GTNT GROUP Business

CELEBRATING TERRITORY SUCCESS

GTNT Group celebrated Territory successes on Friday the 21st May, holding their annual Awards Ceremony under the stars at Mindil Beach Casino Resort. Master of Ceremonies, Nathan Powell, a seasoned award finalist and winner in his own right, highlighted that the Awards Ceremony is about recognising, rewarding and celebrating the achievements of...

IRONBARK Business

IRONBARK: Growing Stronger by the Day

It started operations in June 2000 with five staff working from a single old demountable on the outskirts of Darwin. Today it has grown to more than 60 staff, with more than half of them Indigenous, 11 offices throughout the Top End, including corporate offices in Darwin Corporate Park and another base to be built nearby before Christmas....

DARWIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Business

WORLD-CLASS RESORT FOR THE TERRITORY

Darwin-based Airport Development Group is spending $25 million on redeveloping the Mercure and Novotel hotels, which are walking distance from the terminal. Work has already started. Six new luxury villas at the Mercure – each with their own plunge pool – are expected to be open within weeks. The investment demonstrates great faith...

QUACK PEST CONTROL Business

QUACK’S PATIENTS STILL DYING

Quack Pest Control – whose battle cry of “All Our Patients Die” is known by every Territorian – is a trusted Darwin born-and-bred family firm, which continues to out-compete all newcomers, despite some of them being big international operations. And that’s not simply because it’s local. Quack, which has grown every year for...

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING AND LOGISTICS Business

BUKMAK BOOSTED BY $51m CONTRACT

Bukmak Constructions, which is owned by the Arnhem Land Progress Association, was awarded the $51.5 million contract by the Northern Territory Government under the HomeBuild Program. It will build 87 new houses in Galiwin’ku in North-East Arnhem Land during the next five years. The contract, awarded by the Department of Infrastructure,...

POWER AND WATER CORPERATION Business

MAKING BETTER USE OF WASTE

The project is a collaboration between Power and Water, the Queensland Government, the University of Western Australia, the University of Queensland, Advanced Water Management Centre, Aquatec Maxon Group and Urban Utilities. The Federal Government, through Cooperative Research Centre funding, is contributing $1.4 million towards the $5.1...

POWER AND WATER CORPORATION Business

INNOVATION AND KNOW-HOW

Acutely focused on making a difference to the lives and livelihoods of all Territorians, the need to adapt and develop engineering and scientific solutions is ever present; with almost every application of standard water management technology requiring a degree of specialist tailoring to operate effectively in the Territory context. Chief...

HUMPTY DOO BARRAMUNDI Business

WORKING AT BARRA FARM A GREAT JOY

The aquaculture technician is one of 129 people on the team at Humpty Doo Barramundi. Jakab is studying for a Certificate III in Aquaculture through Charles Darwin University. “This job is great,” he says. “I like being outdoors, being hands-on, getting dirty.” Jakab, who was born in New South Wales but did most of his schooling...

CLOUDSTREET Business

NT’s PREMIER IT TRAINER

“Our partnership with Microsoft has grown considerably over the last year,” says Peter O’Gorman, one of Cloudstreet’s Lead Microsoft Certified Trainers.   “Our training covers all their products and cloud services, meaning we can help with Azure, Power BI, Office 365, Powerapps — and the applications everyone knows and loves:...

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERISITY Business

PARTNERSHIP TAKES OFF

While the corporation provides engineering students with opportunities to gain practical industry experience while they study, CDU ensures Power and Water has a steady pipeline of fresh talent by providing engineering graduates. Students have the opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge to real-world projects and challenges –...

INDIGENOUS ROAD SAFETY ACADEMY Business

THE TIPPING POINT

He did it to digitise the road rule book through two hours of animation in eight Indigenous languages, English and five foreign languages. DriveAbout has worldwide application and is scaling nationally. Its pivot focuses on government and corporate Australia reducing their horrific stats around employee road safety by using digital...

GAMBER ACTION PROGRAM Business

STOPPING THE SPREAD

And here in the Northern Territory, they can also have a devastating impact on our environment and way of life. Aquatic weeds threaten wetland ecosystems and can reduce our availability of fresh drinking water. And of course, there’s gamba grass, which fuels dangerous bushfires that put the lives of Territorians at risk, as well as...