I understand the only reason a tower is at Albury at all dates back to Prince Charles enrolment at "Timbertop" and we couldn't have Royalty flying in uncontrolled airspace could we?
Note the previous discussion was
Albany (WA) not
Albury (NSW)....
As for the TWR at Albury...(ABX) One of the main reasons for the TWR there was back in the days when TAA and EWA operated F27's there and almost always scheduled at around the same time. There is no full length taxiway there (a short one for GA now however) and there were significant traffic issues associated with runway occupancy and the need to backtrack etc.