24 February 2014 Renee Viellaris Townsville Bulletin TAX breaks should be ruled out for Northern Australia and businesses should be able to hire more foreign workers, says lobby group the Chamber of […]
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The “Long Boom” Begins: Northern Development in 1950’s Australia
21 February 2014 Kerriann Lock The 1949 election of Robert Menzies as Prime Minister ushered in the “long boom” – over two decades of development, economic growth, low unemployment rates, and rising […]
Read moreArticle – Business chamber to make submission to northern Australia committee
12 February 2014 ABC News Karratha’s business lobby is hoping its recent talks with Federal Government representatives will help shape the proposed northern Australia white paper. The town’s chamber of commerce and […]
Read moreArticle – Have your say on the future of Australian agriculture
10 February 2014 My Sunshine Coast “The issues paper is an important opportunity for rural and regional communities in Wide Bay to have their say on the issues currently facing agriculture. “This […]
Read moreArticle – New model for Australian agriculture
13 February 2013 Jim Turnour Queensland Country Life WHEN most Australians think about farmers, one image still springs to mind: a family in Akubras and Blundstones, battling the elements with a Blue […]
Read moreArticle – Business chamber to make submission to northern Australia committee
12 February 2014 ABC News Karratha’s business lobby is hoping its recent talks with Federal Government representatives will help shape the proposed northern Australia white paper. The town’s chamber of commerce and […]
Read moreArticle – Talks start on white paper policies
5 February 2014 The North West Star THE head of the Northern Australia Taskforce in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet David Williamson met with the Mount Isa Chamber of Commerce […]
Read moreArticle – Landry urges leaders to keep pushing for Fitzroy food bowl
15 January 2014 The Morning Bulletin MICHELLE Landry has urged civic leaders pushing the development of a food bowl in the Fitzroy to make a submission to a federal inquiry into the […]
Read moreArticle – We need a smarter debate on developing northern Australia
13 August 2013 Andrew Campbell The Conversation The Coalition’s 2030 Vision for Developing Northern Australia invokes romantic notions of Australia’s pioneering past, describing the north as no longer the “last frontier” but […]
Read moreArticle – Eliza Brown to form Joyce's new Agricultural Industry Advisory Council
29 January 2014 Rob Harris Weekly Times Now VICTORIAN winemaker Eliza Brown will form part of Barnaby Joyce’s new Agricultural Industry Advisory Council. The chief executive officer of All Saints Estate and […]
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