Tony Walker 13 July 2013 The Australian Financial Review The Coalition’s Andrew Robb has a plan for Australia’s under-developed north. If Rudd wants to push his own message of making Australia more […]
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Article – Mining titan who matters now more than ever
July 19, 2013 Tim Treadgold Mining Journal At a time when the mining industry is being rocked by the ill winds of falling metal prices and sagging investor support, it is encouraging […]
Read moreJoe Hockey – Address to the Queensland Media Club
Thank you for the warm welcome. I have a deep respect for the fourth estate and I appreciate being invited to address the Queensland Media Club. In the last 24 hours I […]
Read moreArticle – Pulled every which way
The Australian Financial Review 29 June 2013 Capital idea Brian Toohey Ideas count a lot more in today’s multi-faceted Coalition parties than in Labor. Which is why Tony Abbott will be pulled […]
Read moreArticle – Bright Sparkes: North will grow – without Abbott's help
Townsville Bulletin 28 June 2013 By David Sparkes OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott’s announcement last week about his vision to develop Northern Australia received virtually no scrutiny from the Federal Government, which was […]
Read moreArticle – Abbott's Northern Australian idea: grand vision or folly?
On Line Opinion By Murray Hunter Posted Friday, 28 June 2013 Today, Northern Australia is a vast relatively unpopulated region of undisturbed savanna, desert, mangrove coast lines, and tropical rain forest, spanning […]
Read moreArticle – Abbott To Pour Resources Into The North
The Coalition is set to pour resources into the under populated north, with the Coalition announcing it plans to build major cities at Darwin, Cairns, Townsville and Karratha. There could also be […]
Read moreArticle – Opinion "Abbott's new frontier: vision versus reality" – The Age
So far, the federal Opposition’s election policies have been based more on crystal ball-gazing than hard actualities. Not counting the Coalition’s vapid plan for Australia’s “directions, values and priorities”, launched by Opposition […]
Read moreArticle – Alice faces exclusion under Coalition plan – Bryan littlely, Centralian Advocate
Alice Springs looks like being left desperately short of being part of “the next frontier” in Australia’s economic development if the Coalition takes power in the September federal election. The federal Coalition […]
Read moreArticle – Food Boom – Michael Saunders, Northern Miner
CHARTERS Towers residents could be in line for tax breaks under an LNP Government following the Coalition’s announcement of a 17-year `vision’ for Northern Australia. Federal opposition leader Tony Abbott released the […]
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