13 August 2014 Jessica Marszalek Herald Sun THE Palmer United Party wants north Queensland to secede and become Australia’s newest independent state. The latest policy announcement from the party came ahead of […]
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Article – Food Futures Conference builds capacity to develop agriculture in Northern Australia
15 August 2014 Get Farming With the countdown on to the release of the Federal Government’s White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, it is timely that the inaugural Northern Australia Food Futures […]
Read moreArticle – Northern Australia: Renewed push to seal inland north Queensland highway
18 August 2014 Kirsty Nancarrow ABC News The Federal Government’s determination to develop northern Australia has raised hopes for improving the condition of a major inland route through Queensland. The Joint Select […]
Read moreVideo – Northern Frontier
17 August 2014 Ginny Stein ABC News A number of stations in the Northern Territory have changed hands in the past year, raising questions about the future of cattle producing in Australia. […]
Read moreArticle – APPEA report urges labour market reform
18 August 2014 Amos Aikman The Australian GREATER numbers of fly-in fly-out workers and easier access to global labour markets will be crucial aids to capturing up to $180 billion worth of […]
Read moreArticle – NW oil find heralded as 'new province'
18 August 2014 Stuart McKinnon The West Australian Shares in Carnarvon Petroleum have nearly tripled after the company announced a potentially huge oil discovery off the North-West coast of WA. Drilling at […]
Read moreArticle – Food to Asia: farmers on the Federal 'white paper' vision for northern agriculture
18 August 2014 ABC Rural The term ‘Asia’s food bowl’ has become a cliche when discussing farming in northern Australia. Its use makes many of those living in tropical parts of the […]
Read moreArticle – Northern development must be sustainable
18 August 2014 Dan Galligan Queensland Farmers’ Federation THE prospect of opening northern parts of the country to agricultural development is again in the spotlight with the Federal Government in the midst […]
Read moreSubmission to the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia – NT Minerals Council
14 August 2014 Minerals Council of Australia – NT Division This submission to the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia provides some background to the minerals industry in the Northern Territory (NT). […]
Read moreArticle – EPA grants Kimberley rare earth mine approval
18 August 2014 WA Today A rare earth elements mine in the Kimberley has been recommended for conditional environmental approval. Northern Minerals’ flagship venture the Browns Range Project, which is about 160 […]
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