Department of Trade Business and Innovation Business

BUILDING THE TERABIT TERRITORY

It is seen as a once-in-a-generation infrastructure upgrade that will bring new investment, new industries and new jobs to the Territory. The aim is to turn the Stuart Highway into an information super-highway and turn the NT into a knowledge industry hub for the whole region. The Territory Government’s Local Jobs Fund will invest $7.9 million...

Core Lithium Business

CHANCE TO BE A LITHIUM HUB

Lithium mined just south of Darwin could one day be powering hundreds of thousands of electric cars. “It’s an opportunity for the Territory to take part in a once-in-a-generation disruptive technology,” says Core Lithium managing director Stephen Biggins. “It’s an industry and environmental change that will continue for...

NT Airports Business

PERFECT PARKING

The town has the right weather – an average humidity of only 25 percent, which protects the planes from corrosion, and major repair and overhaul costs, particularly on engines. Infrastructure at Alice Springs Airport is excellent, with a 2.5-kilometre runway, a one million litre fuel farm, no curfew and a dedicated storage facility. There is...

TQ COVID-19 BUSINESS SUPPORT Business

ECONOMIC RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS

While the full economic effects from the virus remain uncertain, the global and domestic outlook has deteriorated since the Government’s initial Economic Response announced on 12 March 2020. The spread of the virus worldwide has broadened and is expected to be more prolonged. Governments, both international and domestic, have announced stricter...

China Essay Business

MORE THAN WINE AND MEAT MATE

With a focus on the short-term daily headlines, it’s easy to forget the need for better understanding of the long-term business and trade consequences for the Northern Territory. The depth of disruption is greater than a decline in tourism, both domestic and international, would suggest. How we effectively rebuild depends on how well we...

COVID-19 Business Support Business

COVID-19 NT BUSINESS SUPPORT

Following is some information for Territory Businesses and check chambernt.com.au web site for regular updates.  Practicing good hygiene and keeping a healthy physical distance between individuals is our most powerful weapon in fighting this virus and saving lives. SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES The expert health advice says gathering outdoors...

NT Cattleman's Association Business

TIME TO RESOLVE LAND ACCESS

Adding to the complexity was the different land tenures and legislation that everyone operated under. For pastoralists there was a distinct imbalance in their rights and ability to protect themselves, specifically when it came to resource development. But all of this is about to change and the power imbalance that has been a major problem has...

Herd That Business

LIFE BLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY

Negotiating closed borders, live export boats and looking after three tiers of Territory business is top priority for the NT Cattlemen’s Association in the face of Territory and national shutdowns due to Covid-19. It is also timely that an initiative called HERDTHAT was recently launched and Territorians from Central Australia to the Top End...

Live Cattle Export Business

CARING FOR CATTLE

A Digital Partnership Program Grant from the NT Government is allowing the Northern Territory Livestock Exporters Association to trial a biometric ear tag. The tag, which will be fitted to every animal onboard a ship, will measure individual animal health indicators remotely. It will then transmit an algorithm, saying whether the animal is...

Paspalis Business

SPACE CENTRE ON THE HORIZON FOR EAST ARNHEM LAND

This investment will be key to getting the project off the ground and creating long-term jobs in the Nhulunbuy, Yirrkala and Gunyangara communities. PIIF’s investment will enable Equatorial Launch Australia to undertake planning for NASA’s launches from the site in 2020. “The Arnhem Space Centre is a sign of things to come for the future...

Country Solar NT Business

SAVING WITH SOLAR

The new joint venture plans to offer more services – particularly environmentally-friendly battery power storage systems – and is even looking at opening up interstate. Country Solar is now leading the renewables revolution – other Territory solar installation and maintenance companies have long looked up to the Darwin-based business as...

Turbocharging Tourism Business

TOURISM TAKES OFF

They say it has contributed to increased numbers of holiday visitors and encouraged businesses to invest. “It’s a great initiative for our tourism industry and has given tour operators the tools to grow their businesses,” says Penny Eckel, Manager of Crocosaurus Cove, a major tourist attraction in the heart of Darwin. We’re now seeing...