Inpex Business

HARD WORK AT INPEX PAYS OFF

So, when the the coronavirus pandemic started a few months ago, the company responded in a calm and well-planned way. The aim of the strategy was twofold: to keep personnel safe while maintaining the safe production and export of gas. INPEX employs about 500 workers at Bladin Point – most of them Territorians but also a few specialists who fly...

The China Essay Business

TRADING BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Some in Australia seem keen to disengage from China, but this disengagement may also mean disengagement from protocols, procedures and evolving cross-border trade transaction processes within the broader Asian region and not just limited to China. These are issues NT export businesses and government need to consider because they impact on our...

The Territory Votes Business

MARK MONAGHAN

Mark Monaghan believes in working hard to nurture the conditions for business owners to create wealth, jobs and training opportunities for Territorians. But he also believes that nobody should be left behind. Mark is the Labor candidate for the inner Darwin seat of Fong Lim in the Territory election. He has empathy with small owners in...

The Territory Votes Business

TOBY GEORGE

Toby George is more than a qualified project manager and contract administrator — he’s passionate about business investment and growing the Northern Territory again, like when he was growing up. He says his roles in the public and private sector and infrastructure projects across the Territory and Kimberley over the past 17 years make him...

The Territory Votes Business

PAUL KIRBY

Paul Kirby believes an experienced, hardworking Labor team will be needed to rebuild the Northern Territory after the coronavirus crisis. The Minister for Primary Industry and Resources says the economy was showing signs of improving when the pandemic struck. “Businesses were telling me that they were expecting the best dry season they had...

The Territory Votes Business

NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTION

While voting in the NT Legislative Assembly general election is compulsory for all Territory residents over 18 years of age, a few things have changed due to Covid-19. To ensure a safe election for all Territorians, the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) have a Covid-19 management plan, which includes: • More mobile and early...

NT Cattleman's Association Business

WE’RE FIGHTING FOR YOU

The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association represents pastoralists and an increasing number of associate members, who manage 49 per cent of the Territory’s land mass and keep 10,000 people directly and indirectly employed. We used to say Australia was built on the sheep’s back, but with the Territory it was built on the back of our...

NT Cattleman's Association Business

BORN TO THE JOB

She was born in Humpty Doo, went to Taminmin College and loves nothing more than riding in a rodeo. Romy is the executive officer of the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association. Her job at the NTCA’s headquarters in Darwin includes organising executive meetings, branch meetings and the annual conference. The mother-of-three also deals...

THE WARBY FAMILY Business

BLISS IN THE BUSH

The Warby family feels lucky to live on the land. Mum Katherine, Dad Sandy and kids Chloe, Tilly and Zander live on Phillip Creek Station on the Barkly Tableland. “We feel very fortunate to do what we do every day,” says Katherine. “It’s not easy some days, but it is a rewarding and fulfilling lifestyle. “Phillip Creek has been an...

NT Cattleman's Association Business

DONAL TAKES TO THE SKIES

Donal, who has lived on Cave Creek Station, 10 kilometres from Mataranka in Never Never country for 22 years, says being a mustering pilot is a “very dynamic job” “With so many factors at play, it's almost guaranteed there'll be a few surprises. “Aerial mustering does have a reputation for being dangerous, but driving down the Stuart...

Class Action Business

TEARS AMID THE TRIUMPH

Dougal was killed in a helicopter crash near the boundary of his Waterloo Station on the Northern Territory- Western Australia border in 2015. A year earlier, he had joined 300 other cattle station owners in a $600 million class action against the Federal Government’s 2011 live export prohibition. “I can’t explain to you how sad I am that...

School of the Air Business

COMMUNITY OF THE AIR

Ten dedicated teachers have about 100 students spread across an area three times the size of Britain. But there is still a strong feeling that this is a close-knit community – drawn together by being so far apart. “It sounds strange, but we actually feel close to each other,” says principal Kerrie Russell. She loves the job. “It’s a...