ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Will Australians or foreign interests develop our north?*

Three policy papers soon to be released by the Liberals on developing northern Australia beg the question: with Australia still addicted to foreign borrowing, who will develop the north — Australians or foreign investors?
Prompted by recent huge floods, the Liberals are about to release two papers aimed at building new dams and opening vast new areas to farming in northern Australia.
The intention is to drive broader economic development and turn the region into a food bowl for t…

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