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High labour costs killing Australian mining boom
Without industrial relations reform Australia risks losing billions of dollars in investment in the resources sector, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. Mr Shipp's warning came in response to a Port Jackson...
Let's get back to our roots
Mrs Gina Rinehart - Chairman, ANDEV There was a time - only a few months ago - when we miners were still going to dig the rest of the country out of a hole. We miners were going to manage the first boom in history that would last forever, and were...
A call for action on serious challenges - Australian Resources and Investment, July 2012
Mrs Gina Rinehart - Chairman, ANDEV While I have many investment options in a globalised economy, the place where I most want to create sustainable jobs is Australia. Yet others are increasingly feeling forced to make a different choice. West...
Steel prices set to crash in week of horror for Australian mining boom
Australia's mining boom is in danger of ending before anyone anticipates, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. Mr Shipp's warning came in response to a report in MarketWatch.com that prices are set to crash...
Northern farmers still paying for Commonwealth incompetence
Northern Australia's live cattle export industry is still being punished for the federal government's bungled live export ban in May 2011, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. This comes in response to the...
Build them now
Dams have been off the policy agenda in Australia for at least the last two decades. In fear of a backlash from green groups, governments at state and federal levels have avoided the topic, refused even to consider dams as an option and generally...
Mining tax making things worse as commodity prices slump
A string of delays and cost blowouts to major resources projects are a sign of rough times ahead for Australia's mining construction boom, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. Mr Shipp's warning came in...
New report predicts mining boom will bust within two years
Australia must make the most of the mining boom before it ends, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. Mr Shipp's warning came in response to today's Deloitte Access Economics report that says the mining...
National food plan dismisses North Australia food bowl
The Australian government's National Food Plan green paper is wrong to dismiss the major potential for expanding Northern Australia's agricultural output, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. "North Australia...
Treasury should blame government, not managers, for productivity woes
The Federal Treasury is trying to deflect public attention from the real causes of low productivity in Australia, according to John Shipp, Director of the ANDEV/IPA North Australia Project. Executive Director of the Macroeconomic Group in the...
