It’s a plan drawn up by Australia’s best and brightest to fulfil the grand vision of opening new food bowls in the Top End by tapping the great rivers of the far north.
But a year on since the CSIRO spent $15 million developing detailed blueprints for new dams and other water infrastructure in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia, none of those jurisdictions shows any real interest in making it happen.
When [...]
Dear ANDEV Colleagues Two-thirds of Australia’s export income is generated in Regional Australia. Mining and Agriculture are the two main export sectors in Northern Australia. The Coalition Government has an extensive range of initiatives in place to support the Agriculture industry. I have attached the link below to the recent Ministerial announcement from the Department of Infrastructure. https://www.infrastructure.gov.au/department/statements/2019_2020/ministerial-statement/agriculture-water-resources.aspx The Coalition Government has committed to an $100 Billion infrastructure program. The link below will take [...]
Landscaper Ash Carter, with his dog Bruce, at a new home builder in Canberra that is close to completion. Picture: Gary Ramage
Families and investors are having to fork out up to half the cost of new house-and-land packages on surging taxes and red-tape costs, as the construction industry battles with a slowdown exacerbated by tough credit restrictions and low consumer confidence.
The nation’s peak housing and building bodies will today [...]
Mining projects could get faster and simpler approval — creating more jobs — as a result of a Productivity Commission review to be announced today.
Resources Minister Matt Canavan and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will reveal a 12-month review looking at best-practice examples of regulation to cut unnecessary red tape.
West Australian MP and close personal ally of the PM, Ben Morton, will also have oversight of the review as part of his focus on deregulation.
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Joint media release with Senator the Hon Matthew Canavan Minister for Resources and Northern Australia The Hon Ben Morton MP Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Streamlining regulation in the resources sector will be the focus of a 12-month review by the Productivity Commission. The Productivity Commission will look at best-practice examples of regulation that removes unnecessary costs for business, while maintaining sound oversight. Australia’s resources sector plays a vital role in sustaining [...]
