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Mount Isa residents struggle with lack of public transport, cost of taxis in rural city

Amanda Lee-Nichols pays at least $26 and must wait hours for a taxi to take her to the shops every time she wants to pick up her groceries.

Ms Lee-Nichols does not have a car and is one of about 20,000 residents in the rural Queensland city of Mount Isa who do not have access to public transport.

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