Article – Time is ripe to transform the sparse north into a tropical powerhouse

6 November 2015Andrew Robb & Josh FrydenbergThe Australian A showcase of multi-billion-dollar projects, designed to unlock northern Australia’s huge potential, will be displayed to some of the world’s major investors in Darwin […]

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Article – Rio Tinto’s win-win model for northern and indigenous prosperity

9 November 2015Phil EdmandsThe Australian Northern Australia is the underdeveloped frontier of the “lucky country”. The pathway to further economic prosperity for the Top End hinges on two factors: governments must establish the […]

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Article – Development loans for Top End

9 November 2015Mark LudlowQueensland Country Life THE federal government will offer $5 billion in concessional loans from mid-next year to major projects that facilitate further investment from the private sector and state […]

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Article – China free trade agreement expected to tip billions into Australian farms, dairy industry to be popular with investors

1 September 2015Dylan Welch and Jeanavive McGregorABC News From vast Central Australian cattle stations to the smallest southern Victorian dairy farms, the Australian agriculture sector is expecting a transformation later this year, […]

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Article – Victorian Farmers Federation call for China FTA to be ratified

31 August 2015Emma BrownABC Rural The Victorian Farmers Federation has joined calls to ratify the China Free Trade Agreement. AUDIO: Victorian Farmers Federation President Peter Tuohey on the China FTA (ABC Rural) The agriculture […]

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China FTA a key focus of Robb’s Asia visit

23 August 2015Andrew RobbMinister for Trade and Investment Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb will visit Kuala Lumpur from 23 to 24 August and Hong Kong from 25 to 26 August, and […]

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Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce Interim Report

17 August 2015Josh FrydenbergAssistant Treasurer Today the Government welcomes the release of the Northern Australia Insurance Premiums Taskforce Interim Report. The Government recognises that many people in Northern Australia have experienced a […]

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Comment – ANDEV Co-chair Imants Kins on Mineral Exploration in Australia

Rio Tinto’s head of exploration, Stephen McIntosh, made some comments in the Weekend Australian about mineral exploration in Australia. These are concerning and fully supported by ANDEV. Governments need to listen. They […]

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Comment – IPA on Mineral Exploration in Australia

Tomorrow’s jobs are the result of today’s investment, particularly in the mining industry. Despite inevitable short-term commodity price fluctuations, with many hundreds of millions of people in Asia moving into the middle […]

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Article – Concern over mining’s future as exploration spending plunges

5 September 2015Barry FitzGeraldThe Australian Annual expenditure on finding the next generation of mines has plunged from $4 billion to $1.5bn in the past three years, setting off alarm bells that many […]

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