2 April 2014 Jessica Nairn ABC News Australia’s tropical research agency says a lack of scientific information is hindering the sustainable growth of the nation’s northern marine industries. The Australian Institute of […]
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Article – North West needs help to survive
2 April 2014 The North West Star The Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia will listen to submissions into the Northern Australia Vision Paper in Mount Isa tomorrow. No doubt it is […]
Read moreArticle – Tax allowance and water key priorities
1 April 2014 Monique Patterson The North West Star A number of submissions [to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia] call for improved infrastructure for mining companies. MITEZ Water storage facilities […]
Read moreArticle – Committee hearing to visit the city
1 April 2014 The North West Star SIX weeks of inspections and public hearings have started for the Australian Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee with Mount Isa on the list for tomorrow. Visits […]
Read moreArticle – Miners reject Rinehart’s plan for northern Australia
31 March 2014 Joanna Mather Australian Financial Review Business groups including the Minerals Council of Australia have rejected billionaire miner Gina Rinehart’s push for northern Australia to be declared a special economic […]
Read moreAudio – Developing Northern Australia committee chairman
31 March 2014 ABC Rural Federal MP Warren Entsch and committee chair says the government will be judged on the plan to develop northern Australia which has to be in place before […]
Read moreArticle – 'Growing northern Australia' starts today in Mackay
31 March 2014 ABC Rural The first public hearing into the development of northern Australia started today in Mackay. As part of the Federal Government’s plan to develop a white paper on […]
Read moreArticle – Community to have say on northern Australia's development
31 March 2014 Allyson Horn and Melissa Maddison ABC News Residents in north Queensland will this week be given the chance to share their vision for the development of northern Australia. A […]
Read moreArticle – Northern Australia has potential to boost economic development
31 March 2014 Andrea Davy Whitsunday Times THE Australian Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee has rolled out the first public hearing in Mackay this morning. Committee Chair Warren Entsch said this was an […]
Read moreArticle – Government to take another look at northern dams
28 March 2014 Anna Vidot ABC Rural Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce will lead a ministerial taskforce, investigating options for new and bigger dams. Also sitting on the taskforce are Deputy Prime Minister […]
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