Social Investment at Shell Australia
Working with local communities for a better future.
Across Australia, we talk to communities about their priorities for development. These priority areas come up regularly and have directed our investment:
- Local communities want their young people to have meaningful jobs
- Many First Nation groups want pathways to real jobs, to strengthen their cultural identity and to share their own future through good governance
- Regional communities want to have diverse, thriving economies
Accordingly, Shell has invested in:
Helping the students of today become tomorrow’s leaders who are confident in finding solutions to real world challenges. We think there are three aspects to building science skills and our programs are based on these:
- Inspiring a passion for science
- Teaching science well
- Research
We are proud of our flagship partnerships
Jobs for the Future
i. Future Makers with Queensland Museum
ii. Health-e-Regions with The University of Queensland
iii. Prelude to the Future with Group Training Northern Territory
Supporting First Nations
i. Plan 2day 4 2morrow (P242) & Deadly Sista Girlz with Waalitj Foundation
ii. Warrmijala Murrgurlayi (Rise Up To Work) with Nyamba Buru Yawuru
iii. Bardi Jawi Orrany Women's Rangers with Kimberley Land Council
Regional Economic Development
i. Business Navigator with Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise
ii. Emerging Markets (Agribusiness) Program with Toowoomba and Surat Basin Enterprise
iii. Kimberley Business Network with Broome Chamber of Commerce
Encouraging science education | Jobs for the Future | Social Investment Australia
Shell in the Community | Shell Australia
Working in partnership with local communities | Regional Economic Development | Social Investment Australia
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Title: SHELL’S QGC BUSINESS – REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Duration: 09:58 minutes
Description: A video highlighting Shell’s QGC business various partnerships and initiatives with Queensland’s local economies.
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Shell’s QGC business: Jobs for the future
Jobs for the future. Through programs that teach and inspire passion for science, Shell’s QGC business works in partnership with local communities to help the students of today become tomorrow’s leaders, being confident in finding solutions to real world challenges. These programs include…
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Questacon Science Circus. Taking science to regional Australia
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Working with local communities
To inspire a passion for science
Questacon Science Circus. For over 30 years, we’ve been delivering science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to the heart of regional Australia with the Shell Questacon Science Circus.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Lauren Sullivan]
It's really good experience to be able to do our science shows for primary schools and high schools, but then also be able to share our knowledge and experience and ideas with the teachers, how to take science in their classrooms to different ages, maybe some fresh ideas for activities that they could do with their kids and the confidence to be able to kind of adapt our site's activities for their classroom.
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Shell Questacon Science Circus roadshows throughout regional Australia. Children interacting with Questacon team. Scene changes to a woman in a red top speaking to camera.
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Lauren Sullivan – Questacon
Bringing science to regional Australia for more than 30 years
[Audio: Man speaking – Stuart Kenealy]
Being out here in Chinchilla, it's really hard to get to good quality professional development. It's easy for the teachers out here to feel isolated, and the other thing of course, is the school sizes are lot smaller, so it's great when a group come out and they're willing to share that sort of experience that we don't normally see.
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Shell Questacon Science Circus roadshows throughout regional Australia. Children interacting with Questacon team. Scene changes to a man speaking to camera.
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Stuart Kenealy - Chinchilla Christian College
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[Audio: Woman speaking – Adriana Zaja]
I like seeing the reactions on the faces of our audience, usually when they can connect it to their everyday life.
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Adriana Zaja - Questacon
[Audio: Stuart Kenealy]
They can use everyday items in class to show a scientific concept and use something they can buy rather inexpensively to explain some of the students that they wouldn't necessarily understand unless they saw it in the experiment.
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Future Makers. STEM events for students and teachers
Working with local communities
[Audio: Woman speaking – Shelly Dunlop]
Together with Shell's QGC business. We look to inspire wonder of science, advanced STEM education and ultimately get students involved in STEM subjects that can help with their future jobs and careers. We hope that the students in regional Queensland will learn to be more curious, to ask more questions, to know how the science in the world around them connects with what they're doing in the classroom and to see themselves as a scientist, see themselves in STEM careers in the future and know that that's actually possible for them.
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Shelly Dunlop - Future Makers Project Manager
Future Makers. The Future Makers program provides STEM events and activities for teachers, students and communities across Queensland, particularly in the Western Downs and Gladstone regions.
