SITZLER Business

SITZLER SHOWS NT CAN DO THE JOB

The company is involved in a string of multimillion-dollar projects in the Territory and interstate. Many are contracts with the Department of Defence, which plans to spend $12 billion in Northern Australia in the next decade. Sitzler uses NT sub-contractors and buys supplies in the Territory whenever possible. It has even taken subbies...

INPEX Business

LARRAKIA AND INPEX FORGE SOLID PARTNERSHIP

Global energy company INPEX and the Traditional Owners of Darwin have forged a unique partnership. A landmark agreement between the Ichthys LNG Joint Venture and the Larrakia people has resulted in a $24 million commitment over the next 40 years. INPEX’s Reconciliation Action Plan journey has been going for many years with its second Stretch...

INPEX Business

STUNNING SERPENT

Larrakia artists Shaun and Trent Lee created a stunning art installation for Darwin Festival Sunset Stage as part of INPEX’s support. Spray paint was used to create a collaborative piece of fusion art, merging traditional Aboriginal design with vibrant modern colours. Both artists have previous connections with the INPEX-operated Ichthys...

McMahon Services Business

MCMAHON SERVICES NT: STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY

The company and its Indigenous owned partner Intract are knocking down the Chan Building, which has been used for everything from public service HQ to parliament since it was built in the 1960s. The Chan Building, at first called simply Block 8 but later named after late Legislative Assembly President and Darwin Lord Mayor Harry Chan...

Anindilyakwa Aboriginal Art Centre Business

MAICES MONSTER FISH

Their painting, carving, basket weaving and now textiles are recognised by art collectors, dealers and galleries from Parap to Paris. Two accomplished artists, Maicie Lalara and Annabel Amagula, returned from a skills development course in Indonesia full of new ideas. Their textile designs were modelled on the catwalk at a Jakarta fashion...

Resources Week Business

RESOURCES WEEK GOES VIRTUAL

NT Resources Week is usually held at the Darwin Convention Centre. But the coronavirus crisis has forced leading events management company Informa to go online for everyone’s safety. The conference has been expanded by one day to three and will run from November 11-13. It will have two elements – SEAAOC, the South-East Asia and Australia...

Top End Services Business

DELIVERING BUSINESS ADVICE AND MENTORSHIP

“I’d just finished a three-year contract assisting small businesses and was enjoying a couple of months break with my boys when Covid-19 struck,” she says. “Many businesses I’d previously assisted began contacting me.” Joanne was helping them voluntarily when the Territory Government consultants list opened. As a Northern Territory...

IE Projects Business

INDIGENOUS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS

Indigenous-owned IE Project, which was established by Jason Elsegood and Wendy Moulds in 2012, operates privately, with no government funding. They work with employers who want to increase their Indigenous employment workforce, making the process easy by taking care of all recruitment and retention. “We’re Indigenous recruitment and...

Department of the Chief Minister Business

WHEN A LITTLE MEANS A LOT

They have worked harder, thought smarter and come up with innovative ideas to survive the pandemic. One theme has run through it all: if you want the business you appreciate today to be here tomorrow, buy local. A Territory Government campaign – aimed at encouraging Territorians to do everything from eating out a little more often to...

Inpex Business

INPEX SUBBIES THRIVE

The work has enabled the contractors to not only survive but thrive – and employ hundreds of staff, most of them born and bred in the Territory. Many companies have taken on local apprentices on the back of long-term work scopes and, for some, INPEX provides a significant portion of their base work. Gemma Mackett of PCM, a Territory...

Power and Water Corporation Business

ALL POWER TO DJUNA

It has now gone one mighty step further by appointing its first female chief executive officer. Djuna Pollard, one of only a handful of women heading a utility in Australia, is acutely conscious that she is a role model – proof that women can rise to the top even in a male dominated industry. “Traditionally this is quite a blokey...

Department of Trade Business and Innovation Business

REBUILDING THE TERRITORY

A team headed by co-chairs Andrew Liveris and Paul Henderson are hard at work mapping a road to prosperity. Chief Minister Michael Gunner wants their first report on his desk by the end of July. The Territory Government wants to turn the once-in-a-century crisis into a once-in-a-century opportunity for economic recovery, growth and...