Known as The Flying Vet, Ameliah Scott is the only one of her kind in NSW where her beat is the size of a small country.

There and back, five days a week, Harris Cheung spent about 17 hours commuting every week for the past six years. That all changed in March.

Regional cities located near capitals could eventually lose their identities

"There's hundreds of jobs available here."

Seasonal workforce co-ordinators, employment offices to help ease worker shortages.

Do you think these ideas will help fill the ag labour shortage?

It might sound good, but "Buy Australian" will reduce our living standards, hurting poorer Australians the most.

"It definitely is a profitable and fast-growing industry."

Consumers switch to trusted brands as closures to restaurants see sales fall.

"We love the people, but that's not the reason we came here."

As tourist bodies await calls on the reopening of region-to-region tourism, there is optimism that an untapped market could be a key driver in the return of the industry.

"In this scenario the region would suffer a tragic loss of life."critically ill," Tamworth Regional Council acting director of growth and prosperity Anna Russell said.