I went to an exhibition yesterday for the Narrabri Special Activation Precinct.

Apart from a couple of maps, it wasn’t much of an exhibition. That’s because the plan is at a very early stage as yet.

Basically, the plan is for the State Government to build up an industrial area on the Yarrie Lake Road, just out of town. Building on the already established plans for the Inland Rail project, the Northern NSW Inland Port and the Narrabri Gas Project, the Special Activation Precinct is aiming to attract businesses that could see potential in setting up industrial capacity in the area. We already have heard that there is a proposal for a fertiliser factory utilising the gas there.

Narrabri is well located as a midway point between Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane so there is great potential there, especially with the rail link.

Governments are generally not very good at picking winners in business, but this project seems to be aimed at letting people know of opportunities and encouraging investment by business at both the national and global levels.

There are also Special Activation Projects at Moree (Agriculture), Parkes (Transport), and several other regional centres.