They come promising projects to future-proof their region, but once the politicians and businesspeople leave town and the dust settles, locals are left wondering if anything will eventuate from these cash-splash announcements.
The latest is a multi-billion-dollar renewable energy project to be built on the doorstep of Collinsville, an old mining town in Queensland's coal-rich Bowen Basin.
Fourth-generation former coal miner Brett Murphy said Collinsville residents were still in the dark about the proposal.
"As locals, as a community, we don't get to hear about it or have it explained until weeks after," he said.
"I think it is not right."