Blackall in western Queensland has a population of less than 1,500 people, but the little town is positioning itself as the big solution to Australia's wool industry woes.A $198 million wool processing and handling facility is proposed for Blackall in central west Queensland
The mayor of Blackall-Tambo Regional Council, Andrew Martin, said trade tensions with China strengthened the merits for an end-to-end processing facility to be built locally. Once operational, 812 full-time employees would likely be required, including 270 locally, and it would generate $116.3 million in gross regional product per year.
The Blackall facility could see the entire process, from fleece to fabric, take place in the small outback town.
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we have to be more independent as China is capricious and we can not rely or trust them as a friendly nation
Maybe. Hmmm?
Now this is thinking we need... Obviously the tec has to support a relatively low labour intensity process given Australian wages, but looks like it might be feasible.