The Australian Queensland mining companies believe Premier Campbell Newman’s decision to overturn the 23-year ban on uranium mining indicates the industry is ‘becoming normalised’ and opens up huge opportunities for the state’s […]
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North Australia Digest – 23/10/12
The Australian Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has decided to lift the ban on uranium mining in Queensland, unlocking a huge opportunity to recommence development of the resource in the state. This comes […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 22/10/12
The Australian Deloitte Access Economics director Chris Richardson says that it may have been wise for the government to delay the release of MYEFO in order to assess the first mining tax […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 18/10/12
The Australian As BHP and Rio Tinto are set to be the only two resource companies making payments to the new mining tax on Monday, BHP executive Marius Kloppers says future mining […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 17/10/12
The Australian Energy Australia says the carbon tax is driving up operating costs while wholesale electricity prices are weak and demand for electricity is plunging. This follows Queensland’s Stanwell Corporations decision to […]
Read moreNorth Australia Project – 16/10/12
The Australian Julia Gillard’s arrival into New Delhi for meetings with the Indian Prime Minister could increase the hopes of Australia selling uranium to India, thereby boosting resources and services exports to […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 15/10/12
Australian Financial Review The federal government has placed boosting the quality of the education and training system at the top of the “Asian Century” white paper, due to be released at the […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 12/10/12
We’d love to know what you think about today’s major stories that impact North Australia: The Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan says Australia can’t avoid the slowdown in the global economy but the […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 11/10/12
We’d love to know what you think about today’s major stories that impact North Australia: The Australian Julia Gillard is set to take part in top-levels talks in New Delhi next week […]
Read moreNorth Australia Digest – 10/10/12
We’d love to know what you think about today’s major stories that impact North Australia: The Australian Rio Tinto chief Tom Albanese says the global mining giant has cut its forecasts for […]
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