Keith Noble Queensland Planner, (Summer 2013 Vol. 53 No. 4) Abstract Agriculture is a risky business. The variables farmers evaluate and plan for include weather, markets, supply chain, finance, labour, changing policy
20 January 2014 Melanie Timbrell Commonwealth Bank of Australia The resource rich states of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland continued as frontrunners in CommSec’s quarterly State of the States report. WA
20 January 2014 Nick Evans The West Australian Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has committed to an extra $265 million worth of shares in the giant Roy Hill iron ore dream as part
16 January 2014 Office of Warren Entsch MP COMMUNITIES in Cape York will benefit from new improved infrastructure, with a $210 million Commonwealth package set to enhance the region’s economy. Acting Prime
15 January 2014 Australia’s Mining Monthly “Her contribution to the mineral resources sector, public policy debate and the national economy will ensure she leaves a lasting legacy.” – Bond University vice-chancellor and
15 January 2014 Vicky Validakis Australian Mining It is estimated 1700 people are now working on Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill project as the next phase of construction ramps up ahead of debt
15 January 2014 ABC Rural Cattleman Sid Parker, a much loved and respected figure in the Northern Territory live export industry, has been honoured in Darwin today with a state funeral. He
15 January 2014 Nick Evans The West Australian Gina Rinehart has pulled the trigger on the major construction phase at her 55-million-tonne-a-year Roy Hill project, even though the project is yet to
15 January 2014 The Morning Bulletin MICHELLE Landry has urged civic leaders pushing the development of a food bowl in the Fitzroy to make a submission to a federal inquiry into the
28 December 2013 Georgia Wilkins The Age As the mining boom slows, Western Australia’s ‘City of the North’ looks to the future. The town of Karratha, at the centre of Australia’s iron
26 December 2013 Nick Evans The West Australian Gina Rinehart’s massive Roy Hill iron ore project closed out Christmas in style, as another global export credit agency ticked off on debt funding
What’s new for foreign investors? Foreign-Invested Enterprises (FIEs) enjoy the same treatment as Chinese companies throughout the pre-establishment period of their business. They can set up without approval of the Ministry of