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The AustralAsia Railway completes the final link in Australia's rail network. The project is being managed as a Build, Own, Operate and Transfer Back (BOOT) scheme, with lease arrangements covering 50 years' operation before the railway is handed back to the Northern Territory and South Australian Governments.
The Department of Business has produced a range of Fast Facts, designed to provide general information on common business issues.
Approximately 100 years before European settlement (1788), the northern shores of Australia were visited by Monsoon traders from the eastern part of (modern day) Indonesia. Marine products such as trepang (a holothurian), turtle-shell (from the hawks-bill), pearls and timber were collected.
NT Fuel Watch provides price information for ULP PULP DIESEL LPG calculated from all prices noted over the past five days. Information is provided for the main population centres in the Northern Territory.
An initiative of the Northern Territory Government to help Territory exporters and traders develop new international trade opportunities and strengthen existing trade partnerships.
The Department of the Chief Minister (DCM) coordinates the Government's efforts to grow the Territory's international trade and to secure new investment, particularly through the facilitation of major economic development projects. Major examples of these efforts include development of the AustralAsia Trade Route as an alternative trading link between Asia and Australia, and the establishment of new international shipping links between Darwin and regional ports.

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