Entering the ninth year of its ten-year program, the CRC for Northern Australia begins 2026 focused on transitioning its research, partnerships, and impact into a lasting legacy for northern Australia. Chair Adj Prof Sheriden Morris said the year ahead would be critical in ensuring the CRCNA’s body of work continues [...]
What do sharing power, building trust, improving health outcomes, and empowering communities have in common? They’re all types of impact from remote health research – contributions that research can make to the “real” world. For those working in remote health, these are not abstract ideals — they are real impacts [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) has released its 2024–25 Annual Report, summarising research activities and achievements up to 30 June 2025. Now in the eighth year of its 10-year term, the CRCNA continues to deliver strong, measurable impact through 109 research projects, more than 270 partnerships, [...]
By Zac Braxton-Smith Queensland Country Life The research involved feeding 30 Droughtmaster steers different amounts of pulse supplement mixed with Mitchell grass. Picture: supplied. New research has shown that cattle in central and North Queensland can achieve similar weight gain performance on feed supplements grown in local areas, such as mungbeans [...]
The Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) attended the 2025 TropAg conference in Meanjin (Brisbane ), showcasing its commitment to agricultural innovation and collaboration across northern Australia. The CRCNA supported the symposium agriculture diversification in northern Australia, which highlighted emerging opportunities for northern growers and producers. Chaired by [...]
The CRC for Developing Northern Australia Ltd (ABN 43 618 131 150) will hold its Annual General Meeting for the 2024/25 Financial Year on Thursday 20 November 2025 at 10.00am AEST at the Company’s Office, Suite 5 281-285 Ross River Road Aitkenvale Townsville Qld 4814, and online. This notice includes [...]
A new eBook developed by James Cook University researchers will help deliver relevant and sustainable solutions to health and health service issues in rural, regional and remote North Queensland. The Integrating Health Care Planning for Health and Prosperity in North Queensland project developed partnerships with local community and regional stakeholders [...]
A major new report has been released outlining how to unlock long-term growth in northern Australia, with a focus on sustainable and inclusive agricultural development across the Territory. Delivered in partnership between the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA), the De-risking Phase [...]
Efforts to spice up northern Australia’s crop options are gathering pace with this season’s trials of kalonji and fennel proving to be some of the best-performing yet. Researchers from CQUniversity’s Institute for Future Farming Systems have been working with the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia and a range [...]