Boasting an established clean and green agribusiness industry, the Moreton Bay Region provides farmers, exporters, processors, retailers, and chefs the ideal destination to succeed in this vibrant and growing industry.
The Moreton Bay Region’s access to major transport and infrastructure, combined with rich soils and a sub-tropical climate has contributed to the region’s thriving $846 million agricultural industry, with agricultural exports valued at around $420 million.
In the Moreton Bay Region you’ll find:
• The largest strawberry producing area in Australia.
• A $110 million berry fruits industry.
• One third of Australia's strawberries by weight.
• Over one quarter of Australia's pineapple crop.
• Queensland's only aquaculture research facility supporting CSIRO, DAF and University of the Sunshine Coast research projects.
• A sustainable future through the Wamuran Irrigation Scheme.
• Emerging agriculture trends like finger lime producers.
• Enabled agri-tech through the high-speed National Broadband Network.
• Production of more than 1,074 tonnes of macadamia nuts per year.
• Production of more than 441 tonnes of avocados per year.

Toowoomba is the second largest inland Australian city. Home to a vivid music, café and restaurant scene, many of them in laneways tucked in alongside century-old landmarks, Toowoomba is loaded with theatres, galleries, great shopping and glorious parks and gardens.

Explore the First Coat art project – one of Australia’s most prominent regional arts projects. Artists from around the world have created a walkable gallery of street murals in the heart of the city.

The Cairns Manufacturing hub will focus on marine, aviation and food production.

James Cook University’s vision to turbocharge innovation in northern Queensland has taken a big step forward, with construction commencing on the Ideas Lab. The facility will translate JCU’s teaching and research into innovation that generates jobs and economic growth for Cairns and the broader region.

Ipswich economy is driven by high value industries of manufacturing, health care and social assistance, retail trade, education and defence. Ipswich is located in a prime location in South East Queensland, between Gold Coast to the south, Toowoomba to the west, Brisbane to the east, and the Sunshine Coast to the north.

Townsville is the largest centre in the Northern Region, whilst Mount Isa is the largest centre in the North West Region. Mining and agricultural sectors employ 5.1% and 4.1% of the workforce respectively and are the largest export sectors.

Health care and social assistance, pubic administration and safety, and retail trade are the three largest sectors by employment.

North Queensland has long been a base for various major industries, including mineral processing, sugar mills, beef processing and concrete batching plants.
Industries considered for the region include sea, air, rail and road-dependent industrial uses such as manufacturing (chemicals and metals production), minerals processing, food processing, intermodal freight and logistics and bulk storage.

The region is home to key defence bases including Lavarack Barracks (one of Australia’s largest), Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Townsville (co-located with Townsville Airport) and the Ross Island Barracks. The Port of Townsville also supports naval operations for both Australia and foreign vessels.

Townsville is the base for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Australian Institute of Marine Sciences, Australian Research Council’s Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef studies, TropWATER, CSIRO and ReefHQ aquarium.

The Wide Bay region is recognised as the Gateway to the Southern Great Barrier Reef and includes Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Gympie, Fraser Island, Kingaroy and smaller regional centres. It is the most populated region outside of South-East Queensland.

This region is home to memorable tourism experiences and filled with innovators with ground-breaking ideas that are putting us on the world map.
In June 2019, ex-HMAS Tobruk was scuttled off the coast of Bundaberg and Hervey Bay. Since then, hundreds of people have dived the world-class dive site to view marine wildlife living on the wreck.

Lady Elliot Island has seen an increase in renewable energy infrastructure and it now has the capacity to run on 100% renewable energy. The island has over 653 solar panels and 232 batteries operational across the island.

Businesses tap into an inspired workforce of more than 83,000 students across University of Sunshine Coast, two TAFE campuses and more than 150 registered training organisations.

The University of the Sunshine Coast is a public university based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. After opening with 524 students in 1996 as the Sunshine Coast University College, it was later renamed the University of the Sunshine Coast in 1999.

The Sunshine Coast is home to industry disruptors like Youi, Huddle, Gourmet Garden, Country Chef, Ambrose Building, Auto & General, Get Wines Direct and Office HQ.

Logan has developed a strategy and framework to strengthen innovation capability in the City of Logan. An innovation ecosystem is one that creates new ventures and companies that generate jobs at a faster pace and will play a significant role in the city’s economic development.

Our region experiences extremes across multiple hazards. It floods, it burns, the land moves and changes, it can get uncomfortably hot and the wind can howl. Storms can be severe, and cyclones cross the coast here. In addition, our climate is changing and this is presenting a key driver and amplifier of natural hazard risks across out region.

The mining industry, (including; coal mining, oil and gas extraction, metal ore mining, non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying, and exploration and other mining services), has had a presence in Western Gas and coal-fired power stations feature prominently in the region with a total of six active thermal power stations.

