Cloncurry's growth tracks its mines, economist says

Cloncurry's growth tracks its mines, economist says

Cloncurry's rise as one of Queensland's fastest-growing communities is a metric tied directly to mining, an economist has told the Meeting of the Mines. The assessment came from Matthew Kelly, principal at Townsville-based Regional Economic Advisory, at the recent conference in Cloncurry. Only Logan, Ipswich and the Sunshine Coast outgrew Cloncurry among the state's local government areas since 2016, Mr Kelly said. That population growth was a k…