Development Irrelevant Without Addressing Declining Population in the Bush

Updated May 24 2016 - 8:10pm, first published 8:01pm
Kim Hughes, ICPA Qld President, Richmond
Kim Hughes, ICPA Qld President, Richmond

Recently I took part in the Grow Qld Forum in Cloncurry, a QCL initiative focusing on the sustainability and growth of regional Queensland. It was refreshing to see that there was a big focus on the resilience of our youth and the growth of our towns. Whilst the potential of agriculture is a major factor in the development of our State and indeed Northern Australia, and rightly so, this dialogue cannot be held in a vacuum. It must accompany robust conversation around the ever increasing concern of declining population and growth in our rural and remote communities.

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