15 May 2014 Charlie McKillop ABC Rural The vision of a northern Australian ‘food bowl’ is still possible but only if the Federal Government matches its rhetoric with research funding, according to […]
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Article – China’s Soil Pollution: Domestic Food Safety Concerns May Bring Global Headaches
14 May 2014 Jack Di Nunzio Future Directions Last month’s release of China’s ‘secret’ soil pollution general survey revealed that nearly one fifth of the country’s arable land is polluted. As the […]
Read moreArticle – NT to explore food future
7 May 2014 Queensland Country Life WITH the countdown on to the release of the Federal Government’s White Paper on Developing Northern Australia, it is timely that the inaugural Northern Australia Food […]
Read moreVideo – Dairy farmers seek fairer milk market overseas
6 May 2014 Eric Tlozek ABC News Struggling Queensland dairy farmers are seeking opportunities to export milk to Asia in an increasingly desperate bid to stay in business. Watch the video here. […]
Read moreArticle – Beef industry needs boost of better access to overseas
7 May 2014 The Morning Bulletin THE BEEF industry needs a boost in overseas market access, production costs reduced and investment in new areas of production. This was what the North Australia […]
Read moreArticle – Development in northern Western Australia held up by red tape, high living costs, MPs told
6 May 2014 Erin Parke and Gian De Poloni ABC News High living costs and government red tape are inhibiting economic growth in Western Australia’s north, a parliamentary committee investigating the development […]
Read moreArticle – 'Food bowl' investment ignored
5 May 2014 Jared Lynch & Tim Binsted North Queensland Register John Foss knew he was on to something big when sales of his chia-based foods began taking off in the US. […]
Read moreArticle – Pilbara-Kimberley councils explore Indonesian opportunities
5 May 2014 ABC News Pilbara and Kimberley local governments will discuss how the regions can supply Indonesia’s demand for produce, at a meeting in Jakarta this week. The Pilbara – Kimberley […]
Read moreBook Review – Northern Australia: Task for a Nation
2 May 2014 Kerriann Lock Australian Institute of Political Science (1954). Northern Australia: Task for a Nation. (Sydney : Angus and Robertson). Sixty years ago, Australians were thinking about northern development and […]
Read moreArticle – Farmers look to the future
28 April 2014 Luke Mortimer The Northern Star REGIONAL Development Australia Northern Rivers has told the Federal Government the “high Australian dollar, a propensity for small land holdings, an ageing workforce and […]
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