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HIRE AND RENTAL NEWS • AUGUST 2016
HIRE16 in REVIEW
– with 25 years of continuous growth
without recession. He said though we
now face a two speed economy between
the Victorian and NSW led infrastructure
investment opportunities, service
industries are again on the rise and will
provide alternate opportunities if they are
not overlooked.
Futurist Steve Sammartino pointed out
we live in the technological revolution
where connectivity is everything – more
important even than technology.
He showed delegates we are moving into
an age of ‘co-opitition’ (not competition)
where collaboration is the name of the
game in a collaborative economy.
Industry seminars on day two covered
GOLDOC tendering for the 2018
Commonwealth Games, updates on
what has been happening with the PPSA
(Personal Property Securities Act and the
negative impacts on the hire industry)
as well as technical review on Australian
and International Standards and
maintenance for EWPs with the EWPA.