4 September 2014 Sarina Locke and Craig Zonca ABC Rural The Federal Parliamentary Committee looking at Northern Australia has recommended major infrastructure development, including roads, dams and weirs. Called Pivot North, the Inquiry
8 September 2014 Parliament of Australia Funding for major road upgrades and water infrastructure projects are among over 40 recommendations made by a parliamentary inquiry in its final report on the economic
3 September 2014 ABC News The West Australian Nationals will debate motions designed to reduce resource companies’ reliance on fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers at their annual conference this weekend. The Nationals’ Kalgoorlie
5 June 2014 Sean Ford The Advocate PAYROLL tax cuts to keep Qantas jobs in Tasmania should be just the start of creating a “special economic zone” in Tasmania, Palmer United senator-elect
6 June 2014 Jerin Mathew IB Times The Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) is expected to pioneer reforms for the rest of China, as a number of local governments in the country are
2 September 2014 ABC News Western Australia’s tourism sector is gearing up to take advantage of a resurgence in the industry as the resources boom eases. Australian Tourism Export Council managing director
2 September 2014 Paul Garvey The Australian GINA Rinehart believes her $10 billion Roy Hill iron ore mine can buck the trend of construction delays in the mining sector, with the billionaire
1 September 2014 Esmarie Swanepoel Mining Weekly The Roy Hill iron-ore mine, in Western Australia, has reported another milestone with the official start of owner/operator mining, said unlisted Hancock Prospecting. The $10-billion
1 September 2014 Tim Treadgold Forbes It’s been a good news-bad news sort of day for Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, with mining starting at a new iron ore project in which she
8 September 2014 Cameron Wilson Bush Telegraph In the very first sentence of the report Pivot North, Inquiry into the Development of Northern Australia, the chairman, Warren Entsch admits the inquiry has been
5 September 2014 Melissa Price MP The Australian Parliament’s Northern Australia Committee, of which Melissa Price, Member for Durack is a member, has tabled its final report on the development of Northern
4 September 2014 Danny Rose The West Australian Northern Territory Chief Minister Adam Giles looks north for a population top-up and south for a business influx, and says his reliant state is