3 April 2014 Kate Stephens ABC News A parliamentary committee looking at ways to develop northern Australia is heading to outback Queensland for the first time. The federal joint select committee is
3 April 2014 The North West Star MOUNT Isa Mayor Tony McGrady has thanked community residents for signing the petition for a fairer zone tax allowance. Cr McGrady said he was delighted
3 April 2014 Jessica Irvine Perth Now PRIME MINISTER Tony Abbott will ink a landmark deal with South Korea next Tuesday to create 1000 Aussie jobs a year and cut the cost
2 April 2014 Jessica Nairn ABC News Australia’s tropical research agency says a lack of scientific information is hindering the sustainable growth of the nation’s northern marine industries. The Australian Institute of
2 April 2014 The North West Star The Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia will listen to submissions into the Northern Australia Vision Paper in Mount Isa tomorrow. No doubt it is
1 April 2014 Monique Patterson The North West Star A number of submissions [to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia] call for improved infrastructure for mining companies. MITEZ Water storage facilities
1 April 2014 The North West Star SIX weeks of inspections and public hearings have started for the Australian Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee with Mount Isa on the list for tomorrow. Visits
31 March 2014 Joanna Mather Australian Financial Review Business groups including the Minerals Council of Australia have rejected billionaire miner Gina Rinehart’s push for northern Australia to be declared a special economic
31 March 2014 ABC Rural Federal MP Warren Entsch and committee chair says the government will be judged on the plan to develop northern Australia which has to be in place before
31 March 2014 ABC Rural The first public hearing into the development of northern Australia started today in Mackay. As part of the Federal Government’s plan to develop a white paper on
31 March 2014 Allyson Horn and Melissa Maddison ABC News Residents in north Queensland will this week be given the chance to share their vision for the development of northern Australia. A
31 March 2014 Andrea Davy Whitsunday Times THE Australian Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee has rolled out the first public hearing in Mackay this morning. Committee Chair Warren Entsch said this was an