12 June 2014 Vicky Validakis Australian Mining The Federal government has approved Bandanna Energy’s Springsure Creek coal mine in Queensland’s Bowen Basin. Final approval for the $1.2bn mine was welcomed by Bandanna managing […]
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Article – Government Moving to Develop Regional Australia
11 June 2014 Brendan Howe 3w News The Abbott government is delivering on its pledge to develop Northern Australia with more investment, infrastructure, jobs, and services. “This was a key election commitment […]
Read moreArticle – Pitch for prosperity
14 June 2014 Bruce Rockemer Innisfail Advocate AN increase in tourists, hydro electric power station or third major crop may result from the Federal Government’s proposal for developing Northern Australia, says Cassowary […]
Read moreArticle – Abbott lacks broad vision for Northern Australia
13 June 2014 Graham Tupper SBS The federal Government’s Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia, released this week, is a mixture of grandiose plans for a new food bowl unsupported by scientific evidence, […]
Read moreArticle – Joe Hockey tells Northern Territory not to feel short-changed by federal funding of $600 million to roads
12 June 2014 ABC News The Northern Territory should not feel short-changed on infrastructure spending because its economy is the envy of the rest of the country, the Federal Treasurer has said. […]
Read moreArticle – Development advisory group 10 revealed
11 June 2014 North West Star YESTERDAY the names of 10 people who will recommend to Prime Minister Tony Abbott how Northern Australia can be better developed were revealed. These people are […]
Read moreArticle – Dam big approach in Green Paper list
11 June 2014 David Wood Northern Territory News THE Federal Government has asked the CSIRO to find places to build dams in northern Australia but the Territory Government will not say if […]
Read moreArticle – Asian region set to boom
11 June 2014 Townsville Bulletin IT is hoped the Green Paper on Developing Northern Australia will help the country tap into the skyrocketing Asian economies. The report states that by 2050, Asia […]
Read moreArticle – Shane Stone to lead northern Australia advisory group
11 June 2014 ABC News The chairman of a group advising the Federal Government on ways to develop northern Australia says he believes political leaders will take their ideas seriously. Former Northern […]
Read moreArticle – No tax breaks for Northern Australia
12 June 2014 Mark Ludlow and Matthew Cranston Queensland Country Life THE Abbott government has moved to kill off any prospects of tax breaks for northern Australia by saying it would be […]
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