The resources sector is one of the key pillars of the Queensland economy, providing not only its primary source of export income but a fundamental role in shaping the development of regional communities through economic growth, high paying jobs and supporting regional infrastructure, services and investment.
Fundamental to this, and future success, is the sector’s global competitiveness, of which highly skilled labour plays a significant part. Flexible work arrangements remain essential to attracting skilled workers to regional Queensland and providing them with choice on where they live including local communities, regional centres for drive-in drive-out and utilising long distance commuting arrangements such as fly-in fly-out for those living elsewhere in Queensland.
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