16 May 2014 Graeme Powell and Sue Lannin ABC News The discovery of three rocks off the Kimberley coast means Western Australia’s share of Woodside’s Browse gas field could jump from an
16 May 2014 Sue Lannin ABC News The first railway tracks have been laid at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill project in the Pilbara in northern Western Australia. Traditional owners held a welcome
16 May 2014 Andrew Probyn The West Australian Three rocky outcrops, each no bigger than a kitchen table, have become the most lucrative pieces of real estate in WA’s history. Their chance
14 May 2014 ABC Rural The Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce acknowledges the Federal Government will lose some friends in rural Australia because of the Budget. But he says hard decisions had to
14 May 2014 Cole Latimer Australian Mining The latest budget has been released and there were a number of surprises for the mining industry. However, despite what many critics of the industry
13 May 2104 Cole Latimer Ferret The Queensland Government has signed a new blueprint for the state’s resources future, focusing on global competitiveness. The agreement, dubbed ResourcesQ, is a “30 year vision
14 May 2014 ABC News Queensland Resources Council head Michael Roche says the federal budget has delivered on key promises that will help the mining industry. Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey unveiled the
14 May 2014 Liam Cochrane ABC News Papua New Guinea’s LNG project has begun loading liquid natural gas onto a tanker ship, with the first export to Japan expected within days. The
14 May 2014 Peter De Kruijff Pilbara News The creation of a special economic zone for agribusiness in North West WA was a major talking point at a forum held by Pilbara
14 May 2014 ABC News Federal Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan says it is frustrating that WA Government employees can be prevented from giving evidence to a federal parliamentary committee. Ms MacTiernan is
14 May 2014 Amos Aikman The Australian BOOMING gas industry development in the Top End and more money from Canberra have allowed the Northern Territory government to forecast a $1 billion improvement
15 May 2014 Charlie McKillop ABC Rural The vision of a northern Australian ‘food bowl’ is still possible but only if the Federal Government matches its rhetoric with research funding, according to