10 August 2015Greg EarlAustralian Financial Review The construction industry and farm exporters will be the probable first beneficiaries of a plan by the Abbott government to create a free market between Singapore and Australia […]
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Article – Abbott warns against courts 'sabotaging' projects such as Carmichael coalmine
7 August 2015Daniel HurstThe Guardian Tony Abbott has reaffirmed his support for the huge Adani coalmine in central Queensland, arguing Australia has “a problem as a nation” if the courts could “be […]
Read moreArticle – Regulatory Thicket Exacts A High Price
25 July 2015Mikayla NovakCanberra Times It’s not just miners who are stung by regulatory settings. As the ongoing Liverpool Plains coal mine saga illustrates, regulators are frustrating Australia’s ability to join global […]
Read moreVideo – What Will the White Paper Mean for Northern Australia?
28 July 2015Jessica FarrellyCriterion Conferences The white paper on developing northern Australia was released last month and promises to unlock the region’s opportunities through building roads, developing water resources, removing red tape, […]
Read moreArticle – Port expansion must go ahead to ensure Far North’s future growth
30 July 2015Jennifer SpilsburyThe Cairns Post READY, set, grow, our headline on Page 1 yesterday screamed. And rightly so. All indications are that this city has much to be positive about for the […]
Read moreArticle – White Paper brings ag to fore
10 July 2015Barry O’SullivanQueensland Country Life THERE has been a lot of analysis and opinion splashed across the media in the days following the Prime Minister and Agriculture Minister officially launching the […]
Read moreArticle – Developing the North: Can 457 visas and DAMAs solve the Northern Territory's labour shortage?
9 July 2015Joanna CrothersABC News Amid excitement about historic plans for Developing the North, Northern Territory businesses are struggling to see how they will be able to employ sufficient interstate and foreign […]
Read moreArticle – Please, Just Give Us A Real Growth Strategy
28 July 2015Chris BergIPA Every once in a while something brings the nonsense of daily politics back down to earth. Last week Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens suggested that the slow growth we […]
Read moreArticle – Northern Australia
27 July 2015Melissa PriceFederal Member for Durack I am very pleased to speak tonight on the northern Australia white paper, Our North, our future. The white paper is one of the Abbott-led […]
Read moreArticle – Billion-dollar prawn farm Project Sea Dragon on Legune Station given major project status
27 July 2015Nadia Daly and Sally BrooksABC News What could be Australia’s biggest prawn farm has been given major project status by the federal and Northern Territory governments, fast-tracking its development.Project Sea […]
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