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[Audio: Woman speaking – Fleur Steel]
Resources that I can use and implement in my classes that are linked to the Australian curriculum and that are very engaging for the students.
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Fleur Steel - Teacher, Miles State High School
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[Audio: Make speaking – Caleb Kuhl]
It's a really exciting opportunity just by the variety of things that students can investigate and look at. No other area that I've been involved with can create so many conversations and unique responses that students can give in what one student finds interesting another might not, and every student finds something ultimately that they can engage with.
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Caleb Kuhl – Teacher, Miles State High School
[Audio: Fleur Steel]
It is so beneficial for us to be able to access a quality PD in science. Just that opportunity for teachers in the west is really, really needed.
[Audio: Woman speaking]
It's fantastic to see places like Tara and Wandoan able to engage with hands-on STEM activities and see their faces light up with the wonder of science.
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Robotics Futures. Learning science through robotics
Working with local communities to inspire a passion for science.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Tammy Grady]
Shell's QGC business is really focused on promoting STEM pathways for young people. A day here motivates and enthuses students to learn more, to then hopefully pick those STEM subjects and really set their sights on something for their future.
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Tammy Grady – Project Manager, Education & Innovation, Queensland Minders & Energy Academy
QMEA Robotics Futures
Driving student and teacher interest in science through learning in robotics and automation.
[Audio: Man speaking – Kieran Connolly]
I like working with them because I like to know how things work and how to program things. This can all lead to like Mechatronic Engineering, which is all robots and drones and yeah, the really good stuff.
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Kieran Connolly - Tooloola State High School
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Jason Bell – Chair Robotics Competition, CQ University
[Audio: Man speaking – Jason Bell]
Some of the things that they're learning actually applies to everyday things. So, we're seeing like cars using sensors to do accident avoidance systems and things like that, and so the kids are actually being exposed to these maybe university one day.
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concepts well before they actually go to hopefully
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Jayden - Gladstone Central State School
[Audio: Boy speaking - Jayden]
A nice challenge for your mind, so you've got to really think about what you're doing. So, like you can't just throw in some random projects and make it work, you actually have to test, and these things take weeks to perfect. You have to test different things and the one that works the best would be the one to go in your car.
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Damien Kee - Managing Director, Domobotics
[Audio: Man speaking – Damien Kee]
I love the idea that these kids are going to grow up to, you know, to run the world and these kids being smart, articulate, passionate problem-solvers, I think gives me a lot of hope for, you know, for the future.
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NXplorers. Creative thinking – positive change
Working with local communities to inspire a passion for science.
[Audio: Woman speaking]
The NXplorers program revolved around students identifying food, water and energy issues in the community and coming up with creative ways of solving those issues in a 10-week time-frame. The students have an array of projects: desalination, community gardens, composting, were just a few of the solutions they came up with.
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NXplorers. Focused on the Food – Water- Energy Nexus, Nxplorers aims to build awareness, develop knowledge, and provide thinking tools and complex problem-solving skills to the leaders of the future.
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[Audio: Male student speaking]
Being able to do this project was a good experience for me because I could put my ideas to work and also show like this to the NXplorers team and also my teachers.
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[Audio: Woman speaking]
I feel the students went really well with the NXplorers program, they had really creative and innovative ideas that they're able to share with the community at the showcase.
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Prelude to the Future. Targeted training in the NT
Working with local communities.
Prelude to the future. Addressing critical skills shortages in the Northern Territory through targeted training and industry engagement.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Amelia Seipel]
The Prelude to the Future has impacted over 80 local Territorians and their lives and changed their lives for the better, through apprenticeship pathways and securing employment outcomes.
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Amelia Seipel - Employment Manager, GTNT
[Audio: Amelia Seipel]
It wouldn't be possible without Shell Australia. Without their support and their social investment into the Northern Territory, we wouldn't be able to do programs like this. Obviously, nothing is for free. So when you're having that funding support makes a huge part, but also their influence in industry, in the oil and gas and employers to get them to engage in these programs and to take on these apprentices is extremely crucial, because the number one key outcome we want is employment - sustainable employment for local Territorians.
