Its Christmas again….WTF!
I don’t know where the years are going. It’s a cliché to say every year gets quicker but I swear that’s what is happening…must be global warming.
So how was 2019?
You know it’s now actually 11 years since the GFC collapse in 2008. Hard to believe its been that long. What 2019 certainly showed up is a two-speed economy –
The South East corner, what I call the 3 T’s (Toowoomba, Tweed Heads, Tewantin) and;
Anywhere else in Queensland.
This year our Brisbane operations have really started to kick on and despite some pundits saying Brisbane has been off the boil, if you have been trying to make a dollar in regional Queensland you are obviously resilient and persistent, and if you take that attitude to the south then you will succeed.
But dare I say there is hope for the regions? In November the Opposition Leader Deb Frecklington backed the Bradfield scheme or at least a version of it. If you look at my blogs from the last 15 years I have been talking about the ‘Food Bowl” that the central north of Queensland could be if only it had water. This would be a Nation Building project…is it too much to ask that political will could make this a reality? Whatever happens get ready for the rent-a-crowd protestors claiming we will be destroying the environment by building a dam.
I will however remain optimistic and say that I do see a strong future for the regions…provided we have Energy and Water. With these two key elements there are enough people willing and entrepreneurial enough in the regions to take full advantage and create jobs and economic growth.
