Ian Crooks of Resort Brokers Australia reports in their latest Informer Magazine that Infrastructure is firmly on the agenda nationwide, for both the Federal and State Governments. And, if you follow world trends, it’s not just Australia that has woken up to the appeal of infrastructure. Investment interest, both private and public, is building around the world.

To put it simply, we have infrastructure needs – those physical assets we rely on to live, like roads, bridges, electricity grids and transport networks. These needs just have to be met if economies are going to grow and prosper.

With infrastructure investment come jobs and business opportunities. To get an idea of how whole regions can be uplifted, you need only look at the Darling Downs, the livestock and agriculture district around Toowoomba in SE Queensland.

This is where go-getting local construction family, Wagners, built the $200m Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport. This new airport has already put The Downs on track to be one of Australia’s top fresh food export hubs to Asia.

Cattleman Pat Gleeson recently reported it had given him the ability to get fresh chilled beef onto Chinese shelves in under three days. His Oakey meatworks is now doubling production and lifting staff numbers from 730 to 1300 – a massive boost for a country community.

The implications for trade with food safety-obsessed China are huge. John Wagner reckons it’s not unrealistic to expect two jumbos a day to be flying out of his airport within five years, taking fresh produce to Asia and bringing Chinese tourists here. Imagine!

No wonder local vegetable growing brothers Troy and Bradley Qualischefski are excited. Much of their broccoli crop already goes to Singapore where it sells for about $10 a kilogram. Now they’re working on deals in Hong Kong and mainland China. "You’d have to be onto a pretty good thing if you’re selling broccoli into Asia!" Crooks states.

There are dozens of stories like this. What Crooks instills is that, where major transport infrastructure improves access to a region, that region will get a big boost. In this edition of Informer, Resort Brokers cover story explores what infrastructure development is about to do for lots of regional centres, particularly those along the new Inland Rail line.

Where business opportunities flourish, so too will the accommodation sector. Crooks' advice… watch where infrastructure investment is being directed, and look for opportunities to ride on its back. The inland should expect some very positive flow-on effects.

Areas outside our capital cities often provide the launch pad for business success. So you’ll find plenty relating to that theme in this issue.

Learn more and view Resort Brokers Australia's latest news by downloading the June 2017 Informer Magazine.

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