9 June 2014 Steven Scott The Advertiser PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has been branded “embarrassing” by the Opposition for cancelling meetings with the world’s top finance officials during his visit to the
8 June 2014 Australian Associated Press Canadian and US investors could be the key to opening up development in northern Australia, Trade Minister Andrew Robb says. A discussion paper on northern Australia’s
6 June 2014 Alex Heber Business Insider In her quarterly column in Australian Resources and Investment magazine, Australia’s richest woman said: “There are too many people outside the industry throughout Australia who
6 June 2014 David Sparkes Townsville Bulletin WITHIN the space of a month, we have seen two budgets that show the dream of developing Northern Australia will be a long road. The
4 June 2014 Business Standard The Board of Approvals (BoA) for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) under Union commerce & industry ministry has extended the validity of three SEZ projects in Odisha by one year. The three
5 June 2014 Australian Associated Press The federal government will next week release a blueprint for the development of northern Australia. The coalition at the 2013 election promised to produce a white
2 June 2014 Gina Rinehart Hancock Prospecting Mrs. Gina Rinehart’s acceptance speech upon receiving the CILT Lifetime Achievement Award. Courtesy of Hancock Prospecting
30 May 2014 Brent Balinski Australian Mining The peak lobby group for the country’s aluminium industry has argued that Parliament should do away with the carbon tax and renewable energy subsidies during
28 May 2014 The Queensland Times THE LIVE export of Australian sheep to Iran could soon be back on, after Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce secured new health protocols for the trade with
29 May 2014 Beverley O’Connor ABC News BHP Billiton chief Andrew Mackenzie is urging G20 leaders to roll back protectionist trade barriers imposed after the global financial crisis to help boost trade.
29 May 2014 Tyne McConnon ABC Rural A model which maps out Western Australia’s northern coast line for agricultural potential could only be a year away. The WA Department of Agriculture and
5 June 2014 Craig Zonca and Virginia Tapp QLD Country Hour The Queensland Country Hour is on the road this week through the north-west of the state, tracking from Mt Isa to