10 July 2015Barry O’SullivanQueensland Country Life THERE has been a lot of analysis and opinion splashed across the media in the days following the Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister officially launching the
9 July 2015Joanna CrothersABC News Amid excitement about historic plans for Developing the North, Northern Territory businesses are struggling to see how they will be able to employ sufficient interstate and foreign
6 August 2015Sue NealesThe Australian Australia’s largest privately owned beef company has warned the federal government that its crackdown on foreigners buying residential property and farmland is scaring away foreign investors, particularly
2 August 2015Calviniah KgautlheAll Africa Gaborone — The proposed Special Economic Zones Bill No. 10 of 2015 seeks to boost industrialisation and Botswana’s competiveness in the global economy. Debating the bill in
28 July 2015Chris BergIPA Every once in a while something brings the nonsense of daily politics back down to earth. Last week Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens suggested that the slow growth we
1 August 2015Dan MitchellInternational Liberty I wrote last month that the debt burden in Greece doesn’t preclude economic recovery. After all, both the United States and (especially) the United Kingdom had enormous
27 July 2015Melissa PriceFederal Member for Durack I am very pleased to speak tonight on the northern Australia white paper, Our North, our future. The white paper is one of the Abbott-led
27 July 2015Nadia Daly and Sally BrooksABC News What could be Australia’s biggest prawn farm has been given major project status by the federal and Northern Territory governments, fast-tracking its development.Project Sea
23 July 2015Sarah WhyteWA Today The remote territory known for its crocodiles and steamy weather might finally lose its status as “second-class citizen”, becoming the country’s seventh state. State leaders at the
16 July 2015Andrew MarshallQueensland Country Life THE sliding dollar is sweetening Australia’s appeal as an agricultural investment destination ripe for overseas companies and fund managers, particularly from North America and Europe. While
22 July 2015Ben HagemannAustralian Mining A fresh investment in Port Hedland will create 200 jobs, BHP said. Around US$240 million will be spent on construction of a new eight-pen tug harbour at
21 July 2015Melissa MaddisonABC News North Queensland Bulk Ports says Mackay is well-placed to become a distribution hub for the mining industry. More than $10 million has been allocated in the state