15 August 2013 BRW Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has adopted one of billionaire Gina Rinehart’s pet policy ideas, promising a re-elected Labor government would set up a special economic zone in the
Geoff Kitney 10 August 2013 The Australian Financial Review Election The Opposition Leader’s polls are improving but the fear of losing won’t go away, writes Geoff Kitney. Tony Abbott has edged a
August 9, 2013 Nick Clark and Helen Kempton Hobart Mercury As new figures revealed Tasmania’s unemployment at a decade-high 8.4 per cent, with 21,000 people out of work, the Opposition Leader yesterday
August 9, 2013 Andrew Tillett The West Australian Tony Abbott’s campaign-of-cliche roadshow rolled into northern Tasmania yesterday, promising to take the Apple Isle out of the economic basket case. Fluoro colours may
August 3, 2013 Geoff Kitney The Australian Financial Review Dreams of an export food bowl in the north depend on foreign investment. But many in the Coalition can’t stomach the idea of
Rourke Walsh, Broome Advertiser Updated July 28, 2013, 8:00 am Rourke Walsh © Senator Alan Eggleston has been explaining the Coalition’s plan for northern Australia in Kununurra this week. Kununurra’s irrigated agriculture
China Daily USA http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-07/29/content_16844975.htm SYDNEY – The frontrunner to become Australia’s next prime minister, Tony Abbott, holds ambitious plans to develop the country’s sparse and inhospitable north by 2030 to attract a
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern & Remote Australia Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Defence Force and Defence Support Liberal – Queensland – LNP media release July 23,
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Defence Force and Defence Support Liberal – Queensland – LNP July 23, 2013 The
16 July 2013 Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian LETTER OF THE DAY I’VE lived in Brisbane for all of my 63 years and have only visited the north for a couple of weeks
July 17, 2013 Kim Stephens The Brisbane Times An almost $7 billion federal Coalition election pledge to upgrade sections of the Bruce Highway recognises its “critical importance” to Queensland, transport spokesman Warren
Jason Tin 17 July 2013 The Courier-Mail ALMOST 70 blackspots on the Bruce Highway would be fixed in the next decade under a multi-billiondollar plan to be announced by Opposition Leader Tony