12 June 2014 Vicky Validakis Australian Mining The Federal government has approved Bandanna Energy’s Springsure Creek coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Final approval for the $1.2bn mine was welcomed by Bandanna managing
11 June 2014 Brendan Howe 3w News The Abbott government is delivering on its pledge to develop Northern Australia with more investment, infrastructure, jobs, and services. “This was a key election commitment
14 June 2014 Bruce Rockemer Innisfail Advocate AN increase in tourists, hydro electric power station or third major crop may result from the Federal Government’s proposal for developing Northern Australia, says Cassowary
13 June 2014 Graham Tupper SBS The federal Government’s Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia, released this week, is a mixture of grandiose plans for a new food bowl unsupported by scientific evidence,
12 June 2014 ABC News The Northern Territory should not feel short-changed on infrastructure spending because its economy is the envy of the rest of the country, the Federal Treasurer has said.
11 June 2014 North West Star YESTERDAY the names of 10 people who will recommend to Prime Minister Tony Abbott how Northern Australia can be better developed were revealed. These people are
11 June 2014 David Wood Northern Territory News THE Federal Government has asked the CSIRO to find places to build dams in northern Australia but the Territory Government will not say if
11 June 2014 Townsville Bulletin IT is hoped the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia will help the country tap into the skyrocketing Asian economies. The report states that by 2050, Asia
11 June 2014 ABC News The chairman of a group advising the Federal Government on ways to develop northern Australia says he believes political leaders will take their ideas seriously. Former Northern
12 June 2014 Mark Ludlow and Matthew Cranston Queensland Country Life THE Abbott government has moved to kill off any prospects of tax breaks for northern Australia by saying it would be
11 June 2014 Chris Burns The North West Star IT MIGHT be expected the leader of Katter’s Australian Party would support the green paper on developing northern Australia. But the federal member
12 June 2014 Daniel Bateman The Cairns Post LEICHHARDT MP Warren Entsch expects some of the recommendations from the Federal Government’s Northern Australia taskforce to be funded by the 2015 Budget. It