Accommodating the region’s population growth also requires increased employment opportunities and recognises that many residents work outside the region. A connected network of centres (rural, education, industrial precincts, tourism) play an important role providing local employment.

• Regional Economic Development Strategy 2020-2041
• Invest Moreton Bay
• Attraction of Industrial Development Policy
• Attraction of Rural Workers
• Accommodation Policy
• Neighbourhood Planning Program
• Growth Areas Program
• ‘Reshaping our region’s planning’ Program:
  • Centres and Retail Lands Investigation
  • Urban Areas Employment
  • Lands Investigation
  • Great Places (Urban Design and
  • Place Making) Program.

• A connected network of centres and employment precincts creates vibrant and diverse places, supports high value local employment opportunities, and a framework for public sector investment in community infrastructure that is appropriate to each location.
• A sufficient supply of employment land supports a variety of industrial precincts across the region to diversify the economy and provide for high value local employment opportunities.
• Achieve greater use and activation of centres and increased employment with additional residential living in and around centres and improved public infrastructure and services.
• Agriculture continues to be a key industry in the northern region’s non-urban lands.
• The region realises its tourism potential provided by the Bay, hinterland and urban areas.
• Support The Mill at Moreton Bay to become a significant contributor to the region’s economy and identity, using best practice urban design and place making to create high value employment opportunities that are typically not found elsewhere in the region.

• Investigate and identify new Industry land, particularly land close to highway interchanges and close to existing industrial areas to support long-term employment needs.
• Support continued use of highly productive rural land for agricultural purposes.