Is It Too Late For Hervey Bay?
There are many people in Hervey Bay who believe that more should have been done to establish an industrial base in this town.
Total reliance on tourism is fraught with danger and leaves us at mercy of too many outside influences while having an established industrial base would provide some stability for the Hervey Bay economy.
We certainly do have the seeds of an industrial base growing here but perhaps we should have been working harder to attract industry here because now it might be too late. The Courier Mail recently reported in an article that places like Townsville and other towns north of Brisbane are desperate for workers and just can’t find enough.
Some employers have been forced to look overseas for labour with little success. The article describes the lack of workers as “the greatest impediment to growth”.
And that is not good news for Hervey Bay.
