Article by Ben Packham courtesy of the Australian A Chinese company says it wants to build a new $39bn city with a major seaport, industrial area and free-trade zone on Papua New […]
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TRADE SURPLUS REACHES ‘HISTORIC’ $73BN IN 2020 AS IRON ORE SALES BOOM
Article by Patrick Commins courtesy of the Australian Australia’s trade surplus reached a record $73bn in 2020, propelled by surging iron ore sales and a slump in demand for imported goods through […]
Read moreGina Rinehart ushered into miners’ Hall of Fame
Article courtesy of the Kalgoorlie Miner. WA billionaire Gina Rinehart was last night inducted into the Australian Prospectors & Miners Hall of Fame in recognition of her contribution to the State’s resources […]
Read moreOUR NORTH | OUR FUTURE
Newsletter 18October 2020 Fifth Annual Statement to Parliament I am pleased to advise that the fifth Annual Statement to Parliament on the Developing Northern Australia agenda was delivered by the Minister for […]
Read more2020-21 Budget backs water reforms, northern Australia and gas to support Australia’s economic recovery and jobs
Article courtesy of the Hon Keith Pitt MP The Morrison-McCormack Government is further supporting the development of northern Australia and Australia’s gas and resources sector in the 2020-21 Budget to support jobs […]
Read moreIntegration roadmap for Top End grain
Article by Karla Keith courtesy of Grains research development Corporation Key points A situational analysis on broadacre cropping by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has recently been […]
Read moreCould Western Australia SECEDE from the rest of the nation? How nearly all of Australia’s $100BILLION iron ore exports come from WA – $38,000 per resident – and the state could easily pay its own way
Article by Stephen Johnson courtesy of the Daily Mail Online Two-thirds of Western Australians in 1933 voted to secede to form a new nation The British Parliament didn’t accept the result and […]
Read moreCountdown on but space industry dragged back to Earth by bureaucratic delays
Article by Amos Aikman courtesy of the Australian Three, two, one, blast-off. That’s how it’s supposed to go. But instead, space industry regulators have been “dragging the chain” on critical approvals, endangering […]
Read moreOre exports at risk from marine pilot border ban
Australia’s $100bn iron ore industry is at risk of a significant slowdown as the sector’s recordbreaking run hangs on the WA government’s willingness to allow a tiny group of about 20 highly […]
Read moreSalt and potash project a boost to regional WA jobs
Joint media release with the Minister for Resources, Water and Northern Australia the Hon Keith Pitt MP BCI Minerals’ Mardie Salt and Potash Project, located about 100km south-west of Karratha, is expected […]
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