The Northern Territory’s cattle industry can’t compete with the money being offered by the resources industry and is therefore sufferring. Overseas workers are temporarily filling in the void, but for how much longer, says recruitment consultant Sandy Leach.

Similarly, in South Australia the mining boom is leaving at least two mining towns struggling to cater for tourists as most of the accomodation available is is dedicated to mining, thus creating an un unhealthy balance between industry and tourists.

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