28 February 2014 Neda Vanovac AAP PLANS for the development of northern Australia are advancing as the federal government seeks to take advantage of Asia’s economic boom. The premiers of Queensland and
25 February 2014 ABC News The Northern Territory Government has approved its first onshore petroleum licence in more than 30 years. The Surprise oil field in the Amadeus Basin was discovered two
26 February 2014 Cole Latimer Ferret BGC Contracting has won a $60 million contract to supply ballast for Roy Hill’s railway system. The contract will see BGC provide more than one million
26 February 2014 Sharon Klyne, Joyce Lee and Prakash Chakravarti Reuters Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill iron ore project is close to finalising a $7.8 billion financing deal, sources said, a
25 February 2014 ABC News Leaders from Western Australia’s Pilbara, Kimberley and mid-west have met their eastern counterparts to swap notes on developing northern Australia. Regional Development Australia (RDA) committees from WA,
24 February 2014 Angela MacDonald-Smith Stock & Land Over the weekend, the NT government appointed investment bank Flagstaff Partners to devise a strategy for introducing private investment into the port, although Mr
24 February 2014 Renee Viellaris Townsville Bulletin TAX breaks should be ruled out for Northern Australia and businesses should be able to hire more foreign workers, says lobby group the Chamber of
20 February 2014 Sophie Song International Business Times Shares of Myanmar’s Thilawa Special Economic Zone will go on sale next month, in a bid to raise the $21 million necessary for funding
19 February 2014 BERNAMA Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Radjasa said the Indonesian government is currently considering to set up three new special economic zones. The three eligible areas are Tanjung
19 February 2014 Tyne McConnon ABC Rural An aquaculture zone which will significantly increase fish production off the Kimberley coast in Western Australia is one step closer after it received environmental approval.
21 February 2014 Kerriann Lock The 1949 election of Robert Menzies as Prime Minister ushered in the “long boom” – over two decades of development, economic growth, low unemployment rates, and rising
14 February 2014 Matthew Cawood Farmonline AUSTRALIA could add up to 30 per cent to its northern irrigation zones by opening up the Flinders and Gilbert basins in north Queensland, a CSIRO