to the mining and gas sectors. In a major coup for the company, Hutchinson Builders announced yesterday a contract worth $52 million to build MORE

Job seekers head to work expo

Adam Davies | 8th February 2012 | The Chronicle ALL roads led to the Toowoomba Showgrounds yesterday as the Work for Queensland Mining and Gas Jobs Expo juggernaut rolled into town. More than 2000 people interested in obtaining jobs or the skills necessary to gain employment within the sectors took MORE

Farms locked away from miners

by: Staff Writer From: The Courier-Mail January 31, 2012 12:00AM Queensland’s best agricultural land is officially protected from some forms of mining. The Strategic Cropping Land legislation came into effect on Monday. The laws will take away the right to develop new open-cut mines in the strategic cropping land MORE

ATTENTION: Release of Western Downs Regional Council Housing Affordability Strategy

The Mayor, Councillors and CEO of Western Downs Regional Council are pleased to announce the release of the Western Downs Regional Council Housing Affordability Strategy. Interested persons are welcome to view or download the WDRC Housing Affordability Strategy at http://www.advancewesterndowns.com.au/business-investment-affordable-housing.html

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The Surat Basin is a geological term given to an area that occupies 300,000 km2 of central southern Queensland and central New South Wales.

The Surat Basin has an abundance of natural resources and is traditionally a major producer of food and fibre and is now becoming a major energy producer.

Both of these sectors make substantial contributions to the State and local economies, are major regional employers and key export contributors. These two sectors are underpinned by the region’s significant reserves of energy resources, as well as soil and climate highly suited to diverse agricultural production including beef, field crops (including grains, cotton and pulses) and wool.

As well as energy and agricultural production, other industries in the region include metal and machinery manufacturing and food processing.

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Agriculture

The geophysical process that formed the Surat Basin has delivered some of Australia’s finest soils that underpin sustainable agriculture across large areas of the Basin.

Energy

The Surat Basin is emerging as a significant area of interest because of its abundance of natural resources and the enormous potential to develop these in coming years. There are many major projects scheduled for commissioning by 2013 creating many thousands of job opportunities. Some of these include:

Transport

Transport infrastructure will be the key to the success of developing the Surat Basin as a major energy province and will include, airports, harbours and ports, rail roads as well as tunnels and bridges.

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