North Queensland - Competitive Advantage

The North Queensland region offers investors a number of competitive advantages.

• A location with support facilities that is well placed for established trading and commercial links, with Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, China, and Japan.
   
• A diverse economic base which ensures sustained growth.
   
  • An internationally recognised and expanding base metals and mineral's process sector.
  • A well developed and diverse manufacturing sector.
  • Queensland's major regional centre for State and Federal Government administration and Defence Forces.
  • A wide range of agricultural industries.
     
• Access to land, water reserves, natural gas and electricity with strategies in place to meet future demands.
   
• A strategic transport hub, with high class sea, air, rail and road infrastructure.
   
• Highly developed educational facilities and an innovative world class research base specialising in tropical sciences.
   
• A rapidly growing population base with a high average income.
   
• World class environmental and tourist attractions - the Great Barrier Reef, Hinchinbrook Island, and World Heritage listed rainforests and the outback, which together attract over a million tourists a year.
   
• An attractive lifestyle that includes world class sporting and arts events and excellent career options.