2 April 2014 The North West Star The Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia will listen to submissions into the Northern Australia Vision Paper in Mount Isa tomorrow. No doubt it is […]
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Article – WA’s $1.7 billion question: can Pilbara Cities become reality?
17 March 2014 Peter Law Perth Now Announced four years ago, the plan was to make Karratha and Port Hedland not only economically successful, but livable cities of 50,000 people by 2035. […]
Read moreArticle – Foreign labour call
24 February 2014 Renee Viellaris Townsville Bulletin TAX breaks should be ruled out for Northern Australia and businesses should be able to hire more foreign workers, says lobby group the Chamber of […]
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 moreMedia Release – Workforce figures show development vital for Northern Australia
27 January 2014 Office of Senator Ian Macdonald The urgent need for the real development of Northern Australia has been highlighted by the recently released employment figures according to North Queensland based […]
Read moreArticle – Let's not be too hasty in rejecting northern development
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 […]
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 – Push to triple Top End's population in 30 years
17 December 2013 Dan Harrison Brisbane Times The chairman of a parliamentary committee examining ways to turbocharge the Top End wants to see the population of Northern Australia triple within 30 years. […]
Read moreArticle – Growth drives NT population rise predictions
26 November 2013 ABC News The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) predicts the population of the Northern Territory will grow by more than 50 per cent by 2040. In its latest population […]
Read moreArticle – Mount Isa Mayor urges tax zone rebate changes
18 November 2013 Kate Stephens ABC News Mount Isa Mayor Tony McGrady says changes are needed if governments are going to encourage more people to live in northern Australia. Councillor McGrady says […]
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