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Australia's tropical medicine expertise to grow in 2018
29 January 2018
Thirteen medical researchers and projects tackling critical health issues across northern Australia are the latest to receive funding through the Coalition Government’s HOT NORTH program.
Australia’s underwater wonder in never-before-seen detail
19 January 2018
The Australian Government has released the first high-resolution map of the sea floor of the entire Great Barrier Reef.
Gas Acceleration Program open for applications
15 January 2018
Applications are now open for the Australian Government’s $26 million Gas Acceleration Program (GAP), which is designed to accelerate new supplies from onshore gas developments to the domestic market.
Resources and energy exports setting records
8 January 2018
Australia’s resources and energy export earnings increased by 1.2 per cent to reach a record level of $52.5 billion in the September quarter of 2017.
Gas Acceleration Program Grant Guidelines Released
20 December 2017
The Australian Government’s $26 million Gas Acceleration Program (GAP) will open to applications early in the new year, to further strengthen the East Coast gas market.
Consultation on new offshore oil and gas areas
18 December 2017
Consultation is open on 21 areas proposed for oil and gas exploration in offshore Australian waters.
Australians are on the move – and they’re all heading north
15 December 2017
Australians are on the move and they’re all heading north – even though the vast majority won’t realise it.
First Nations peoples critical to developing northern Australia
11 December 2017
The voice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the development of Northern Australia has been further strengthened through the establishment of a reference group made up of senior Indigenous leaders from across the nation’s north.
Kimba consultative committee announced
11 December 2017
The Kimba Consultative Committee has been appointed, and includes 14 members plus an Independent Convenor and a Deputy Convenor.
Gas sale agreement a win for the east coast
1 December 2017
Improved gas supply security and approximately 1000 new jobs will be created in Queensland thanks to a new deal announced today.