🛥️ Marine jobs expo is back | Mark Wahlberg in Oxenford | Cafes open on the GC Show public holiday in the Hinterland | Google's mega data centre rejected and more!
🛥️ Marine jobs expo is back | Mark Wahlberg in Oxenford | Cafes open on the GC Show public holiday in the Hinterland | Google's mega data centre rejected and more!
Volume 78: Today's newsletter is 1,242 words, a 6.5-minute read.
Welcome to a 30+ degree winter’s day 🫠
It’s August 29, and spring has sprung.
🥇The Paris 2024 Paralympics are now on: Meet our legendary lineup of Aussies set to do us proud 🇦🇺 💪
🚨Public Holiday Alert: Tomorrow, August 30, is a Gold Coast Show Public Holiday
In today's email:
One Big Thing: The Gold Coast Marine Jobs & Careers Expo is back
Mark Wahlberg spotted filming: In Oxenford
Australia’s Right to Disconnect: A Win for work-life Balance or Another Hurdle for Business?
Trending: Winter quit
Around The Web (Snippets): Hinterland cafes open on the public holiday, Oasis announces comeback tour, Google’s mega data centre rejected, four teens arrested in Oxenford, community grants now open and more!
Upcoming Events
Weekend Weather and Surf
The Weekly Dream Gig
Calling out a local job we reckon is epic, intriguing, or that just has a big pay packet…
This week - With yard time on the Gold Coast amongst the travel, a unique opportunity to work as a Chief Stewardess on a 50-metre private superyacht, paying $120,000-$140,000 a year.
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Email contact@thegcminute.com.au
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1. One Big Thing: The Gold Coast Marine Jobs & Careers Expo is back
What’s Happening
The Gold Coast Marine Jobs & Careers Expo returns on 7 September 2024 at the Coomera Marine Precinct.
Why It Matters
Hosted by AIMEX and BIA, this free event connects job seekers, apprentices, and students with opportunities in the booming marine industry with the Expo spotlighting the Gold Coast’s thriving marine sector, offering hands-on experiences and direct access to employers—a vital boost for local talent.
By the Numbers
1,300 attendees per event are expected
40 job placements per Expo are made on average
This is the 4th event in Queensland in 24 months (not all are on the Gold Coast)
Local Impact
With a reported $2 billion set to be spent across the Gold Coast over the coming years, the Expo strengthens the Gold Coast’s reputation as a marine hub, linking job seekers directly to a vast array of career pathways in what is quickly becoming one of the City’s most important economic industries.
What To Look For Next
The full article here includes start times, event details and other links to more.
2. Mark Wahlberg spotted filming in Oxenford
By Marshall Hall
What’s Happening
Mark Wahlberg has been spotted filming his new action-comedy, Balls Up, at Oxenford’s weir, turning the Gold Coast once again into a Hollywood hotspot.
Why It Matters
Wahlberg’s presence spotlights the Gold Coast’s growing status as a filming destination, boosting local jobs and showcasing the region internationally with hundreds of crew invading the area for the shoot.
By the Numbers
$64.8 million: Estimated economic impact for the state from the film
250: Local cast and crew employed.
movie of many: In a string of major productions in Queensland this year.
Lights, Camera, Oxenford!
The big-budget film is directed by Peter Farrelly (Green Book, There’s Something About Mary) brings jobs, media buzz, and global recognition, enhancing the Gold Coast’s film-friendly reputation.
What To Look For Next
The full article, below👇
3. Australia’s Right to Disconnect – A Win for work-life Balance or Another Hurdle for Business?
What’s Happening
As of Monday just gone, 26 August 2024, Australian employees gained the right to disconnect outside work hours under the Fair Work Act 2009, allowing them to ignore work-related communications unless responding is reasonable.
To be clear, the new laws do not prohibit bosses from trying to make contact with you or employees from contacting each other.
They simply give employees the right to ignore that contact without disciplinary action.
Why It Matters
This change aims to redefine work-life balance, giving employees greater control over their time and reducing out-of-hours work pressure that causes stress and burnout.
By the Numbers
Millions of employees: Will be impacted from 2024, where you are considered a national system employee
What’s a National System Employee, though?
A National System Employee in Australia refers to an employee who is covered by the national workplace relations system established under the Fair Work Act 2009.
This system encompasses most Australian workers and is administered by the Fair Work Commission and the Fair Work Ombudsman.)
