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,
7 April 2014 Chrissy Arthur ABC News The State Government has released more land in Queensland’s west for petroleum and gas exploration. Six areas, totalling more than 16,000 square kilometres, have been
7 April 2014 ABC News Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett says he will speak to the potential financial backers of a proposed port in the Pilbara this week, to try and bring
1 April 2014 Peter Stone ABARES Outlook 2014 Great. Thank you. I’m going to have a quick chat with you this afternoon about one set of viewpoints about unlocking northern Australia’s agricultural
1 April 2014 Sandra Harding ABARES Outlook 2014 And if I can say, the North Queensland Cowboy is my favourite non-education geek. Let me tell you. They’re very nice boys. Now I
3 April 2014 Home Hill Observer THE Minister for Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, is to chair a new ministerial working group set up to identify new infrastructure projects that can deliver Australia’s water
3 April 2014 David Kippin Townsville Bulletin IN 1942, the “Brisbane Line” was an alleged plan to abandon Northern Australia in the event of a Japanese invasion during the Pacific campaign of
4 April 2014 David Sparkes Townsville Bulletin THE big show came to Townsville on Wednesday. That group with the name that rolls off the tongue like honey, the Joint Select Committee for
2 April 2014 The North West Star WATER, energy, communications and transport are the top priorities for developing the north. Regional Development Australia (Townsville and North West Queensland) chairman Paul Woodhouse addressed