State Government Plan and Small Business Development

economic plan: Key points:Target of 15,000 more jobs by 2025State Government plan includes a food park, disability hub and small business development fund Industries with quick growth potential identified Its northern economic plan includes a $10-million small business development fund, $7 million to entice tenants to a Northern Adelaide Food Park and money for a disability support hub, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Premier Jay Weatherill said it was a bold plan to carve an economic future for the region. "It a plan which marks out a bright future for the people of the northern suburbs," he said. "It lays out all of the economic priorities that we believe are important for this area — it marks out those industries that we believe are going to grow quickest in the northern suburbs." The Government said it hoped to create another 15,000 jobs over the next decade, in a region where unemployment is above the state average. Related Story: SA signs food export deal with Thai companies Related Story: SA budget: Adelaide northern suburbs look for jobs boost Related Story: Holden workers urged to look at early redundancy options Map: Salisbury 5108 A plan to bolster the economy of northern Adelaide after car maker Holden closes next year is being backed by the South Australian Government with funding of more than $25 million. Mr Weatherill said the Government had worked with local councils, businesses and the northern Adelaide community to develop its plan and remained keen for federal backing. "We have a long list of funding requests for the Commonwealth," he said. "They've already been placed before the Commonwealth and it will be our intention to make that front and centre in this most important year, when there a federal election campaign." City of Playford Mayor Glenn Docherty said the plan would guide the region economy in its transition to different industries. "It vitally important that we all pull together and work as one as a community to face the challenges ahead, make sure that the people of today can get a job but most importantly that their children have a future in the north," he said. Mr Marshall said the plan failed to address fundamental problems with the state economy. "We need a plan to reduce taxes, to remove red tape, to invest in long-term productive infrastructure," Mr Marshall said. "To back our exporters and growth sectors and real investment to create new businesses in South Australia. "There is none of that, none of that in this plan whatsoever." states-and-territories, government-and-politics, salisbury-5108, elizabeth-5112, adelaide-5000, sa First posted January 28, 2016 13:01:40 More stories from South Australia noindex Investment 'not nearly enough' But State Opposition Leader Steven Marshall said the Government investment was not nearly enough to create long-term sustainable jobs. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.