The University of Western Australia this month launched a four-year research mission to make table grapes one of the most valuable fruit crops in Northern Australia. The research team aims to develop novel practices that enable table grapes to be commercially grown well outside their traditional climate range in subtropical [...]
A new health research project in the Kimberley aims to improve clinical responses to the experiences of adversity and trauma that many Aboriginal patients experience and the impact this has on their health care access and engagement. Research Fellow Emma Carlin, from The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia and [...]
The potential to grow the popular Asian delicacy and meat substitute – jackfruit – in northern Australia was discussed at a field walk through a trial site at Kununurra. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) trial is part of a Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia [...]
CRCNA CEO Anne Stünzner says a renewed commitment to the Northern Australia agenda and the Northern Australia Indigenous Development Accord will ensure the north remains a priority for all Australians. The commitment came during a meeting of the Northern Australian Ministerial Forum this week (Monday 31 October 2022) in Darwin [...]
A clear vision for population growth and workforce development is needed to drive the economic development of Northern Australia. That’s the call coming from the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) ahead of the Federal Government’s national Job and Skills Summit. The CRCNA will advocate for a clear [...]
The CRCNA’s latest health research investment in partnership with James Cook University has harnessed data to create an open-access, interactive map that empowers northern Queensland communities to have a say in health service planning. The map, titled the Northern Queensland Health Atlas, will pilot the principles of place-based planning by [...]
From reimagining Northern Australian healthcare and integrated cotton, grain and cattle farms to building a commercially successful Northern Australian spice industry and ramping up the agricultural potential of Queensland’s coastal strip, the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) will showcase the difference collaborative research is making to Northern [...]
Creating jobs for future generations is at the heart of an Indigenous-owned and led forestry project on the Northern Territory’s Tiwi Islands, according to the Tiwi Plantations Corporation (TPC) Chair Kim Puruntatameri. Mr Puruntatameri recently led a site and port tour at TPC’s Melville Island headquarters and said the 3-year, [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) welcomes Susan Maas to support the delivery of the CRCNA’s largest research program to date: the Cotton, Grains and Cattle (CGC) initiative in northern Western Australia, the Northern Territory and northern Queensland. Susan will join the CRCNA team part time as [...]