18 August 2013 Sinclair Davidson, Professor of Institutional Economics at RMIT University The Conversation In the early noughties former Labor leader Kim Beazley suggested that he’d like to see the unemployment rate […]
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Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia Who’s Who: Warren Entsch
28 January 2014 Kerriann Lock As chair of the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia, Warren Entsch will be a significant figure in the development of policies concerning the region over the […]
Read moreArticle – Gas hits a cost wall
22 January 2014 Angela Macdonald-Smith Australian Financial Review “The crazy thing is that four or five years ago everyone was talking about a flood of ramp-up gas.” – Mark Samter, Credit Suisse […]
Read moreArticle – An Arrow into our High Costs
22 January 2014 Australian Financial Review The feared scrapping of a planned $20 billion stand-alone LNG production train at Gladstone by the Shell-led Arrow Energy venture marks the final turning of the […]
Read moreArticle – Karratha not yet ruled out for algae plant
20 January 2014 Lucie Bell and Ebonnie Spriggs ABC Rural An American company will decide by June where in regional Western Australia to develop its first commercial-scale algae operation. Since 2011, Aurora […]
Read moreArticle – A (re-)assessment of Northern Australia’s agricultural future
Keith Noble Queensland Planner, (Summer 2013 Vol. 53 No. 4) Abstract Agriculture is a risky business. The variables farmers evaluate and plan for include weather, markets, supply chain, finance, labour, changing policy […]
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 – Rinehart adds extra $265m
20 January 2014 Nick Evans The West Australian Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has committed to an extra $265 million worth of shares in the giant Roy Hill iron ore dream as part […]
Read moreMedia Release – Funding flows to Cape York
16 January 2014 Office of Warren Entsch MP COMMUNITIES in Cape York will benefit from new improved infrastructure, with a $210 million Commonwealth package set to enhance the region’s economy. Acting Prime […]
Read moreArticle – Workforce at Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill project doubles
15 January 2014 Vicky Validakis Australian Mining It is estimated 1700 people are now working on Gina Rinehart’s Roy Hill project as the next phase of construction ramps up ahead of debt […]
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