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[Audio: Man speaking – Tom Mitchell]
My name's Tom Mitchell. I've been at Cummins here for four years now. I've just finished my apprenticeship.
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Tom Mitchell - Cummins South Pacific
[Audio: Tom Mitchell]
I grew up out in remote Aboriginal communities, right out in the bush. So, I never really had exposure to bigger industrial sort of things. Shell and GTNT have definitely given this opportunity to take something on that I didn't even really know about, which is helping where I am today and achieve things that sort of no one from where I'm from has done before. Shell's helped a lot, sponsored the whole thing and go on to young people like me and said that, you know, "You guys are the future," and giving me the sort of the support that you wouldn't normally get. I've got a great career here, definitely a great future. I've come a long way and definitely tell my friends how proud of myself I am all the time.
[Audio: Amelia Seipel]
Shell Australia through the Prelude to the Future has changed people's lives for the better. Their social investment has given people hope and opportunity where they're able to undertake a training opportunity where they can get some formal qualifications and secure employment and ongoing employment. But then it's also changing the lives of not only themselves but their families where we've had participants where there've been generations of welfare-dependent they're now tax-paying employees and now changing and becoming examples and role models for family members and friends.
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Health-E-Regions. Improving educational outcomes.
Working with local communities
To improve student outcomes
[Audio: Woman speaking – Beth Eden]
I can see every day that there's barriers to accessing speech and language therapy in rural settings and the Health-E-Regions Tele-health really assists with the access to those services that students need.
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Beth Eden - Speech Pathologist, Department of Education
Health-e-Regions
Health-e-Regions aims to improve health, wellbeing and educational outcomes for regionals students, their families and the wider Western Downs community through online telehealth.
[Audio: Woman speaking - Sally Harth]
Health-e-Regions has been a huge benefit for our family. It's convenience, it's access to quality therapists, which impacts the day-to-day life with my children with clarity of speech improvement in communication skills.
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Sally Harth - Parent, Chinchilla
[Audio: Woman speaking – Melissa Verdon]
Whereas if kids were going away offsite to a service, the communication between that therapist and the classroom and the school is not as easy to do.
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Melissa Verdon – Support Teacher, Chinchilla State School
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[Audio: Woman speaking – Tara Fisher]
Our school only has about 30 kids, so I didn't think we'd even get a look-in at big programs like this, taking interest in now in our children, but it has and it's just phenomenal. They've grown leaps and bounds from starting it with having a significant stutter to now in Year One, barely ever hearing it is just amazing and it's impacted that social skills and they're so much more happy to communicate with both teachers and friends and their parents, and it's just made a really good impact, which makes us feel good because at the end of the day, as teachers, we only want the best for the kids that we're teaching them. You can definitely see the change that's happened.
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Tara Fisher - Teacher, St Joseph’s School, Tara
Students are so much more happy communicating
Real impact we are seeing
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And the impact that we can see on the educational outcomes of students because of this program is amazing.
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Shell’s QGC business. Jobs for the Future
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Title: Shell’s QGC business: Supporting thriving local economies
Duration: 09:01 minutes
Description:
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Shell’s QGC business: Supporting thriving local economies
Shell’s QGC business relies on regional communities to be able to power the progress of Australia. We work with the community to ensure we’re providing opportunities for local businesses and local workers so we’re strengthening local economies. We do this by …
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Contracting locally.
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Investing in regional suppliers.
[Audio: Man speaking – Rob Carter]
ProCrew is a provider of key operational and maintenance services to the infrastructure sector. We focus on the energy and resource space.
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Rob Carter – Managing Director, ProCrew
Chinchilla based business working across Shell’s QGC business assets on land and vegetation management.
[Audio: Rob Carter]
We're a local Chinchilla business. We've got 11 staff and we're really excited about our new contract with Shell's QGC business. It allows us to secure local jobs. It allows us to invest in their business, to invest in our people and allows us to invest in their skills.
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[Audio: Rob Carter]
It's pleasing to see Shell's QGC business, have faith in a local supplier like ProCrew. We believe all the hard work we've done on building our business to where it is to this point has paid off, given the faith that they've showed in awarding us a new contract. This contract allows us to focus on investing in our business and our systems and in our people.
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Delivering training opportunities.
