21 February 2014 Kerriann Lock The 1949 election of Robert Menzies as Prime Minister ushered in the “long boom” – over two decades of development, economic growth, low unemployment rates, and rising […]
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Article – Untapped potential in the North
14 February 2014 Matthew Cawood Farmonline AUSTRALIA could add up to 30 per cent to its northern irrigation zones by opening up the Flinders and Gilbert basins in north Queensland, a CSIRO […]
Read moreArticle – Have your say on the future of Australian agriculture
10 February 2014 My Sunshine Coast “The issues paper is an important opportunity for rural and regional communities in Wide Bay to have their say on the issues currently facing agriculture. “This […]
Read moreArticle – New model for Australian agriculture
13 February 2013 Jim Turnour Queensland Country Life WHEN most Australians think about farmers, one image still springs to mind: a family in Akubras and Blundstones, battling the elements with a Blue […]
Read moreArticle – NQ’s irrigation potential
11 February 2014 North Queensland Register While thousands of hectares of soil are potentially suitable for irrigated agriculture across northern Australia, access to sufficient water constrains development. A CSIRO study of land […]
Read moreArticle – Family farms could help northern irrigation expand
7 February 2014 Virginia Tapp ABC Rural A report released by the CSIRO has recommended the family farm drive irrigation development in Northern Australia. It found the potential cropping area in North […]
Read moreArticle – Bruce Davidson and the myth of a northern food bowl
6 February 2014 Bob Gosford Crikey Bruce Davidson’s contribution to Australian agricultural economics remains under-appreciated, perhaps because of his uncompromising approach to his work and a reluctance to accept the cant and […]
Read moreArticle – CSIRO report confirms land and water potential in Queensland
7 February 2014 Craig Zonca & Charlie McKillop ABC Rural A CSIRO study looking into the suitability of northern Queensland for agriculture has found crops could be grown on irrigated land on […]
Read moreArticle – Landry urges leaders to keep pushing for Fitzroy food bowl
15 January 2014 The Morning Bulletin MICHELLE Landry has urged civic leaders pushing the development of a food bowl in the Fitzroy to make a submission to a federal inquiry into the […]
Read moreArticle – Australian trade beats aid in boosting global food security
4 February 2014 Robert Henry The Conversation Should Australia aim to become Asia’s “food bowl”? How can we help farmers earn more for what they produce? And how can Australia best contribute […]
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