IT was a mixed bag of speakers at Tuesday's Tweed chamber breakfast, covering everything from inventions to funding for Tweed's CBD upgrade.

With presentations by Workcover NSW's Jodie Deakes, Service NSW Meg Reid, IP Comm's Bill Potter, unsuccessful Nationals candidate Matthew Fraser, Tweed Shire Council acting GM Troy Green and Titans 4 Tomorrow's Cathy Dickson, there was a lot to take on board.

Workcover NSW acting general manager Jodie Deakes grabbed the attention of business representatives with an overview of changes to Workcover services and procedures; including the closure of their Tweed office in April.

Ms Deakes was adamant workplace injury matters would be solved more efficiently through Workcover NSW's Ballina branch.

"We needed to have a look across our sites and see who exactly they served," she said.

"It had already all been coming out of our Ballina office already."

Service NSW's Meg Reid offered an overview of the one-stop-government-shop's new Tweed office at Rivendell in Tweed Heads South.

Ms Reid was proud to reveal Service NSW Tweed had served over 6000 customers since its opening on August 12, in an average time of 7 minutes and 47 seconds per person.

Intellectual property lawyer Bill Potter from IP Comms spoke about copyright law, patents and legally protecting various forms of expression, while calling for invention investment opportunities.

I have met a lot of lovely people in our community and made a lot of new friends. People have said I'm the people's choice but not the preferred choice.

Matthew Fraser talked briefly about his loss to Justine Elliot in the political race for the seat of Richmond, stating his aversion to Mrs Elliot was political and not personal.

"She said 'great campaign', I said 'great campaign'; it was all good," he said.

"I've met a lot of lovely people in our community and made a lot of new friends.

"People have said I'm the people's choice, but not the preferred choice."

Tweed Council acting GM Troy Green spoke about boosting Aboriginal employment within the council, changes to their procurement policy and the gradual process related to the Economic Development Strategy.

He also briefly mentioned possible funding issues for the Tweed Heads CBD beautification project, known as Tweed town centre, and the Knox Park Youth Precinct, due to a change of Federal Government.

The CBD funding issued had already been flagged in Saturday's Daily News front page on the project, which was received a welcome boost from the planned upgrade of Coolangatta's Showcase shopping centre.

Ms Dickson, from Titans 4 Tomorrow, spoke about the success of the program, which focuses on indigenous school attendance, job opportunities and industry skills.

It was chamber president Victor Lapardin's first appearance since taking the top job.