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...

National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre Business

PRINCE’S VISIT PAYS DIVIDENDS

Prince Charles visited Barbados in March 2019 and linked the NCCTRC with the team in the Carribean. Disaster preparedness across the Commonwealth continues to be strengthened with the Barbados Defence Force recently classified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as an Emergency Medical Team Type 1. The NCCTRC took part both as a verifier...

Sunbuild Business

SUNBUILD CELEBRATES

A head-spinning amount has happened since Neil Sunners surprised partner Jim Eadie just before Christmas in 1994 by saying: “Let’s go into business together.” The firm has since completed 270 projects – ranging in value from $1 million to $88 million – and won 23 major Master Builders awards. It has earned an enviable reputation for...

Paspalis Business

SPACETECH FIRM ALIENA SECURES $1.5M, INKS PARTNERSHIP WITH DIH

Co-investment partners, Paspalis - which operates the first and only venture capital fund in the Northern Territory, Cap Vista - the strategic investment arm of Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), a statutory board of the Singapore Ministry of Defence and 500 start-ups - a leading venture capital investor based in the United States,...

Shorelands Business

KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY

He soon found himself working there every school holiday. Veteran mechanic Glen Freeth helped trained the boy until he was a qualified heavy diesel mechanic – and then retired. Jack is now 25 and the crane supervisor at the Darwin-based Shorelands Group of companies. Arthur loves Darwin but thought his son needed to work elsewhere for...

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...