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 […]
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Article – Development in northern Western Australia held up by red tape, high living costs, MPs told
6 May 2014 Erin Parke and Gian De Poloni ABC News High living costs and government red tape are inhibiting economic growth in Western Australia’s north, a parliamentary committee investigating the development […]
Read moreArticle – Life in the Top End comes at high price
25 April 2014 Ben Smee NT News THE cost of living in the Top End continues to climb, according to the latest inflation figures that show prices in Darwin outpacing those in […]
Read moreArticle – Infrastructure deficit puts us on a road to nowhere
30 January 2014 Alan Kohler The Drum There’s every indication we are approaching a national emergency when it comes to infrastructure, writes Alan Kohler. One of Australia’s many political ironies is that […]
Read moreArticle – Mining states continue to lead economy
20 January 2014 Melanie Timbrell Commonwealth Bank of Australia The resource rich states of Western Australia, Northern Territory and Queensland continued as frontrunners in CommSec’s quarterly State of the States report. WA […]
Read moreArticle – For Karratha once there was nothing but blue sky but future uncertain
28 December 2013 Georgia Wilkins The Age As the mining boom slows, Western Australia’s ‘City of the North’ looks to the future. The town of Karratha, at the centre of Australia’s iron […]
Read moreArticle – Boom and rust in iron ore hub
31 October 2013 Jonathan Barrett The Australian Financial Review Port Hedland cafe owner Ray Sampson has been looking for a one-bedroom unit that his son, who is also the cafe’s chef, can […]
Read moreArticle – Strive for best of both worlds
16 July 2013 Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian LETTER OF THE DAY I’VE lived in Brisbane for all of my 63 years and have only visited the north for a couple of weeks […]
Read moreRelease land to increase housing affordability
Many Northern Australian mining regions have become victims of their own success when it comes to housing affordability. However, the large scale displacement of local communities that substantial increases bring can be […]
Read moreDarwin house prices second highest in Australia
If something isn’t done to bring housing prices down in Northern Australia, the region will never be able to reach its full potential.
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