{"id":6088,"date":"2020-04-19T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T10:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2020-04-19T10:02:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T10:02:30","slug":"city-leaders-join-forces-in-historic-coordination-of-covid-19-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/19\/city-leaders-join-forces-in-historic-coordination-of-covid-19-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"City leaders join forces in historic coordination of COVID-19 recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen CEOs and city leaders\u00a0met\u00a0today via video link to develop a blueprint for Newcastle\u2019s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0City Taskforce consists of business, industry and government representatives from key sectors across the local economy, from education to finance to tourism and the arts.<br \/>\nAll leaders openly shared insights on the significant impact to their business, industry and most importantly, their people and customers.<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0City Taskforce consists of:<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 City of Newcastle,\u00a0Lord Mayor Cr\u00a0Nuatali Nelmes, Chair<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hunter New England Health CEO\u00a0Mr Michael\u00a0DiRienzo<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wests Group CEO, Mr Philip Gardner<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NIB CEO, Mr Mark Fitzgibbon<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Port of Newcastle CEO, Mr Craig Carmody<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alex Zelinsky AO<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Colliers International Managing Director,\u00a0Mr Peter Macadam<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Greater Bank CEO, Mr Scott Morgan<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hunter Business Chamber CEO Mr Bob Hawes<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hunternet\u00a0CEO, Mr Tony Cade<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Independent Creative Alliance\u2019s Ms Justine Coggan<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newcastle Airport CEO, Dr Peter Cock<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Alloggio CEO, Mr Will Creedon<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newcastle Permanent CEO, Ms Bernadette Inglis<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Regional NSW Director, Ms Alison\u00a0McGaffin<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Samaritans CEO, Mr\u00a0Brad Webb<br \/>\n\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hunter Workers Secretary, Mr Daniel Wallace.<br \/>\nCity of Newcastle has committed $500,000 to the project, as well as in-kind support, as part of its COVID-19 Community and Economic Development Resilience Package, while each organisation will provide staffing resources to implement initiatives.<br \/>\nThis will initially fund an Expression of Interest (EOI) program to provide innovative and targeted responses to those local industries hardest hit by the virus.<br \/>\nChaired by Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes, the\u00a0Taskforce will\u00a0coordinate\u00a0a concerted,\u00a0strategic approach to\u00a0recovery.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is an\u00a0historic\u00a0moment\u00a0in\u00a0the City\u2019s\u00a0response to this global crisis,\u00a0as we work\u00a0to\u00a0maximise\u00a0the capacity and speed of\u00a0our\u00a0recovery,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.<br \/>\n\u201cNever before has our city seen such\u00a0an unprecedented level of collaboration\u00a0amongst its leaders.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019d like to thank\u00a0all\u00a017 CEOs\u00a0for accepting my invitation to\u00a0give their time\u00a0to the Taskforce. Each has their own responsibilities in terms of leading their organisations\u2019\u00a0response during and out of COVID-19.<br \/>\n\u201cDespite this, they are making time to assist City of Newcastle in ensuring that we leave no stone unturned in identifying anything and\u00a0everything\u00a0that can be done to help our city now and during its\u00a0medium\u00a0to long term recovery.\u201d<br \/>\nThe\u00a0Taskforce\u00a0will\u00a0liaise\u00a0with lead agencies Hunter New England Health for Public Health updates; Regional NSW on government responses; and the Hunter Research Foundation\u00a0Centre\u00a0around\u00a0economic impacts.<br \/>\nIt will meet\u00a0fortnightly\u00a0through to the year\u2019s end. While the\u00a0Taskforce has been established as a Newcastle-centric initiative, its benefits will be felt\u00a0well\u00a0beyond LGA boundaries<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"City-Taskforce-Zoom-meeting-(original)-With-Names-V1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/getattachment\/Council\/News\/Latest-News\/City-leaders-join-forces-in-historic-coordination\/City-Taskforce-Zoom-meeting-(original)-With-Names-V1.jpg.aspx\" alt=\"City-Taskforce-Zoom-meeting-(original)-With-Names-V1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen CEOs and city leaders\u00a0met\u00a0today via video link to develop a blueprint for Newcastle\u2019s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. The\u00a0City Taskforce consists of business, industry and government representatives from key sectors across the local economy, from education to finance to tourism and the arts. All leaders openly shared insights on the significant impact to their &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/04\/19\/city-leaders-join-forces-in-historic-coordination-of-covid-19-recovery\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City leaders join forces in historic coordination of COVID-19 recovery&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}