City of Darwin Business

MAKING DARWIN A GREEN CITY

Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis and the 12 aldermen are determined to create a cool, green city with sustainable infrastructure. The City of Darwin is aiming for zero emissions by 2030. “We need to take action to immediately reduce emissions, find ways to capture carbon from the atmosphere and look for ways to adapt to the unprecedented changes...

Geoff Morton Business

MORTO SOARS WITH HIS OWN WINGS

He was hired to fix an aircraft engine in Katherine. After finishing the job, he didn’t have enough money to put fuel in his ute to drive the 200 kilometres hometo Batchelor. “So I had to ask the customer to pay the invoice immediately. It was very embarrassing, but that was the only way I could afford to get back.” Today, Morto is...

Regional Asset Maintenance Services Business

LOCAL COLLABORATION THE KEY TO SUCCESS

One business that has been instrumental in the legacy and day-to-day running of Darwin LNG is Regional Asset Maintenance (RAM) Services. RAM Services is an NT family owned Darwin-based company focused on the maintenance requirements of companies owning and operating large assets in Northern Australia. RAM Services carry out the building and...

Inpex Business

INPEX SCORES A CENTURY

It was a remarkable milestone achieved in just over a year. The achievements of the multi-billion-dollar project go beyond that first century of cargoes. When LPG and condensate from Darwin and the Ichthys gas field off the Western Australia coast are added, more than 180 shipments have safely departed for overseas customers. General...

Anindilyakwa Land Council Business

GROOTE BUILDS BETTER FUTURE

They have drawn up detailed plans to develop a lucrative aquaculture industry, open a manganese mine, build a boarding school and start a correctional culture-cum-boot camp. The 14 clans represented by Anindilyakwa Land Council are also working towards taking control of housing, township land and health services. And the Traditional Owners are...

Defence NT Business

WINNING DEFENCE CONTRACTS

Marine Blue, which is part of the Bilba Group, owner of three cattle stations on the Barkly Tablelands, makes polythene piping to carry water to drinking troughs – but the hard-wearing pipes can just as easily be used by the military. DefenceNT, which is part of the Northern Territory Department of Trade, Business and Innovation, helped the...

BIG4 MacDonnell Range Business

GOLDEN STANDARD

He puts his extraordinary success over the past 35 years down to working hard to make the most important people happy – his customers. Brendan and his family own and operate the BIG4 MacDonnell Range Holiday Park in Alice Springs. The park, which is in a beautiful spot below the ranges and only a short drive from the airport and town...

TQ Essay Business

DRIVING CHINA’S DIGITAL HIGHWAY

Facial recognition is now enabled for China bank accounts and ATMs have been upgraded. This service follows on the Alipay Smile to Pay campaign that was  launched two years ago. Its adoption by Chinese banks underpins just how advanced, secure and reliable facial recognition technology has become in China. It’s just one waypoint on...

Darwin Motor Group Business

DMG BRINGS BUSINESS HOME

The couple are strong supporters of hiring, buying and investing local whenever possible. Kevin is the Dealer Principal and Cathryn is the Human Resource Manager. Both have been at the helm of Darwin Motor Group (DMG) for the past four years. DMG is a privately-owned automotive group, which now has five locations in Darwin. It forms part of...

Cruise Ship Industry Business

CRUISING TO PROSPERITY

Darwin enjoys year-round cruise activity, with larger ships visiting in the main cruise season from October-March and a number of small, luxury expedition cruise ships using the city as a home-base to explore the remote Northern Australian coastline from April-September. A total of 76 cruise ships and smaller ships carrying more than 64,000...

NT Youth Business Awards Business

BUSINESS BRAINS

Darwin High School won the overall trophy for the “quality and breadth” of its competition entries. Nathan Lee, Year 12 student at Darwin High, won Category 1 – presenting a pitch and business model to potential investors – with his proposal for Northern Online Retail, which would provide website services to small businesses that...

Pacific Labour Scheme Business

A SOLUTION TO NT’S LABOUR ISSUE

The Darwin-owned business, which offers groundskeeping, landscaping, cleaning, building maintenance and remote area services across the NT, earlier this year signed up to the Australian Government’s Pacific Labour Scheme (PLS) to address the staff challenges. Under the PLS, eligible employers can recruit workers from nine Pacific islands and...