MFE
Hiring George, their first school-based apprentice, off the back of ongoing contract certainty.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Louise McMahon]
With Shell's commitment to provide some opportunities to tender and be now successfully awarded long-term projects.
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Louise McMahon - Managing Director, MFE
Meet George, our first school based apprentice
[Audio: Louise McMahon]
We've been able to commit and have confidence that we can provide long-term quality apprenticeships, and with that the recent award of one of the specific tenders, that was the catalyst for us bringing on board our latest apprentice, our first school-based apprentice. We said to the school, we think we've got an opportunity coming, but until we get this contract, once we get that, that's going to be our catalyst to putting on. A few days later we were awarded the contract, and we signed him up that day.
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Meet George, our first school based apprentice.
[Audio: Louise McMahon]
He's going to be more likely to stay in the regional community, grow up here, have his family here. So in terms of the economy as a whole, this is so pivotal to these regional communities and their long-term viability. It means that we've got the confidence and the ability to actually get some positive returns on investment in our staff.
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“So pivotal to regional communities”
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Indigenous traineeships
Supporting the development of local talent and opportunities for young Indigenous people to acquire a trade.
[Audio: Mam speaking - Cameron Fabian]
We are hosting Scott Goodwin in the Engineers Traineeship Program. This is going to benefit him in his chosen career path of being a boilermaker and hopefully continuing in the construction industry in the local area.
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Cameron Fabian - Western Downs Civil
[Audio: Cameron Fabian]
He started off quite a shy young kid and he's come a long way in developing his communication skills. It's awesome to see that.
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Apprentices at the workplace
[Audio: Man speaking - Scott Goodwin]
I've been doing it for nearly two months now and I'm really enjoying it. On an average day I help the boilermaker out - designing and welding. Lately, we've been doing toolboxes, maintaining the yard mainly.
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Scott Goodwin at work with a measuring tape.
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I’m really enjoying the programme
Scott Goodwin - Programme Trainee
[Audio: Cameron Fabian]
Having Scott on has helped our team dynamic. By introducing another younger employee helps build on the rest of the team's skills as well as the communication skills that are required in a safe workplace.
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Helps build our team’s skills
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Scott interacting with his team.
[Audio: Scott Goodwin]
It really means a lot to me as a young Indigenous person because I've got my foot in the door and with hopefully a trade out of it. Or, it'll lead to a trade.
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Indigenous pathways. Partnering with local Indigenous businesses investing in their staff.
[Audio: Man speaking - Steven Noy]
Biodiversity Australia is a holistic environmental company. We cover everything from a planning phase, right through to on-ground implementation.
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Steven Noy - Managing Director, Biodiversity Australia
[Audio: Steven Noy]
Here in Chinchilla what we wanted to do is create an Indigenous pathways model and a sustainable approach to that.
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Sustainable Indigenous pathways
[Audio: Steven Noy]
Shell QGC approached us, and what we did with that, we went into conversation around how we could achieve an Indigenous pathways model, but on a long-term, sustainable approach. We want to showcase that the Indigenous world can achieve true sustainability. Through works quality safety. It's not just a pathway for employment with us. If they want further tertiary qualifications, if they've got an entrepreneurial skill themselves and we can mentor them through that and then they can become main contractors to Shell QGC or, or in the wider community. But also, the skill sets that they learned doing this, this, these specific works is very wanted by our so-called state ranger program. So, this is a true Indigenous pathways model that gives greater opportunities.
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A true Indigenous pathways model
[Audio Man speaking] Shayne Tull]:
I'm looking to be ranger on country and Biodiversity can help me obtain certificates, tickets to allow that to happen.
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Shayne Tull - Field Crew Member, Biodiversity Australia
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[Audio: Steven Noy]
With Shell QGC investing in us, it gives us the opportunity, and especially when we take such a long-term contract, it gives us the opportunity to come out and establish such a strong basis here in Chinchilla. Have community involvement, have community spend investing back into the community, but off the back of such a great company like Shell QGC.
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Jobs with major contractors.
[Audio: Man speaking - John Smith]
We've had a long time with Shell QGC, and it's been a great relationship. And the relationship is based on us - how we work together on a big part of that is how we work in the local community.
