Economic Report · MCU18/0019

Table of Contents

1     INTRODUCTION                                                   6
1.1    KEY FINDINGS                                                  6

2     AGED CARE IN CONTEXT                                           7
2.1 NATIONAL DYNAMICS                                                7
2.2 NOOSA ECONOMIC PLAN                                              7
2.2.1 UNMET NEED                                                     9
2.2.2 ACTION OBJECTIVES                                              9

3     ASSESSMENT OF PROJECT IMPACTS                                10
3.1 RELEVANCE TO LOCAL ECONOMIC PLAN                               10
3.2 ESTIMATE OF ECONOMIC IMPACTS                                   11
3.2.1 CONSTRUCTION PHASE IMPACTS                                   11
3.2.2 OPERATIONAL PHASE IMPACTS                                    13
3.3 STRATEGIC CLUSTERING                                           15

4     CONCLUSION                                                   17




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