31 July 2014 Andrew Robb The Australian CHANGING patterns of demand in Asia represent a truly transformative opportunity for Australia’s food and agribusiness sector. Feeding the region’s growing middle class could help
30 July 2014 Ebonnie Spriggs ABC News Large-scale, fly-in fly-out (FIFO) mining camps should become a thing of the past as the State Government works to develop Pilbara towns into thriving populations
30 July 2014 The Australian LABOR’S mining tax has reaped only $600,000 in the past three months, new figures reveal, as Joe Hockey increases pressure on Clive Palmer’s senators to pass his
28 July 2014 Lucie Bell ABC Rural It’s a pretty radical idea, given the landscape’s harshness, but the director general of WA’s Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) believes dairy production is
30 July 2014 Adam Creighton The Australian NORTHERN Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles has backed Gina Rinehart’s concern about Australia’s high costs, calling for tax breaks for workers and businesses to help
29 July 2014 Sydney Morning Herald Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has joined the resources giants in calling for the scrapping of the mining tax. Australia’s richest person said the minerals resource rent
29 July 2014 Australasian Mining Review The Roy Hill iron ore project in the Pilbara has now advanced past the 50% completion stage, with Chair of Roy Hill, Gina Rinehart, claiming that
25 July 2014 Jacinta Bolsenbroek Farm Weekly THE WA agriculture industry is on the cusp of a boom as demand grows in neighbouring countries such as Asia. Touting the phrase “dining boom”
25 July 2014 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The volume of Australia’s resources (mineral and fuels) exports grew over 10 per cent in 2013 – almost double the annual rate of
28 July 2014 ABC Rural Hear the Rob Delane, the director-general of Western Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Food, explain his vision for the Pilbara here. Courtesy of ABC Rural
28 July 2014 Public submissions on the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia can be lodged online until 8 August 2014. Courtesy of the Australian Government
28 July 2014 Cole Latimer Australian Mining The founder of Contiki, John Anderson, has urged the Pilbara to promote its mining industry as a tourist attraction. Addressing the Pilbara Pulse Economic Summit, Anderson