11 April 2014 Sue Lannin ABC News It has been on the drawing board for decades and now a small West Australian mining company says it has secured billions of dollars in
12 April 2014 Simon Benson The Daily Telegraph Tony Abbott has warned against the fuelling of xenophobia as he signalled a deal to allow greater investment by state-owned Chinese companies in Australia
12 April 2014 Alison Anderson The Australian Powerful factions in the major political parties have failed Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory. That failure can be attributed almost wholly to a poor
“The Australian Government is committed to realising the potential of northern Australia. The Government will produce a White Paper on Developing Northern Australia that sets out a clear, well-defined and timely policy
Northern Australia, defined as the parts of Australia north of the Tropic of Capricorn that span Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland, is often regarded as Australia’s ‘last frontier.’ No longer will
The Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia (JSCNA) will consider policies for developing the parts of Australia which lie north of the Tropic of Capricorn, spanning Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland.
5 March 2014 CSIRO Northern Australia’s beef herd comprises 12.5 million cattle and makes up 90 per cent of Australia’s live cattle exports. CSIRO has developed a series of tools to help
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