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Cheap council land in outback Queensland snapped up by buyers amid housing shortage

Land in outback Queensland has been snapped up at "bargain" prices after attracting hundreds of bidders from around the country.

ABC News · Feb 13, 2023

Cheap land, rates relief, high-rise apartments: Country towns innovate to ease housing squeeze

Regional Australia has plenty of cheap land and would-be buyers, but there are few houses for sale, and no builders to make new ones. Here's how some councils are tackling that.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023

North-west Queensland cattle country responds to good start to wet season, lifting graziers spirits

In 2019, cattle farmer Alistair Anderson was dealing with the "devastating" loss of half his herd. Four years on, the 81-year-old's property is in the best condition he's seen it in more than a decade.

ABC News · Feb 9, 2023