Lord Howe Island’s Senior Citizens came together for their second morning tea and singalong of the year, enjoying old tunes and hymns around the piano with some friendly tourists.
The tourist season has made a slow start as cost-of-living pressures weigh on holiday plans. But the Island has weathered tougher times before, and with optimism it can meet the challenges ahead.
We are in the middle of winter and the Island is very quiet. There are more locals than visitors about and yet the sun is still shining and the beauty of the place never changes.
The Program will provide the Lord Howe Island Board with improvements to essential infrastructure which are critical to day-to-day services and operations.
My team has spent the past year mapping the impact of rising freight costs, technological labour shocks, and shifting consumption patterns across Australia’s regional economies. Of all the locations we studied, Lord Howe Island stood out, not because it is unstable, but because it is so finely balanced that small changes offshore are now having disproportionate effects onshore.
