Leading Northern Australian academic, Professor Allan Dale has today released The Northern Australia Development Synthesis Report at the Developing Northern Australia Conference (DNAC) to more than 300 attendees in Karratha. Professor Dale, DNAC Chair and Professor of Tropical Regional Development at the Cairns Institute of James Cook University has developed [...]
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 [...]
Sugarcane industry peak bodies and the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) are partnering to develop the first whole-of-industry shared vision and roadmap to 2040. The Sugarcane Industry Roadmap will adopt a best-for-industry view to identify significant opportunities to drive sustainability, growth and prosperity of the industry and [...]
A new report has revealed gaps in the organisation and delivery of Northern Australia’s health services, which could be preventing the region from becoming an economic powerhouse. A team of James Cook University (JCU) health researchers has released the findings of an eight-month project, which looked into health services and [...]
Northern Australia has the potential to be at the forefront of our country’s economic recovery from COVID-19, but only if there is greater collaboration between government and industry to unite the region and release its full economic potential, according to a report launched from the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing [...]
Researchers working on a comprehensive assessment of health service delivery across Northern Australia will discuss their report outcomes and recommendations during a live webinar event on Monday 10th August 2020. The Northern Australia health service delivery situational analysis report is the first pan-northern assessment of issues and priorities for health service delivery. The [...]
Northern Australian aquaculture is set to increase its production five-fold to exceed $1.34 billion in value and produce more than five times its current volume of fish, prawns and other seafood products within the next decade – according to a new Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) report [...]
Northern Australia’s key agriculture and health service delivery sectors are under the spotlight in a new discussion paper published by the Cooperative Research Centre for Developing Northern Australia (CRCNA) today. The paper titled Securing outcomes and measuring progress: a preliminary report into agricultural development and tropical health servicing in Northern Australia is [...]