DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY, TOURISM AND TRADE Business

SUPPORTING TERRITORY BUSINESSES

Our small businesses are a key pillar of the Northern Territory economy, and many have been significantly impacted due the shut down and restrictions during COVID-19. The initiatives are designed to assist Territory businesses recover, rebuild and adapt to new market conditions. The programs will be delivered by the Department of Industry,...

Department of Industry, tourism and trade Business

REBUILDING THE NT ECONOMY

“There has never been a more important time to achieve economic growth,” says Department Chief Executive Shaun Drabsch. He says growing the economy from today’s $26 billion to $40 billion would create 35,000 new jobs and drive the population above 300,000. “And it will mean a strong economy that supports a safe and healthy...

Business

BUILDING A GOOD REPUTATION

Brendan Cunningham, Managing Director of BTC Constructions is a big man of very few words. “I prefer to let BTC’s outstanding work and our clients’ words speak for itself.” And they’ve built an enviable reputation in their six short years in Darwin. BTC Constructions are renowned for their understanding of the effects that the...

NT LAND CORPORATION Business

GROWING OUR FUTURE

The highly prospective agricultural land is spread across the Territory. Economic flow-on from the releases is expected to create more than 150 new jobs and regional training opportunities. It will also increase the Territory’s capacity to lead in new agricultural innovation, technology, infrastructure and environmental stewardship. With...

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND LOGISTIC Business

OPENING UP THE OUTBACK

The remote road project achieved a notable quinella – it supported 111 direct jobs, including 26 Indigenous workers, and improved access for communities and business, including a major new agricultural development. The Keep River Plains Road delivers more than 27.7 kilometres of sealed road, from the Western Australia-Northern Territory...

Clouston Associates Business

LANDSCAPE AS A CANVAS

It is the broad skill set of landscape architects – integrating design vision, scientific and technical rigour – that, if introduced early, helps expand the potential for Territory projects and community outcomes. But it is practical competence and local experience in delivering those projects that make the landscape architect’s...

SANTOS Business

SANTOS SET TO LOCK IN DARWIN LNG FUTURE

The tolling arrangements and secured offtake were critical commercial milestones on the path to the Barossa project taking financial investment decision in the first half of next year as backfill for the Darwin LNG plant when Bayu-Undan ceases production. The long-term, binding supply and purchase agreement with a Japanese company for the...

DARWIN INNOVATION HUB Business

SINGAPORE AND NORTHERN TERRITORY PARTNER THROUGH MOU TO ACCELARATE SPACE TECH

The Territory is shooting for the stars as the NT Government and the Darwin Innovation Hub sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cap Vista Pte Ltd, the strategic investment arm of the Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency, and Singapore Space & Technology Ltd (SSTL) on 19 November 2020. The MoU will enable the NT...

HARDY LANDSCAPING Business

INNOVATIVE, STIMULATING PLAYSCAPES

A local family operation, Hardy Landscaping has been looking after Territorians and their landscaping, irrigation and playground needs for 10 years. It’s their refreshing approach to residential and commercial projects that’s earned them an enviable, personable and knowledgeable reputation. Having exclusive partnerships with eight of the...

Anindilyakwa Land Council Business

BRAVE NEW WORLD

Senior Traditional Owner Tony Wurramarrba, chair of the Anindilyakwa Land Council, says: “This is our sovereign land. “Local decision-making is just the start of the journey to full, formally recognised and legally binding self-governance.” The land council has set up a Community Justice Group to develop an alternative to prison. The...

Anindilyakwa Land Council Business

MINE NEARLY READY TO GO

Tony Wurramarrba, chair of the Anindilyakwa Land Council, says islanders are excited by the prospect of operating a mine. “People realise that it’s a great opportunity for us,” he says. The land council has formed a new company, Anindilyakwa Advancement Aboriginal Corporation, which is registered as Winchelsea Mining. A joint venture...

NT Cattle Map Business

PROVIDING CERTAINTY AND PROTECTION

The NT is made up of three dominant types of land tenure, excluding Commonwealth lease – Aboriginal freehold land, pastoral land and freehold titled land. The Aboriginal estate is about 50 percent of the Territory’s land mass while the pastoral estate makes up 49 per cent or 700,000 square kilometre. Freehold land accounts for around 1 per...