15 September 2014 Rachael Andrews Farm Weekly TANAMI Road as been identified as a priority for an upgrade by the group charged with driving the development of northern Australia. The priority listing
September 2014 Gina Rinehart Australian Resources and Investment (vol.8, no.3) The outgoing chairman Barry Eldridge opened the annual [Diggers and Dealers] conference with a plea to governments to stop treating the resources
12 September 2014 Sarah-Jane Tasker The Australian AUSTRALIA’S richest woman, and developer of the $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mine, Gina Rinehart, has urged the government to cut bureaucratic burdens as
11 September 2014 Farm Weekly AUSTRALIA’s potential to satisfy growing global food demand was on the menu at the 30th annual Brodie-Hall Memorial Address this month. Almost 250 guests heard from CSIRO
9 September 2014 PS News A new Parliamentary report has recommended the creation of a Department of Northern Australian Development, based in Northern Australia. Pivot North, the final report from Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee, makes 42 recommendations
4 September 2014 ABC News The chairman of the parliamentary committee considering development policies for Northern Australia says there are serious impediments that must be addressed. The Government wants to develop Northern
4 September 2014 Sarina Locke and Craig Zonca ABC Rural The Federal Parliamentary Committee looking at Northern Australia has recommended major infrastructure development, including roads, dams and weirs. Called Pivot North, the Inquiry
8 September 2014 Parliament of Australia Funding for major road upgrades and water infrastructure projects are among over 40 recommendations made by a parliamentary inquiry in its final report on the economic
3 September 2014 ABC News The West Australian Nationals will debate motions designed to reduce resource companies’ reliance on fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers at their annual conference this weekend. The Nationals’ Kalgoorlie
5 June 2014 Sean Ford The Advocate PAYROLL tax cuts to keep Qantas jobs in Tasmania should be just the start of creating a “special economic zone” in Tasmania, Palmer United senator-elect
6 June 2014 Jerin Mathew IB Times The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is expected to pioneer reforms for the rest of China, as a number of local governments in the country are
2 September 2014 ABC News Western Australia’s tourism sector is gearing up to take advantage of a resurgence in the industry as the resources boom eases. Australian Tourism Export Council managing director