Regional Australia Institute to find solutions to WQ housing crisis

Sally Gall
Updated April 21 2021 - 11:12am, first published April 16 2021 - 7:30pm
Diwa Hopkins, a senior economist with the Regional Institute Australia, is undertaking an investigation into housing market failure in outback Queensland.
Diwa Hopkins, a senior economist with the Regional Institute Australia, is undertaking an investigation into housing market failure in outback Queensland.

So serious is the market failure in housing in western Queensland, and the acute housing shortage that has emerged, that the Western Queensland Alliance of Councils has commissioned a study to be undertaken by the Regional Australia Institute.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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