Business

A VIEW TO SUCCESS

Since starting work in 2014, Origin has drilled seven wells in a nine-well exploration program, with two more planned in 2022.  “It’s been busy year that has seen us further our understanding of the basin from activity at three well sites,” says Origin’s General Manager for Beetaloo and Growth Assets, Chris White. Origin’s...

Master Builders Business

SHIFTING HEARTS AND MINDS

That was my challenge to a number of local business owners recently. A question designed to test them out on how attractive investing is in our part of the world. And most answered with an interesting twist. Paraphrasing, they said: “My heart says the Territory, but my head probably says south-east Queensland, Sydney or Melbourne.” Each...

McArthur River Mine Business

MRM MILESTONE

More than 100,000 were planted in 2021 alone. The total tubestock planted since rehabilitation began 13 years ago is now more than 750,000. MRM health, safety, environment and community manager Adam Hatfield says there is a strong “local flavour” to the tree-planting program – the on-site rehabilitation team is made up solely of...

Casuarina Square Business

ALL ROADS LEAD TO CASUARINA SQUARE

It’s been a community hub – a place to catch up with friends and family – for decades. Casuarina Square will be celebrating its 50th birthday in May 2023. Long-term Darwinites have watched Cas, as it is affectionately known, grow to become not only the largest shopping centre in the Northern Territory but to become a national-standard...

Darwin Innovation Hub Business

IS YOUR COMPANY INVESTMENT READY?

But pre-revenue does not necessarily mean the company isn’t investible. For investors, a strong indicator that a start-up is worth investing in is a company that presents itself as investment ready even when they are pre-revenue. In its simplest form, “investment ready” means that the entrepreneur has a clearly articulated business plan,...

Business

PUBLISHER’S LETTER

Like most businesses in the Territory, I had to manage a lot of uncertainty over the previous 12 months and with borders opening, we are coming out the other side with purpose and determination. I’m heading off to get my booster knowing that this is the new norm, but it’s a small price if I get back to business and travel interstate to see...

Business

Emil Tastula A Territory innovator

Emil Tastula, a big-thinking entrepreneur who began doing work experience on cattle stations when he was still in primary school, has just joined the illustrious list. Following New Zealand’s 2010 Pike River disaster, when 29 coal miners were killed in an underground methane gas explosion, he questioned why a mine’s control room could not...

Hospitality NT Business

GOLD PLATES SHINE

The 2021 Gold Plate Awards were a celebration of the NT’s hospitality industry’s strength, diversity and resilience all to a tropical backdrop with uninterrupted sunset views – it was amazing. The menu was a South-east Asian feast designed and created by three well-known Darwin chefs, Jimmy Shu from Hanuman Darwin, Madusha Olupathage...

Business

CHINA BECKONS

It’s a sign of respect. Remember that undoing the top button of your shirt, even on a hot day, is considered impolite by older Chinese, although rolling up your t-shirt to expose your midriff is commonplace. And in China’s classless society class is everything, so make sure you find out who’s who in the pecking order. These are...

Master Builders Business

TIME TO SPEND BIG ON NEW-AGE TECH

That became obvious to me in 2018. At the time we were standing in a giant exhibition hall staring at a small stud wall, forming part of a reasonably sized expo booth. I could see the yellow pine timber frame just fine. But even better I could also see what needed to be built but had not yet been installed – electrical conduits and fittings,...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – DECLAN MILLER INTERVIEW

How did the idea for your business come about? In 2017, as a year 8 student, I created a storyboard about time/space travel to the inland sea after attending a local sacred site tour with Arrernte Elders and geologists. I showed this to my teacher at school, Ms. Cowan. This started a chain reaction – suddenly many artists began working on my...

Business

OCTOBER BUSINESS MONTH – KYLE PEARSON INTERVIEW

How did the idea for your business come about? I had spent a lot of time working for a major brewery and had always wondered why Alice Springs didn’t have its own. I had taken on an interest in home brewing as soon as I was old enough to drink beer and had a good understanding of what would be required to make the idea a reality. I have also...