End of financial year is upon us and with it the usual rush of last minute claims and financial manoeuvres. Take some time with your accountant and financial advisor to plan ahead for the next twelve months – with inflation rising and the costs of everything spiralling upwards, there will be challenging times ahead.
In the meantime, school holidays have arrived along with the influx of families enjoying the Whitsunday Winter. Add these to the Cruise Ship visitors and there is certainly a buzz in the main street again, particularly on weekends.
The Queensland State Budget was handed down this week with some welcome payroll tax for small and medium businesses (SME). This means SME's will be able to employ more people to meet the need of their customer base – around the limitations of ongoing staff and accommodation shortages. There were also positive measures in mental health support, regional infrastructure spend, and continued small business support programs.
With local mayoral elections just around the corner, the Chamber has organised a Meet the Candidates event to be held at the VMR Building, 6pm on Thursday, July 14. With most of the candidates already confirmed it will be sure to be an interesting evening. There are an unprecedented number of candidates in this election, it will be held as an optional preferential vote and Council have requested a postal election which is yet to be approved by the Queensland Electoral Commission.
If this goes ahead, it has several ramifications. It is expected that only 50 per cent of residents will vote and the vote will be fragmented amongst the candidates. Voters can just vote 1, or place a number against every candidates (or any combination in between)
The Chamber strongly recommends putting a number against each candidate to ensure the regions gets the most preferred mayor – not just the one that gets the most votes.
From Allan Milostic, President of the Whitsunday Coast Chamber of Commerce
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