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Committee for Adelaide
Company typeIncorporated association
Founded2013
HeadquartersAdelaide, South Australia
Websitehttps://committeeforadelaide.org.au/

The Committee for Adelaide is a membership-based organisation providing an independent voice for South Australia, committed to its namesake, Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia. Its membership[1] is made up of some of the most diverse and influential organisations in South Australia while its board[2] includes professionals across numerous industries The Committee for Adelaide's Chair is the Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia, Professor David Lloyd and its Chief Executive Officer is Bruce Djite.[3]

Purpose

The Committee for Adelaide brings together businesses, industry bodies, community and government to shape the most liveable city in Australia and the third most liveable city in the world.

The Committee is non-partisan, independent and sector agnostic. Our membership is diverse and influential, making a significant contribution to the economy and society. Our members collectively employ over 30,000 South Australians and all have a clear and vested interest in our future.The Committee’s work centres around people, business and capital, and how the interconnection of these areas and their relationship to one another largely determine the economic and cultural health of our society.

History

Established in 2013, the Committee for Adelaide is part of the Committees for Cities and Regions Network. Its founding members are Ernst & Young and oil and gas company Santos Ltd and its foundation was influenced by political lobbyist, Ian Smith. Its inaugural Chair was Colin Goodall, a retiree from the oil and gas sector. He was replaced by James Blackburn, a partner with PwC in November 2017[4] and by Professor David Lloyd, the Vice Chancellor and President of the University of South Australia in August 2019.[5] The first General Manager of the Committee for Adelaide was Timothy Horton[6] who was followed by Matt Clemow[7] in 2014. The first full-time Chief Executive Officer of the Committee, Jodie van Deventer,[8] began in September 2016. At the time of her appointment, Ms van Deventer said the narrative around Adelaide needed to change for the city to grow.[9]

Advocacy and Projects

The Committee has worked on policies and initiatives to attract talent, business and capital. Some of the publications it has produced include:

  • Inquiry into Migration in Regional Australia (2019)[10]
  • Vision for Adelaide (2019) [11]
  • The Economic contribution of migration to South Australia (2019)[12]
  • University Merger submission (2018)[13]
  • Shaping Adelaide’s Future (2016)[14]
  • Attracting the business we need (2014)[15]
  • Attracting the people we need (2013)[16]
  • Earning our place in a global economy (2013)[17]

It has also prepared submissions into foreign policy white papers and infrastructure inquiries as well as given evidence at various parliamentary hearings[18]

In 2017, it launched its business attraction project Boards without Borders[19] and in 2019 launched its talent attraction program Adelaide Abroad,[20] designed to attract skilled migrants and expats and make their transition back to Adelaide easier.

“This is about growing our population, creating new business and investment opportunities, creating a new narrative for the state and tapping into valuable international and interstate networks for the good of our city,” Committee for Adelaide chief executive officer Jodie van Deventer said at the time of the launch.[21]

The Committee for Adelaide is often quoted by all forms of media and has had numerous opinion pieces published in various media including:

  • SA should race for next generation of motorsport[22]
  • How do you see Adelaide getting over this?[23]
  • Are we going to step up after COVID-19?[24]
  • Beyond the gloom, Adelaide has a chance to recreate itself[25]
  • The devastating truth about reconciliation[26]
  • SA has much to lose if submarine work goes west[27]
  • Defence can steer state into the future[28]
  • Adelaide is about the stories we tell ourselves[29]
  • South Australia needs policies to turbo charge population growth[30]
  • South Australia cannot lose its voice in Canberra because of poor population growth[31]
  • Bikes, electric scooters must be made legal for the road[32]
  • We need vibrant high-tech industry[33]
  • Clock ticking on nuclear waste site debate[34]

In 2020, the Committee for Adelaide hosted a workshop with the 50 most influential people[35] in South Australia as identified by The Advertiser. This followed a call from one of the 50, Dr Sam Shahin from the Peregrine Corporation, for those on the list to use their influence for the good of the state.[36]

Ten key ideas emerged[37] with the Committee for Adelaide taking an active interest in energy, education, superannuation and a youth forum. In 2017, the Committee for Adelaide made national headlines[38][39] when it met with then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull[40] regarding energy security, company taxation and migration.