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John Smith - CEO, MPC Kinetic
[Audio: John Smith]
The gathering contract that we have and the fact that it's been long-term allows us to be able to recruit local people, help them get a job, but importantly build that career and development. So, we've been there for 10 years, which allows people to have long-term employment, long-term growth, education, training across all facets of the business. So, we can offer from administration to environmental management, putting pipe in the ground. All that are opportunities there for local people. And for us it makes sense that we recruit locally and really make sense for business, it makes sense for the community.
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MPC Kinetic. Working with Shell’s QGC business for over 10 years, employing and training people within the Western Downs.
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[Audio: Woman speaking - Eva Court]
Working on a big project such as this with Shell QGC gives me opportunities for my future that I otherwise would not have had.
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Eva Court - Yard Hand, MPC Kinetic, Miles Supply Base
[Audio: Eva Court]
They have put me through TAFE through a business course, which can bridge two diplomas and masters, which can set me up really well for my future.
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[Audio: Male speaking – Zac Gibbens]
Working on a large project, I find that I'm learning more and my skills are also getting better, which would also give me a good advantage of staying such a big project.
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Zac Gibbens - Trenching Crew TA, MPC Kinetic, Miles Supply Base
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[Audio: Woman speaking – Emily Gleeson - Contracts Administrator, MPC Kinetic]
To see the town grow with the infrastructure and the community support from companies such as Shell QGC and MPC Kinetic really makes me appreciate how lucky we are to not only have such a big project in our area but in our area that we can call home.
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Emily Gleeson - Contracts Administrator, MPC Kinetic, Miles Supply Base
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Supporting regional suppliers.
Working with local communities.
Australian government entrepreneurs programme. Helping businesses to build capacity and improve capability through mentorship and expert advice.
[Audio: Ma speaking – James Scotland]
Shell QGC spoke to us about wanting to engage regional suppliers, we were keen to help regional suppliers and so this project has been about saying, "let's get the supplies in Chinchilla up to the level that will make them preferred supplier".
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James Scotland - Business Facilitator, Entrepreneurs Programme
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[Audio: Man speaking – Simon Burke]
You know, I'm a boilermaker by trade and the finer points of a business sometimes get pushed aside but it gives you a little bit of awareness of how things should work. And, oh, we recently got our ISO 9001 which was always something that we wanted and I knew that we probably needed, but without that little bit of support from Shell's, QGC business and the Entrepreneurs Programme, it's pretty much without that, we wouldn't have got ISO 9001.
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Simon Burke - SFPS, Chinchilla
[Audio: James Scotland]
The business owners have someone that they can talk to, someone that they can say, "These are the things that are worrying us, we don't really know how to deal with the large organisations," and they just have someone honest, an honest broker that you can talk to.
[Audio: Simon Burke]
We've got two apprentices now. We, I mean, we signed one off last year and we were questioning whether to put any more on. Without the program, and Shell QGC, I guess they wouldn't be apprentices, for us anyway.
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Shell’s QGC business
Supporting thriving local economies
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Title: SHELL’S QGC BUSINESS – REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Duration: 08:52 minutes
Description: A video highlighting Shell’s QGC business various partnerships and initiatives with Queensland’s local economies.
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Shows a wide-angle aerial shot of the Western Downs region.
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Shell’s QGC business works in partnership with local communities to deliver programs that increase diversity and build the economic resilience of regional towns.
These programs include…
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Emerging Exporters. Connecting Agribusiness to New Markets
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[Audio: woman speaking – Molly Penfold]
I live and work at home. I'm studying full-time externally as well, as is my older sister who is doing business, majoring in Accounting. We're trying to expand our production by increasing our stocking in the feedlots and in the paddocks as well, and also through that looking to expand markets into China.
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Molly Penfold, Four Daughters
[Audio: Woman speaking - Gerry Doumany]:
The aim of this program is to develop companies for export or put them on the export journey.
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Gerry Doumany, TSBE Food Leaders Australia
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Emerging Exporters
The Shell’s QGC business Emerging Exporters program is increasing access to new and Australian export markets for Western Down businesses.
[Audio: Gerry Doumany]:
They have a product that they're wanting to take beyond their farm gate, and they're interested in knowing how to go about this and that's what this program will do.
