6 July 2014 ABC News The Chief Executive of the food and energy security think tank, Future Directions International, John Hartley, spoke to Townsville reporter Allyson Horn about the renewed push for
6 July 2014 Manila Bulletin Investments in 18 agro-industrial economic zones have reached P27.516 billion providing direct employment to 45,643 Filipinos in the regions, according to Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA). PEZA
6 July 2014 The North West Star A WATER scheme project to revitalise the North West is again in the spotlight as part of Northern Australia’s development. LNP Senator Ian Macdonald has
7 July 2014 John McCarthy Courier Mail BUSINESS groups are pushing for tax breaks and freehold title to be given to mostly foreign investors for development of Northern Australia. While Australians are
7 July 2014 Matthew Cranston Queensland Country Life A NEW consolidation phase in Australia’s cattle station market has begun with private investors, such as Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart, through to overseas
7 July 2014 Phillip Thomson Sydney Morning Herald Sun-soaked cities at the top of Australia are crying out for Canberra’s federal bureaucrats to be relocated to the nation’s north. Regional centres in
4 July 2014 John Conroy Herald Sun Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie has told ABC radio she has managed to persuade Clive Palmer that big business, such as aluminium smelting, in Tasmania should
3 July 2014 Cameron Boggs Lloyds List Acting prime minister and minister for infrastructure Warren Truss says Darwin is the linchpin of north Australian development. On June 15, Darwin Port’s East Arm
4 July 2014 Kerry Brown Australian Mining Going from raw data the Australia-China trade relationship should be a source of celebration and congratulation. In 2013, bilateral trade came to A$140 billion, up 20% on
4 July 2014 Neda Vanovac The Australian THE time for message sticks is over, says the mayor of a remote Northern Territory Aboriginal community now plugged into the wider community via a
4 July 2014 North Queensland Register FORMER Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association boss Luke Bowen begins work on Monday as the head of the government’s new Northern Australia Development Office. “I am delighted
5 July 2014 Amos Aikman The Australian SOME of Australia’s best natural assets are going to waste, with tourism numbers dwindling across the Northern Territory amid concern high costs, tired infrastructure and