Australian Financial Review journalist Phil Coorey, speaking on Adelaide radio station FIVEaa, said at the time that it was the Committee’s Canberra delegation – that included medium sized businesses – that had helped “take the sting” out of the company tax debate opening the way for Nick Xenophon MP to agree to cuts for businesses with turnover of up to $50 million. The deal included a $110 million loan for a massive solar thermal plant in South Australia and a study into constructing a long-mooted gas pipeline from the Northern Territory[41] to South Australia. In 2016, and following discussions with Kevin Scarce and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission, the Committee for Adelaide organised a delegation to visit several nuclear industrial facilities in Europe in April 2016.

According to Matt Clemow, the Committee's tour aimed to "create a cohort of SA people who have experienced the operations of the nuclear fuel cycle and will be able to contribute to the public discourse... We’ve had the view since before the announcement of the Royal Commission that it was very important the committee has a view on uranium and it’s settled. We went to the Royal Commission and said ‘How can we help?’ We were very clear if there was community interface that’s needed, we’re happy to play a part in that.”

InDaily reported that the delegation visited the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant and Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository.[42] The delegation returned to Adelaide a day before the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission delivered its final recommendations to the Parliament of South Australia. On 6 May, spokespeople for the delegation expressed their support for the establishment of nuclear waste storage facilities in South Australia.[43]

Membership

The Committee for Adelaide has four different tiers of membership, Platinum, Corporate, Small Enterprise Member and Associate Member. All members are listed on our website :[44]

Board Members

As of November 2020, the Committee's board membership includes:[45]

  • Professor David Lloyd (Chair)
  • Alicia Genet (Deputy Chair)
  • Trevor Cooke (Deputy Chair)
  • Nicola Craven (Treasurer)
  • Caillin Howard
  • Alison Surjan
  • Morna Young

References

  1. ^ "Committee for Adelaide Membership".
  2. ^ "Committee for Adelaide Board".
  3. ^ "Bruce Djite".
  4. ^ "James Blackburn Chair in 2017".
  5. ^ "Committee for Adelaide appoints new chair Professor David Lloyd".
  6. ^ "Timothy Horton Profile".
  7. ^ "Matt Clemow Profile".
  8. ^ "Jodie van Deventer named CEO of Committee for Adelaide".
  9. ^ "Jodie van Deventer CEO of Committee for Adelaide says our narrative must change for the city to grow".
  10. ^ "Joint standing committee on migration".
  11. ^ "a vision for Adelaide".
  12. ^ "The economic contribution of migration to South Australia".
  13. ^ "Submission into the proposed merger between the University of Adelaide and University of South Australia".
  14. ^ "2018 Election Ask".
  15. ^ "Attracting the businesses we need".
  16. ^ "Attracting the people we need".
  17. ^ "Earning our place in a global economy stop comparing start competing".
  18. ^ "New regional visas are uncompetitive".
  19. ^ "Boards without Borders".
  20. ^ "Adelaide Abroad".
  21. ^ "Adelaide Now".
  22. ^ "Opinion Piece Motorsport".
  23. ^ "How do you see Adelaide getting over this".
  24. ^ "Are we going to step up after Covid 19".
  25. ^ "Beyond the gloom Adelaide has a chance to recreate itself".
  26. ^ "The devastating truth about reconciliation".
  27. ^ "SA has much to lose if submarine work goes West".
  28. ^ "Opinion Piece Jodie van Deventer Defence".
  29. ^ "Opinion Piece Jodie van Deventer Adelaide is about the stories we tell".
  30. ^ "Opinion Piece Jodie van Deventer SA Population Growth".
  31. ^ "Opinion Piece Jodie van Deventer SA Voice in Canberra".
  32. ^ "Opinion Piece Jodie van Deventer Bikes and Electric Scooters".
  33. ^ "Opinion Piece we need a vibrant hiitech industry".
  34. ^ "Clock ticking on nuclear waste site debate". InDaily. 10 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  35. ^ "Summit for SA's 50 most influential people".
  36. ^ "Sam Shahin challenges SA".
  37. ^ "10 ideas from SA's top 50 influencers to boost the state".
  38. ^ "Turnbull and Xenophon in crisis talks".
  39. ^ "SA firms bring energy concerns to Canberra".
  40. ^ "remarks at a meeting with the Committee for Adelaide".
  41. ^ "Ian MacFarlane outlines ambitious plan for national gas network".
  42. ^ "Nuclear lesson".
  43. ^ "nuclear dump investigation Committee for Adelaide".
  44. ^ "Committee for Adelaide Members".
  45. ^ "Committee for Adelaide Board".

See also

Committee for Melbourne

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