Grand schemes Great open spaces of northern Australia are again calling southern politicians full of big ideas and little understanding of the land. GO NORTH and open up our underdeveloped tracts of
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
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
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
The State Government has already hopped on the food bowl bandwagon, recently granting water licences for potential producers along the Flinders River near Hughenden. The food bowl will also involve the harnessing
Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbott says he does not plan to push for a dam to be built on the Daly River in the Northern Territory if the Liberals take power in
AUSTRALIANS could be offered new tax perks to move to north under a Coalition plan to “substantially increase” the populations of cities including Cairns and Townsville. Public servants from the CSIRO and
THIS week Tony Abbott officially announced his plan to develop the north if he becomes prime minister. While the concept may have its good points, there’s also a lot of concern in the
Tonny Abbott’s announcement about turning northern Australia into a food bowl has raised a few eyebrows on the Fraser Coast. Mr Abbott was in Townsville last week with shadow finance minister Andrew Robb
Plans to transform parts of the Cairns CBD are unlikely to receive funding from a Coalition Government in Canberra because the Commonwealth’s coffers are bare and the city is already “very impressive”.
AN influential private-sector business group led by billionaire Gina Rinehart will lobby to be part of a taskforce promised under an Abbott government to drive a 20-year economic plan for Northern Australia. Under the
The Australian Tony Abbott has announced the Coalition’s Developing North Australia policy in Townsville, pledging that his government would implement a raft of measures to fast-track development across the North, turning it