Western Downs towns hangover recovery, but ag faring well

Martin Bunyard
Updated May 31 2018 - 11:33am, first published May 29 2018 - 7:15pm
University of Queensland's Nicole Gillespie, Andrew Garnett and Katherine Witt in the main street of Chinchilla.
University of Queensland's Nicole Gillespie, Andrew Garnett and Katherine Witt in the main street of Chinchilla.

New research by University of Queensland Centre for Coal Seam Gas has shown a trend of increasing unemployment in Queensland’s Western Downs towns affected by the gas boom, but surrounding agricultural businesses are faring well.

Martin Bunyard

Martin Bunyard

Senior Journalist

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