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[Audio: Woman speaking - Karen Penfold]:
One of the main reasons we are looking at different markets and why we ended up with the China export market is that we need to sustain our business, grow our business, so that we can actually have family succession to involve our four daughters and growing families.
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Karen Penfold, Four Daughters
[Audio: Karen Penfold]:
With the help of Shell’s QGC Emerging Exporters, we're hoping to gain a better understanding of the culture of trade, being able to sustain a monthly beef production or beef delivery into Wuhan in China.
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Penfolds family working on the farm and in business setting. Expansive footage of cattle running.
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Taking product beyond the farm gate.
[Audio: Woman speaking - Karen Penfold]:
It's wonderful to be able to share the news that our first load of beef, our first load of Four Daughters Premium Black Angus, has made its way to Wuhan in central China. It's absolutely amazing, we're four daughters, four girls in Western Queensland who are working every day to feed - feed animals to feed the world. And it's happening. It's real. It's just amazing.
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Busy central business district with motorcycles and pedestrians.
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
October 2019
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Busy Vietnamese market showing fresh produce and people trading.
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Vietnam Trade Mission
In November 2019, Shell’s QGC Emerging Exporters program took 7 Western Downs businesses to Vietnam to meet with potential export partners.
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Woman purchasing avocadoes from a local street vendor, footage of a man speaking to a Vietnamese local, footage of local street markets.
[Audio: Man Speaking – Joel Sweet]
Being involved and immersed in the culture as a group has really helped. And just being here, getting your feet on the ground and being able to shake someone's hand and look them in the eye.
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Man speaks to camera
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Joel Sweet
Import Export Manager, DOM Distribution
[Audio: Joel Sweet]
You can start a friendship or relationship and potentially a business partnership and you can't do that over the phone. You have to be here. And this, this group, the delegation what Shell QGC and TSBE have done, it's an exceptional opportunity. So, we've had a great time here in Vietnam.
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Footage of local businesses and trade.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Jilly Tyler]
I'm traveling with people who I wouldn't have otherwise travelled with. So again, that diversity of perspective is something that only a program, like the Shell QGC program could do. And that's just brought a whole richness to what I think all of us are going to take home with it.
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Woman speaks to camera.
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Jilly Tyler – Founder, Busy Beef
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Australian Emerging Exporters delegates exploring Vietnam; footage shifts to man speaking to camera
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Andrew Jurgs – Carpendale Commodities
[Audio: Man speaking – Andrew Jurgs]
And doing it with other people from our region. We understand what we're trying to do, how we're trying to do it, and why we want to do it to better - not only for our businesses but our future business going forward.
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Business Navigator. Empowering Western Downs businesses to grow
[Audio: Woman speaking – Ariane De Rooy]
Business Navigators is a business growth and innovation consultancy who provides advice and really hands on assistance to individuals looking to start a new business or business owners who've got an idea to grow their business in the Western Downs.
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Business Navigator Western Downs.
Helping new and growing businesses in the Western Downs commercialise innovative ideas by connecting them to business mentors.
Ariane De Rooy – Lead Business Coach, Business Navigator
[Audio: Ariane De Rooy]
Our overall objective is economic diversification. We have two great industries in the Western Downs, both energy and agriculture and that provides us with some really great resilience. When things happen in either of those industries, we're keen to really build other industries like tourism, advanced manufacturing, logistics, technology. The more diversified we are, the more resilient we'll be to economic changes.
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Various business operations across the Western Downs.
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Building industries, like: tourism, advanced manufacturing, logistics, technology
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Miles Historical Village Museum, aerial view of the village, footage of two women.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Kylie Bourne]
From all little ideas or visions, big things can happen and we see this place as being vitally important, not only to our community from an economic and tourism perspective, but to the region and to Queensland tourism. So, we're excited about trying to grow and enhance and drive the business side of facility so that we can realise those true and tangible benefits to the community and economy at large.
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Kylie Bourne – President, Miles Historical Village
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Miles Historical Village Museum and memorabilia.
[Audio: Kylie Bourne]
Being part of Shell's QGC business Navigators were excited about the future and how we can grow the business, but particularly in terms of our marketing promotion and reaching out to that market dynamic that we're not quite reaching yet and how do we build on that. And so, we're really excited about the support and advice that can be provided in helping us to realise that vision and reality.