Kogan Creek Power Station is one of Australia's most efficient and technically advanced coal-fired power stations. It is one of the greenest coal-fired power stations with the lowest environmental impacts of any coal-fired power station nationwide.

Dalby Bio-Refinery Ltd (DBRL) is Australia’s first grain-to-ethanol facility. The refinery converts nearly 200,000 metric tonnes of sorghum into 76 million litres of ethanol and produces 180 thousand tonne of Wet cake (WDG) or 65 thousand tonne of Dry DDG cake each year, employing approximately 50 people. 13

More recently, renewable energy farms have invested in the region with multiple solar and wind energy farms either currently under construction or approved for construction.

Cultivate the Arts is a professional development program for locals in the creative sector including visual artists, crafters, musicians, theatre practitioners, dancers, arts workers and more.

The program invites local creatives to participate in a range of workshops and opportunities that support the continued growth and development of arts and culture within the Moreton Bay Region and showcase the region's talented and diverse community.

The Moreton Bay Region is known for its amazing natural attractions and experiences such as parks, waterways, wildlife centres, lookouts, beaches, museums and festivals, let us help plan your visit and make the most of our beautiful region. Here are some tips on the best spots to park, who to speak with, location of toilets, seating, pathways, and sensory considerations.

Held together by a fabric of grounded communities the Gold Coast is one of Australia’s most beautiful cities, surrounded by world class golden beaches and world heritage listed rainforests. The impacts of climate change threaten much of what makes the Gold Coast so special. With so much of the city nestled on a thin strip of land between the hinterland and the ocean our communities are at increased risk of flooding and fires, devastating cyclones and coastal erosion.

Recognising the risks from climate change to our way of life, a number of community groups and leaders have come together to work on local solutions to the climate crisis. Our mission is simple, we support our community to come together to take local action to stop runaway climate change. We are a volunteer led network of diverse grassroots groups who support one another to have a big impact fostering solutions all Gold Coasters can support.

The Ipswich Art Gallery is one of the most visited regional art galleries in Australia, with more than 80,000 visitors a year. The Gallery is a visual arts and social history museum presenting a dynamic program of exhibitions and heritage displays with complementary workshops, performances and an extensive program for children and families. It is the first Gallery in Australia to have a permanent space dedicated and curated solely for children.

Located in a heritage listed building, it includes the magnificent proscenium arch, scissor beam roof and arched windows making the building itself an attraction, a true example of architectural heritage within Ipswich Central.

Investment is critical to transform the 42% or 4.23 million tonnes (2019/20) of Queensland’s waste into an innovative, efficient and sustainable circular economy. This will improve environmental outcomes, residential amenity, economic innovation and provide new employment opportunities.

Our start-up economy is on the rise, with the Gold Coast ranked fifth in Australia for new business starts. Our innovative business culture positions us among the top six cities in Australia for lodging patent applications on a per capita basis.

Our support for start-ups has never been stronger with funding and grants designed to turn great ideas into commercial reality and take them to the world.

The Gold Coast is moving to establish our city as an entrepreneurial hub that is globally recognised as a place where knowledge, innovation and commercialisation are the key drivers of growth in the local economy.

The Gold Coast is Australia's fifth largest city with one of the fastest growing economies in the country.

Industries such as tourism, property and construction, manufacturing, screen, health, education and sport have played a big part in making the Gold Coast city what it is today.

We are leading digital and business investment programs to establish the Gold Coast as Australia's fastest growing economy, driven by the adoption of telecommunications and cutting-edge technologies.

The Sunshine Coast has all of the key ingredients required to support an innovative and thriving tech industry. These include game-changing infrastructure, a supportive business and investor community, local government committed to innovation, talent and education pathways. This, coupled with the region’s enviable lifestyle, is seeing the Sunshine Coast emerge as a future tech hub and offers myriad opportunities for the tech industry as well as tech-enabled business.

The newly formed Sunshine Coast Tech Industry Alliance (SCTechIA) will focus on priorities that build industry capacity; drive local tech jobs; encourage member collaboration to compete nationally and internationally, and provide a united voice for the tech industry in the region.

The Cairns Region is clearly the leading hub for cultural and creative activity in Queensland outside of the South East corner and northern Australia.

In Cairns, Flame.Arts aims to help garage bands find a stage, to turn a ‘hobby’ into a creative career, support a young phone videographer move towards the big screen or give a promising performer the mentorship and confidence they need to find their audience.

Through workshops, skills development, grants, mentoring, performance and exhibition opportunities, Council’s Creative Life team – who are established creatives and arts workers themselves – are committed to igniting creative expression in Cairns.