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HEALTH, KNOWLEDGE & RESEARCH Townsville North Queensland is home to James Cook University, Townsville University Hospital and Mater Private Hospital Townsville and a range of other health, education, research and innovation enterprises such as CSIRO, Tec-NQ, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australian Institute for Tropical Medicine and Arc Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. North Queensland is on the precipice of establishing itself as a global leader in tropical health and knowledge, a community dedicated to helping the world access, understand and benefit from breakthroughs and solutions in health and tropical science. Supported by world class digital connectivity, the region could have the ability to provide excellence never seen before in health care to remote neighbours.
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TOWNSVILLE NORTH QUEENSLAND