26 August 2024: The date that modern awards and enterprise agreements will contain a right to disconnect term
26 August 2025: Is the date the right to disconnect to will apply to employees of small businesses
Local Impact
Nobody doubts that the full-blown intensity of the attention-consuming internet and communications devices that facilitate it needs to be stepped away from (dare to check your screen time?).
However, in a big place like Australia that can have up to five different timezones and border communities like on the southern Gold Coast, implications for businesses and staff that work interstate or in different industries of varying intensity and requirements, the real-life impacts are yet to be realised.
What To Look For Next
It’s really hard to run a business in good times, let alone in the current economy, where a lot of small businesses are facing dwindling margins amongst increasing GST obligations, payroll tax, increasing wage demands, rising operations costs and overheads, and more.
While the mental health of employees is absolutely critical, you have to wonder what this change does to the mental health of small business owners who must be feeling like they are up against it for the reasons mentioned above and who rely on their staff to keep the show on the road (within reason).
In the meantime, however, Gold Coast national system workers can look forward to more downtime on their judgement—whether it’s catching waves or family time—without the pressure of after-hours work calls, texts or emails.
4. Trending
5. Around The Web (Snippets)
Hinterland cafes that are open this: Gold Coast Show Public Holiday
Community grants are now open for local: Not-for-profits across the state with Queensland Country Bank’s 2024 Good for Good program (applications close September 2, so get in quick!)
Father’s Day gift ideas from: Earth Beer Company, just down the road behind Kingscliff
Google’s request to build a 72,363 square metre data centre outside of Dublin, Ireland, was: Rejected over power supply concerns (Data centres are projected to consume a third of Ireland’s energy by 2026, up from 18% in 2022)
A Maudsland attempt burglary has resulted in: Four teens arrested following a stolen vehicle crash in Oxenford
After making more than $200 million in revenue without any: Venture capital investment, Midjourney have announced that they are getting into hardware
$5,958,870 is the amount Ben Jayaweera, a former: Financial adviser and director of Growth Plus Financial Group Pty Ltd, lost his clients, and has landed him 12 years imprisonment for fraud
Archaeologists have uncovered the real story of how: England became England and a mighty country of its own
The GC’s Cohort Innovation Space sat down with: Datarwe and KJR, some of the fist members, to discuss five Australian examples of how AI is transforming our world right now
A new Palm Beach dining venue has opened called: The Cadillac Supper Club
A 15-year feud has been put to bed with Oasis announcing: A reunion tour 👇
6. Upcoming Events
🎵 Gold Coast Music Awards: August 29 from 5 pm onwards; red carpet, live performances, awards ceremony and an epic afterparty at HOTA
🎉 Gold Coast Show: August 30 to September 1; a celebration of all things vibrant, entertaining, and unforgettable at Broadwater Parklands
👩🏼💼 Gold Coast Women in Business Awards - Reception Celebration Breakfast: October 1 from 6:45 am to 9:15 am; annual awards ceremony and reception breakfast celebration at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
🥏 WFDF 2024 World Ultimate Championships: August 31 to September 7 from 8 am to 6:30 pm onwards; world championships of ultimate frisbee at The Runaway Bay
🐋 NaturallyGC Whales in the City: August 31 from 9 am to 11 am; a comprehensive exploration of humpback whale behaviours, migration patterns, and more at Coolangatta
🏉 AFLW Gold Coast SUNS v St Kilda: August 31 from 4:15 pm onwards; Round 1 at People First Stadium
👔 Father's Day Retro Day Out: September 1 from 2 pm to 6 pm; family day out filled with live music, big dance floor, food trucks, vintage cars and market stalls at Frascott Park
🎶 Sunday Sounds - The Emma Dallas Band: September 1 from 2 pm onwards; an afternoon of free music and dancing at Paradise Point Parklands
🎤 Yamandu Costa - The Brazilian Guitar: September 3 from 7 pm onwards; Grammy award-winning artist performing at Broadbeach Cultural Center
📊 SEVENTEENx Gold Coast 2024: September 4 from 6 pm to 9:30 pm; an event to educate, engage and enable the business community at TAFE Queensland - Robina
📋 Sports Technology & Innovation Day: September 5 from 10 am onwards; 100+ topics, covering cutting-edge innovations and the latest trends at Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre
⚽️ Socceroos vs Bahrain: September 5 from 8 pm onwards; Round 3 at Cbus Super Stadium