Townsville floods reconstruction welcome stimulus Six months after the devastating Townsville floods, the region's peak marketing body for North Queensland, Townsville Enterprise, has provided an update to its members on the outlook of the Northern Australia regional economy. In its quarterly economic snapshot, TEL reflects on the February 2019 Townsville floods which
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Australia’s city/country divide is not as wide as you might think
Many people assume Australia regions are getting a raw deal compared to the big cities. But beneath the oft-told “tale of two Australias” is a more nuanced story. New research released today by the Grattan Institute shows that income growth and unemployment rates are not obviously worse in regional areas. Cities and