August 2014 - Page 4 of 6

Article – Could weed-zapping Daleks be the new farmer's friend, with robots roaming crops?

30 July 2014 Sally Bryant ABC Rural If you grew up watching cartoons like the Jetsons, you could be forgiven for being disappointed at how slow society has been in developing robots […]

Article – Barnaby Joyce’s beef about ‘ridiculous’ food bowl

4 August 2014 Jared Owens and Rachel Baxendale The Australian AUSTRALIA must abandon illogical rhetoric about becoming the food bowl of Asia because it is ridiculous and “read as a threat overseas’’, […]

Article – Big plans to build north’s potential by 2030

2 August 2014 The Morning Bulletin THE FEDERAL Government has committed to realising the potential of the country’s north. It will produce a White Paper on Developing Northern Australia that sets out […]

Article – Diggers and dealers to shine

4 August 2014 Peter Klinger The West Australian This is it. It’s Diggin’ & Dealin’ time again as Kalgoorlie-Boulder welcomes 1900 blokes and three women, for mining’s biggest annual swim-through since the […]

Article – Australia's Queensland resumes uranium mining

31 July 2014 Cecilia Jamasmie mining.com The Queensland State Government in Australia revealed Thursday it will begin accepting applications for uranium mining, vowing it will not be exported via any of the state’s […]

Article – Cripps claims preference to export uranium from SA or NT

1 August 2014 Ben Hagemann Australian Mining With Queensland drumming up support for getting back into the uranium business, mines minster Andrew Cripps has not ruled out the prospect of exporting the […]

Article – Wyndham plan would open up northern port

1 August 2014 Jacinta Bolsenbroek Farm Weekly KIMBERLEY Agricultural Investment (KAI) plans to build a bustling import/export port in Northern Australia, overcoming the huge freight costs which are holding back the region’s […]

National Economic Development Conference 28-31 October 2014

9 April 2014 The 2014 National Economic Development Conference (NEDC) is being held in Darwin NT 28 -31 October 2014. EDA acknowledges the focus by the Australia Government on Northern Australia and is excited that […]

Article – Central Qld states case for inclusion in northern Australia plan

1 August 2014 Megan Hendry ABC News A central Queensland economic group says it will join forces with CQUniversity and Regional Development Australia to make a case for the region’s inclusion in […]

Article – Hurdles remain in the way of northern WA becoming Asia's food bowl

4 August 2014 Tyne McConnon ABC Rural Farmers in Western Australia’s Ord Valley say production costs will have to be cut to make exporting to Asia possible. According to farmers and industry […]

Month: August 2014