New History Series Reveals Government Policy on Northern Australia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Australians for Northern Development & Economic Vision (ANDEV) is pleased to announce the beginning of the publication of a series of
13 February 2014 ABC News The Australia China Business Council, local shires and business lobbies in the Pilbara have joined forces in an effort to attract more foreign investment to the region.
10 February 2014 Annabel Hepworth The Australian In an interview with The Australian in his capacity at the University of Wollongong as chairman of the SMART infrastructure group, Dr Henry said that
12 February 2014 ABC News Karratha’s business lobby is hoping its recent talks with Federal Government representatives will help shape the proposed northern Australia white paper. The town’s chamber of commerce and
12 February 2014 The Northern Star A KEY small business group has called for a national program of “community and economic development” to power up ailing regional economies. The call from the
11 February 2014 North Queensland Register While thousands of hectares of soil are potentially suitable for irrigated agriculture across northern Australia, access to sufficient water constrains development. A CSIRO study of land
11 January 2014 Kerriann Lock The idea of developing the North is not new – on the contrary, it has been a focus of various federal governments over the decades. This article
10 February 2014 Nick Evans The West Australian The news comes as Roy Hill’s equity partners – including Mrs Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting, Marubeni, Korean conglomerate POSCO and Taiwanese steelmaker China Steel Corporation
7 February 2014 Virginia Tapp ABC Rural A report released by the CSIRO has recommended the family farm drive irrigation development in Northern Australia. It found the potential cropping area in North
5 January 2014 Global Times Kenya’s Export Processing Zones (EPZ) earned the East African country $543 million in the last financial year, a government official said on Tuesday. Export Processing Zone Authority
6 February 2014 Bob Gosford Crikey Bruce Davidson’s contribution to Australian agricultural economics remains under-appreciated, perhaps because of his uncompromising approach to his work and a reluctance to accept the cant and
7 February 2014 Craig Zonca & Charlie McKillop ABC Rural A CSIRO study looking into the suitability of northern Queensland for agriculture has found crops could be grown on irrigated land on