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The Coalition’s Draft Discussion Paper, Developing Northern Australia: A 2030 Vision received widespread support in the days after it was reported in the media. The Business Spectator praised the Discussion Paper’s vision and foresight here and here. The paper also received support from many groups in Northern Australia, including the Cairns Chamber of Commerce and Mt Isa Mayor and former State Labor MP The Hon. Cr Tony McGrady AM. The Daily Telegraph’s editorial noted America’s economic growth was driven by westward expansion and questions why Australia can’t achieve something similar developing the North.
Our response to the the Coalition’s Northern Development and Dams and Water Management Task Group Discussion Papers:
ANDEV is made up of individuals and businesses in Australia demanding that our government welcome investment and provide economic vision for the country’s future.
We want to unleash the potential of North Australia by getting government out of the way.
ANDEV provides a voice to all of those who wish to see Northern Australia thrive.
The Australian
According to a Newspoll conducted in the week before the federal budget, a huge ninety-six per cent of all Australians believe the mining industry is important to the economy and a further sixty-nine per cent view the mining industry favourably. “I think every person understands that the resources industry is vital to our economic wellbeing and ultimately everybody benefits from a successful resources sector in terms of income, jobs and government revenue,” [...]
The Australian
Glencore Xstrata’s head of global coal assets Peter Freyberg has warned that the coal industry is being “smashed” in Australia. Freyberg said a significant portion of the coal industry was loss-making, and cost-cutting was now a matter of survival in Australia’s unstable investment and policy environment. “Instead of supporting one of Australia’s largest export industries, policymakers at both state and federal level have imposed additional costs, taxes and other burdens at a [...]
The Australian
Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh has urged the government to provide fiscal and regulatory stability ahead of the upcoming federal budget. Walsh marked growing concerns that several arrangements that apply to miners, including tax structures, will come under fire given the projected revenue shortfall. “What we and others need in business is stability… We need to be in a competitive environment,” Walsh said. “Stable fiscal and regulatory frameworks provide the foundation [...]
Many Northern Australian mining regions have become victims of their own success when it comes to housing affordability. However, the large scale displacement of local communities that substantial increases bring can be avoided by simply releasing more land for development.
It is a fundamental principle that limiting supply of a good will raise prices. Nowhere is this truer than in housing. After over a decade of rental and housing increases WA’s LandCorp has finally begun [...]
