Ag's $100b goal at risk without supersized infrastructure push

Andrew Marshall
Updated March 18 2018 - 11:14am, first published March 14 2018 - 6:30am
Australia needs to significantly improve its agricultural and transport infrastructure, including develop regional airports like Queensland’s new Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, to link farming regions directly to Asian markets says KPMG.
Australia needs to significantly improve its agricultural and transport infrastructure, including develop regional airports like Queensland’s new Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport, to link farming regions directly to Asian markets says KPMG.

Australia must get cracking and build more international airports in regional areas and vastly improve other transport and agricultural infrastructure if our farm sector is to hit its $100 billion production goals by 2030.

Andrew Marshall

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer

Andrew Marshall is the group agribusiness writer for ACM's state agricultural weeklies and websites. He is a former editor at The Land and has worked in various Rural Press group roles in Canberra, North Richmond (NSW) and Toowoomba (Qld).

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