21 May 2014 Minister for Trade and Investment New trade and services data highlighting the importance of China as Australia’s major trading partner demonstrates why concluding a Free Trade Agreement with the
22 May 2014 Mark Di Stefano ABC News With Asian holidaymakers flocking to Australia’s north, Indigenous tour operators in the Top End are readying to reap the rewards. Tourist numbers in the
26 May 2014 ABC News Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is continuing her push for a northern tax haven, despite a prominent economist calling the idea “nonsense”. The creation of a special economic
22 May 2014 Government Career The Federal Government’s inquiry into the economic future of the northern half of Australia has been touring the region, talking to various groups about the path to
21 May 2014 Laura Gartry ABC Rural The future of the $150 million bid for the AgNorth Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) was given more certainty at an Innovating with Asia conference in
22 May 2014 Carmen Brown ABC Rural A parliamentary inquiry into the development of northern Australia will hear submissions from the Katherine region today. The Joint Select Committee will consider evidence from
21 May 2014 Neda Vanovac & Zach Hope Perth Now MANY southern Australians think Darwin is “further away than the Moon” and it would be easier to attract Asian migrants to the
21 May 2014 Kristy O’Brien ABC News The Northern Territory head of fisheries has said the Top End’s fishing industry could be substantially expanded as part of plans to develop Northern Australia.
20 May 2014 Kon Vatskalis Territory Labor Shadow Minister for Tourism, Asian Relations & Trade, Infrastructure & Transport, Kon Vatskalis, today said the issue of water allocation in the Territory should have
21 May 2014 The Morning Bulletin MICHELLE Landry says the Fitzroy food bowl proposal “has the ear” of the Federal Government. The Capricornia MP said that Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce was briefed
20 May 2014 Ian Verrender ABC News “It’s tough making forecasts, especially about the future.” That sage advice from New York baseball legend and famed tautologist Yogi Berra captures the mood on
20 May 2014 Lauren Fitzgerald ABC Rural A parliamentary committee travelling around northern Australia has arrived in the Northern Territory, with a first stop in Alice Springs. The committee is asking individuals