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Townsville is the capital of North Queensland and the major business and logistics hub for the region.
Townsville is the largest city in North Queensland and encompasses five major regional centres: Townsville, Burdekin, Charters Towers, Hinchinbrook and Palm Island. North Queensland contributes over $40B to the Queensland economy and is home to 240,000 people.
The economic diversity and the strategic location of Townsville means North Queensland is well-placed for future growth. The region’s economic growth has been driven by its traditional industries such as health and education which continue to grow with new projects and investment. Townsville is home to the largest tertiarary referral hospital in regional Queensland and is a major teaching hospital for James Cook University (JCU) and TAFE Queensland North. As the largest Garrison city in Australia, Townsville supports a comprehensive range of capability including air, land and maritime bases for the sustainment of Australia or coalition forces.
The region is recognised as having globally significant potential as a green hydrogen and green industrial production hub. As the global demand for mineral products process with low or zero emissions continue to grow, the Townsville North Queensland region is well placed to establish high-value supply chains through the advanced green manufacturing to customers around the world. Projects such as CopperString 2032 will connect the world-leading renewable energy zones in the North West region to the national grid, providing affordable and reliable energy to the North West Minerals
This platform has been produced as a joint vision between Townsville City Council and the city's key industry leaders.
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