7 May 2014 Matt Brann ABC Rural The development and conservation of northern Australia was up for discussion today in Darwin, at the Northern Australia Futures Roundtable. A crowd of about 100 […]
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Video – Dairy farmers seek fairer milk market overseas
6 May 2014 Eric Tlozek ABC News Struggling Queensland dairy farmers are seeking opportunities to export milk to Asia in an increasingly desperate bid to stay in business. Watch the video here. […]
Read moreArticle – Beef industry needs boost of better access to overseas
7 May 2014 The Morning Bulletin THE BEEF industry needs a boost in overseas market access, production costs reduced and investment in new areas of production. This was what the North Australia […]
Read moreArticle – North set for tourist boom from Asia
7 May 2014 North Queensland Register NORTHERN Queensland is set to benefit from a tourism boom as the Asian century unfolds, according to one of Australia’s leading economic forecasters. Phil Ruthven, the […]
Read moreVideo – North Australian Development office opens
6 May 2014 Katherine Gregory ABC News The Northern Territory is seen as playing a key role as the country’s trade and economic gateway to Asia and the globe. Today it seemed […]
Read moreArticle – Build it, they’ll come
8 May 2014 Anika Hume The Cairns Post THE head of Tony Abbott’s indigenous council says infrastructure development in Far North Queensland must be a priority if Australia is “fair dinkum” about […]
Read moreArticle – Aquila Resources takeover bid 'boosts prospects of new Pilbara port': analyst
6 May 2014 ABC News A $1.4 billion takeover bid for Aquila Resources has boosted the prospects of a new port in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, an analyst has said. It was […]
Read moreArticle – Development in northern Western Australia held up by red tape, high living costs, MPs told
6 May 2014 Erin Parke and Gian De Poloni ABC News High living costs and government red tape are inhibiting economic growth in Western Australia’s north, a parliamentary committee investigating the development […]
Read moreArticle – Infrastructure spending partly to blame for budget holes
5 May 2014 Sunshine Coast Daily DESPITE claims by politicians of all stripes of a massive infrastructure gap, a new study has found a boom in infrastructure spending by state governments is […]
Read moreArticle – Kimberley has say on northern Australia's future
5 May 2014 ABC News Education, industry and native title groups from the Kimberley will today tell a parliamentary hearing what they see as the future of WA’s north. The Joint Select […]
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