Hard yakka field work underpins decisions for Northern Australia.

The article discusses the field work assessment done in the Northern Australia after the Federal Government released its White Paper on Developing Northern Australia: Our North, Our Future, in September 2015, outlining plans for economic developments. Topics include views of CSIRO land resources information officer Seonaid Philip about the work done, testing of soil samples such as red basalt and alluvial soils, and groundwater field work conducted across the catchments.