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August 5, 2015

Northern Powerhouse: cruel deception or cool conception?

Geraint Johnes, Lancaster University

Two parties. Two rivals. Two plans. One surprisingly similar outcome.

In Darwin Harbour, high-tech gas extraction vessels fight for space with navy ships, Indigenous supply barges and tourist cruise boats. thinboyfatter/Flickr

September 10, 2013

The shipping news: the north’s new frontier is a complex place

Sharon Bell, Charles Darwin University

**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. This is the last of our weekly series, developed…

Plans to develop the north are taking no account of Indigenous aspirations. AAP Image/Terry Trewin

September 3, 2013

Indigenous participation in the developing north: a national emergency

**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…

Yes, it rains a lot in the north. But it’s also dry a lot. And variability could get worse. Kasi Metcalfe

August 27, 2013

Politicians have forgotten the ‘dry’ in dry tropics and the change in the climate

Elspeth Oppermann, Charles Darwin University and Chris O'Brien, Charles Darwin University

**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…

It involves dams, but so much more than dams. Andrew Campbell

August 21, 2013

The north’s future is electrifying: powering Asia with renewables

Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University; Andrew Blakers, Australian National University, and Stuart Blanch, Charles Darwin University

**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…

The diverse rivers of Northern Australia, flat and expansive, support diverse species and are linked by unregulated Wet season flows. Andrew Campbell

August 16, 2013

Dam it all? River futures in northern Australia

Tom Rayner, Charles Darwin University

**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…

Local people want sensible development that is sensitive to the things that make the north unique and valuable. Tom Rayner

August 13, 2013

We need a smarter debate on developing northern Australia

Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University and Jim Turnour, James Cook University

**Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…

Let’s look at ways to shift some power to northern decision makers. Michael and Daphne Oliver

August 6, 2013

Northern Australia should have a say in its own future

Allan Dale, James Cook University

Northern futures, northern voices: It seems everyone has ideas about how Australia’s north could be better, but most of those ideas come from the south. In this six-part weekly series, developed by the…

Top contributors

Andrew Campbell
Managing Director, Triple Helix Consulting; Chief Executive Officer, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research; Professorial Fellow, ANU Fenner School for the Environment and Society, Australian National University
Geraint Johnes
Professor of Economics, Lancaster University
Andrew Blakers
Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
Joe Morrison
Chief Executive Officer, North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance
Tom Rayner
Senior Fisheries Scientist, NSW DPI Fisheries, Hunter New England Local Health District
Elspeth Oppermann
Post-doctoral researcher, the Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
Chris O'Brien
Post-doctoral researcher, the Research Insititute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University
Sharon Bell
Honorary Professor, Australian National University
Allan Dale
Professor in Tropical Regional Development, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University
Stuart Blanch
Adjunct Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University
Jim Turnour
Principal Strategic Regional Planner, James Cook University