17 December 2013 Parliament of Australia News A broad-ranging new inquiry into the future of Northern Australia will seek to help define the region as an economic powerhouse for the nation. The
17 December 2013 Dan Harrison Brisbane Times The chairman of a parliamentary committee examining ways to turbocharge the Top End wants to see the population of Northern Australia triple within 30 years.
Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia Committee Members – 44th Parliament Members The Hon Warren Entsch MP (Liberal Party of Australia, Leichhardt, QLD) Chair The Hon Alannah MacTiernan MP (Australian Labor Party,
9 December 2013 Imants Kins ANDEV co-chair In 2010, a small group of like-minded private citizens got together and said, Why hasn’t the development of Northern Australia been given the attention it
11 December 2013 Danielle Parry NT Govt Newsroom Chief Minister Adam Giles travels to Canberra today where he will be pressing his Federal colleagues for the Territory
13 December 2013 Clare Rawlinson ABC News The Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles said developing Northern Australia will be one of his key priorities at COAG talks today. Chief Minister Giles
10 December 2013 Moira Lanzarin Future Directions International The Northern Australia Research Programme is pleased to release its latest Feature Interview: Holistic Management and the Regeneration of Northern Australia. In this interview,
10 December 2013 James Massola and Joanna Heath The Land THE coming policy white paper on agriculture will examine ways to get a better return for farmers, thereby stimulating production, as well
9 December 2013 Jason Scott North Queensland Register SOME cattle producers in the Top End have warned that Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s vision to turn Australia’s remote north into a food bowl
26 November 2013 ABC News The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) predicts the population of the Northern Territory will grow by more than 50 per cent by 2040. In its latest population
7 December 2013 Pam McKay Daily Mercury MICHELLE Landry is making a play for a spot on the joint standing committee for Northern Australia. The Member for Capricornia has made her intention
22 November 2013 Sharnie Kim and Kirsty Nancarrow ABC News Federal Coalition MP Warren Entsch has hit out at the Queensland Government for jeopardising a major mining project on Cape York in