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Miles Historical Village Museum and memorabilia. Footage shifts to a woman speaking to the camera.
[Audio: Woman speaking – Aisla Cass]
Part of my satisfaction stems from being directly in touch with people and expanding their thinking, whether it be creating an online presence or bringing a brand to life. It's very rewarding.
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Aisla Cass – Digital Marketing Advisor, Business Navigator
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Woman speaking to the camera.
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Jess Lott – Live personnel
[Audio: Woman speaking – Jess Lott]
Being part of Shell's QGC business Navigators program has provided me with a springboard to be able to use my knowledge and apply that locally. It's also provided me with a lot more information in structuring business plans. They've worked with me to organise our marketing ventures and we also go to networking events and they act as my wingmen. So, I get to meet clients that I wouldn't necessarily have thought of meeting before, which has opened up a lot of doors.
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Jess Lott in business setting, networking setting, Jess in PPE uniform, speaking on the phone.
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QGC Communities Fund, Delivering local project.
Murilla Kindergarten. Delivering a new LED sign to improve fundraising and community awareness.
[Audio: Man speaking – Anthony Owens]
We wouldn't have even come close to being able to afford this light. Just everyday running costs have gone up, so you know, to fundraise to get this much out of the grant, it would have taken us three to four years easily.
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Anthony Owens - President, Murilla Kindy
[Audio: Anthony Owens]
What has come forward out of the grant is amazing, really. We can advertise for own events and other non-profit organisations. They can approach us, and we'll let them know that they can approach us to advertise events coming up.
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Footage of school children and workers on green grass, footage of volunteers helping lay new grass.
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Wandoan Greener Ovals. Delivering a drought-proof, green oval at the Wandoan State School
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A man in a wide-brim hat speaking to the camera.
[Audio: Man speaking – Cameron Pitkin]
I used to go to school here back in the day, a few years ago now. They did their best to keep the ovals nice for us, but yeah, prickles and rocks and the whole cricket pitch and you name it, it was there. Yeah, this will be good for the kids to be able to run around and tackle each other and do what they do, I suppose.
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Cameron Pitkin - Vice President, P&C Wandoan State
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School boys playing football, scene shifts to Cameron watching them play, scene shifts to kids playing on the grass, scene shifts to volunteers laying down new green grass patches.
[Audio: Man speaking – Greg Zillman]
The Shell QGC Communities Fund was an important role in this project. Without their funding, we wouldn't have gone ahead with this. It's getting harder and harder to fundraise in small towns. It is possible, but in a project of this size we needed some funds.
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Greg Zillman – President, P&C Wandoan State School
[Audio – Cameron Pitkin]
It's good people can give money, but also to say the people here today like getting your hands dirty, like actually doing the job with us and seeing that there are actual real people just out here doing their job and giving us a hand, which is great to make our community a better place for our kids. Yeah, it's great to see.
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The new turfed oval also benefits the wider community and tourism allowing other events to be run on school grounds.
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Western Downs Welcoming. Wandoan, Jandowe[CA1] , Miles, Chinchilla, Tara, Dalby
(07:42) Welcoming new families to Wandoan, Jandowie, Tara, Chinchilla, Dalby and Miles
[Audio: woman speaking – Renee Richards]
I grew up in Chinchilla on a cattle and watermelon property about 25 kilometres out of town. I did all of my schooling here. I moved away to Brisbane to go to university. I worked in Toowoomba for a small amount of time and now I'm back and I'm absolutely delighted to be back in this wonderful community that gave me such a great childhood and it's just continuing now for my children, which is wonderful. I'm a school teacher at the local high school here and I've had a wonderful experience on being able to teach such a range of different subject areas. My real passion is being physically active and helping young people to be great young citizens. So, to be able to move back to my local community and to be able to give back and do that for other people is just so rewarding.
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Footage of Renee at the school, students, school children at the playground. Scene changes to Renee at her local supermarket, scene changes to Renee teaching her students, scene changes to Renee preparing to go for a run. Scene changes to show an aerial view of a tractor on a farm, text overlay appears.
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We believe local communities and Shell’s QGC business benefit from being part of one another’s work and life. We work to share benefits by offering rewarding jobs and training opportunities, building local capability and supporting local community groups.
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Shell’s QGC business. Regional Economic Development
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