‘Everybody wants to rule the world’, sang Tears for Fears, a line later reimagined by Lorde that still resonates today. In northern Australia, everybody wants something: Defence wants resilience; Indigenous communities want opportunity; states want …
Northern Australia’s resilience in the face of crises depends not only on military facilities but on a network of civil infrastructure—ports, liquid-fuel facilities, airfields and logistics hubs that keep people, goods, and equipment moving. Whether …
A future where northern Australia is not a distant frontier but a thriving engine of national resilience, sovereign capability and regional prosperity remains out of reach because we continue to underinvest in physical and digital …
Darwin’s proposed Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct is set to be the heart of a new integrated infrastructure network in the Northern Territory, larger and better than what currently exists in northern Australia. However, the …
Inflation is ganging up with long-standing problems in our contracting and procurement systems to stifle construction, innovation and ultimately our economic future. While the Reserve Bank fights inflation, the government must lead reform in procurement …
