Townsville vs Brisbane: two very different economic engines, and the gap is only getting wider. Townsville’s GRP sits around 15–16 billion with solid sector diversity, but growth relies heavily on a few major projects like CopperString. Brisbane, meanwhile, is a full-blown economic flywheel — Olympics investment, migration, defence, manufacturing, professional services — all feeding a projected GRP of 275 billion by 2041. That difference matters. When you invest in smaller regional markets, you’