August 9, 2013 Nick Clark and Helen Kempton Hobart Mercury As new figures revealed Tasmania’s unemployment at a decade-high 8.4 per cent, with 21,000 people out of work, the Opposition Leader yesterday […]
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Article – The Coalition faces its own China syndrome
August 3, 2013 Geoff Kitney The Australian Financial Review Dreams of an export food bowl in the north depend on foreign investment. But many in the Coalition can’t stomach the idea of […]
Read moreArticle – Liberal’s plan for future of the north
Rourke Walsh, Broome Advertiser Updated July 28, 2013, 8:00 am Rourke Walsh © Senator Alan Eggleston has been explaining the Coalition’s plan for northern Australia in Kununurra this week. Kununurra’s irrigated agriculture […]
Read moreArticle – Developing Australia's north may be political pipedream
China Daily USA http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-07/29/content_16844975.htm SYDNEY – The frontrunner to become Australia’s next prime minister, Tony Abbott, holds ambitious plans to develop the country’s sparse and inhospitable north by 2030 to attract a […]
Read moreSenator Ian Macdonald – The Future of Northern Australia
Senator the Hon Ian Macdonald Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern & Remote Australia Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Defence Force and Defence Support Liberal – Queensland – LNP media release July 23, […]
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 moreArticle – $7b pledged for Bruce Highway
July 17, 2013 Kim Stephens The Brisbane Times An almost $7 billion federal Coalition election pledge to upgrade sections of the Bruce Highway recognises its “critical importance” to Queensland, transport spokesman Warren […]
Read moreArticle – Highway of hell becomes the road of riches
Jason Tin 17 July 2013 The Courier-Mail ALMOST 70 blackspots on the Bruce Highway would be fixed in the next decade under a multi-billiondollar plan to be announced by Opposition Leader Tony […]
Read moreArticle – Asia's rich to offset 'reshoring'
July 25, 2013 Paul Garvey The Australian THE continued growth of Asia’s middle class will help insulate the region’s economy from the impact of “reshoring”, the phenomenon that could see cheap US […]
Read moreArticle – A dream worth billions
13 July 2013 Andrea Davy [email protected] The Daily Mercury MACKAY is tipped to become a development hot spot if the Liberal National Coalition wins the upcoming election, according to Senator Ian Macdonald […]
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