The Northern Territory is poised at the edge of a resources boom but the opportunity will pass by without dedicated efforts to make it happen, according to industry leaders.

Why does the Northern Territory remain reliant on federal taxpayer funding, and given the record and increasing government debt, combined with the lack of importance for territory votes that federal parties outside the territory have, how long can it rely on the extent of such taxpayer funding?

One of Australia’s richest food regions cannot feed the nation it sustains – buried under $160bn in annual red tape costs and record government debt. OPINION

Farmers and local leaders are waging war with the NSW government over renewable energy transmission lines they say could be part of a $20 billion ‘white elephant’ project.

Our national debt is projected by Treasury to exceed $1 trillion this year. We are all responsible for the interest on that debt and the Treasurer admits there will be deficits and increasing debt well into the future. Is this a legacy we wish to leave our children? Most of the states are on a similar dangerous trajectory.

NSW farmers have declared war on the Minns government’s New England renewable energy transmission project, warning it threatens farm production and Sydney household electricity bills.