10 April 2014 ABC News The chairman of a Federal Government committee, examining the development of northern Australia, says the diversification of the Pilbara’s industries is essential to the future growth of
11 April 2014 Isobel Roe ABC News A Hong Kong-based company wants to spend about $100 million so it can pipe gas from the Cooper Basin to a north Queensland port for
9 April 2014 Tyne McConnon ABC Rural Getting Indigenous communities involved is the key to developing northern Australia, a Top End land management group says. The North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea
9 April 2014 Mark DiStefano ABC News A prominent Northern Territory traditional owner has called on the Federal Government to leave Uluru alone. The government has suggested it will seek commercial opportunities
8 April 2014 ABC News The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) of WA has welcomed news of Australia’s new free trade agreement with Japan. The deal was announced yesterday and will cut
8 April 2014 Sid Russell Central Telegraph PREDICTIONS of increased global demand for sugar has sweetened submissions for future development in the region. Consumption is forecast to rise from 168 million tonne to
9 April 2014 Carl Curtain and Matt Brann Radio Australia It’s a message being delivered to the northern agricultural sector by business experts, as the general wealth in Asia increases significantly. Several
9 April 2014 Cole Latimer Ferret However, it is dependent wholly on the condition that it obtains licences to use and take water under the Water Act, otherwise, the Land Court stated
9 April 2014 Narromine News The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) welcomes the establishment of a ministerial group to investigate water infrastructure projects, announced last week by the Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce.
8 April 2014 Katie McRobert Queensland Country Life THE Korea-Australia Free Trade Agreement (KAFTA) was formally signed in Seoul on Tuesday afternoon by Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb and his South
7 April 2014 David Crowe The Australian EXPORTERS will add billions of dollars to Australia’s economic growth under a trade deal struck with Japan tonight to give beef, dairy, sugar and other
6 April 2014 James Paton Bloomberg Business Week Inpex Corp. (1605), Japan’s biggest energy explorer, plans to spend $44 billion on exploration and development to double its production by early next decade,