Article by Stuart McKinnon courtesy of the West Australian Australia’s resources sector will again break export earnings records this financial year, underpinned by another record high in annual income from WA’s powerhouse […]
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Sea of opportunity awaits if we unlock Darwin’s potential
Article by Ross Muir courtesy of the Weekend Australian It sometimes takes a crisis for a problem to become clear. Covid and China’s trade aggression help us to see where we stand. […]
Read moreChina dangles $39bn carrot to build city on our doorstep
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 […]
Read moreTRADE 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 […]
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