“If we don’t get it right we’re not going to go anywhere, because regional Australia is actually the engine that drives the broader economy,” he said.
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Red tape ‘costing workers $2k a year, curbing growth’
People in NSW could pocket an extra $2000 a year and enjoy a better quality of life if the Berejiklian government agrees to remove a raft of regulatory roadblocks that are hampering growth in key sectors such as education, infrastructure and housing, a report has found.
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Read moreArticle – Housing affordability key to northern growth
17 April 2014 John Shipp The West Australian Northern Australia is suffering a housing affordability crisis. But it doesn’t need to be this way. Recent media reports confirm this crisis. It was […]
Read moreArticle – FIFO camps should become 'thing of the past', Brendon Grylls says
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Read moreArticle – Northern Australia: Housing, mining top agenda as teenagers share perspective on NT development
24 May 2014 Mark Di Stefano ABC News Teenagers from the Northern Territory have expressed negative views about living “down south” amid fears for the future of the mining sector in the […]
Read moreArticle – Development in northern Western Australia held up by red tape, high living costs, MPs told
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