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 [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia’s (CRCNA) funding call is seeking new ideas and innovative approaches to unlock the vast economic potential of the Northern Australian Indigenous Estate. CRCNA Chair Sheriden Morris said the priority areas addressed in the expressions of interest align with the Northern Australia Indigenous [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has extended its cotton, grains and cattle investment program to northern Queensland. CRCNA CEO Anne Stünzner said the extension of the R&D initiative launched in Western Australia and the Northern Territory in March will see a focus on supporting graziers and [...]
The CRCNA is proud to sponsor two new undergraduate scholars as part of the 2022 AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship, in partnership with seven Research and Development Corporations (RDC’s) and FMC Australasia to develop the next generation of rural leaders. Amy Ferguson from the University of Melbourne and Luke Austin from Southern [...]