11 OctoberSue NealesThe Australian It is part of Australia’s bush folklore that when the helicopter carrying Chinese magnate Xingfa Ma touched down last year on a muddy Gulf of Carpentaria beach — […]
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Article – Past, present and future in Gina Rinehart’s land plan
10 October 2016Terry McCrannHerald Sun AUSTRALIA’S richest woman Gina Rinehart has brought together two of the greatest names in the nation’s history and in its development. She has very neatly unified past, […]
Read moreArticle – Forrest’s injection beefs up Harvey
8 December 2015Brad ThompsonThe West Australian Harvey Beef made a net profit of more than $3 million in the first full year of operations under the ownership of Andrew Forrest and now […]
Read moreArticle – $1m road funds are ‘not enough'
3 December 2015Reuben HaleThe Countryman WA’s northern cattle industry says $100 million for road improvements is a start, but does not go far enough. A fortnight ago National Party leader Warren Truss […]
Read moreParliamentary Discussion on Northern Australia
10 November 2015Hansard Mr KATTER (Kennedy) (14:18): My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Since the northern loans plan’s $50 million requirement eliminates northerners, it will stop the northern […]
Read moreArticle – China free trade agreement expected to tip billions into Australian farms, dairy industry to be popular with investors
1 September 2015Dylan Welch and Jeanavive McGregorABC News From vast Central Australian cattle stations to the smallest southern Victorian dairy farms, the Australian agriculture sector is expecting a transformation later this year, […]
Read moreArticle – Century Iron Mines sells eggs as Australia moves from mining to dining
19 August 2015Andy HoffmanAustralian Financial Review The iron-ore business is so lousy that one Canadian mining company is shelving its biggest project and starting a new venture: selling Australian eggs to China. The […]
Read moreArticle – Victorian Farmers Federation call for China FTA to be ratified
31 August 2015Emma BrownABC Rural The Victorian Farmers Federation has joined calls to ratify the China Free Trade Agreement. AUDIO: Victorian Farmers Federation President Peter Tuohey on the China FTA (ABC Rural) The agriculture […]
Read moreArticle – Indonesia poised to run out of Aus beef
17 August 2015Jared LynchQueensland Country Life INDONESIA is set to run out of Australian beef within six weeks, according to Australian cattle exporters who say Jakarta’s plan to combat rising meat prices […]
Read moreArticle – Gina's dairy plans move to beef
13 August 2015Mark PhelpsQueensland Country Life AUSTRALIAN businesswoman Gina Rinehart will not proceed with a proposed $500 million dairy project in Queensland, choosing instead to focus on beef. Hope Dairies director David […]
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