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AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS INFRASTRUCTURE 

For decades, governments have understood that roads, ports, power stations and telecommunications networks drive economic growth.  But housing was not seen as part of that productivity picture. Today our economy’s growth is being impacted by insufficient housing. The Northern Territory has workforce shortages across health, education,...

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POWERING THE FUTURE 

In May, Energy Club NT hosted a vital discussion centred on one of our most significant regional opportunities: the path to a low-emissions future in the Beetaloo Basin.  The conversation made it clear that the Beetaloo is not merely a resource development project – it is a strategic national asset. As the world shifts toward cleaner energy...

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NO HOMES, NO WORKERS 

It might be the nurse offered a job in Katherine who cannot find a rental. The teacher weighing up a move to Alice Springs but unsure where their family will live. The apprentice in Darwin who wants to stay, but cannot see a pathway into their first home. Or the older Territorian who would happily rightsize if the right home existed close to...

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CONFIDENCE GROWS 

In Darwin, the momentum in sales and rentals continues, underpinned by strong demand, limited supply and improving investor confidence.  The Darwin market is being closely watched by commentators as the story of growth in recent months is reflected in the data.  In Katherine, activity remains steady across residential, investment...

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A PEOPLE STORY

They see it on a plate, in a butcher’s window, at a barbecue or on a family table at the end of a long day.  But in the Northern Territory, beef begins a long way from the plate.  It begins before sunrise, when the air is still crisp and the yards are starting to stir. It begins with dust on boots, helicopters overhead, kids...

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BEEF REPORT

Key points:  Vietnam seeks emergency approval to import SAT-1 FMD vaccines as cross-border disease risk rises.  Indonesian meat processors continue to lobby for their 2026 private beef quota to be restored from 30,000 to 180,000 tonnes.  Sea freight stays under pressure, with Singapore bunker fuel at USD 850/mt still nearly...

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JOHN BOFFA

John Boffa has dedicated his life to helping those who find it hard to help themselves.  He has spent more than 40 years in the medical field and has become a leading advocate for reforming Aboriginal healthcare in the Northern Territory.  The once-aspiring Jesuit priest had a profound sense of altruism instilled in him as a young...

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HOSPITALITY NT’S NIGHT OF NIGHTS

On Tuesday 26 May, the who's who of the Territory hospitality scene descended on the Darwin Ski Club last night for Hospitality NT's 2026 Awards for Excellence. With close to 500 industry movers, shakers, venue owners, chefs, bartenders, marketers and hospitality legends gathered under the stars, it was a night that proved one thing: nobody...

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CHIPS MACKINOLTY

I first met Chips Mackinolty in the mid-1970s when I was bumming around Sydney with my brother-in-law’s band and Chips was working with a rag-tag artists’ collective called Earthworks Posters in a set of tin sheds on the fringes of the Sydney University campus. Chips would later say the Tin Sheds were “a place where a number of us lived...

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CHINA’S BAMBOO BUSINESS WORLD 

Except it wasn’t.  For the first three or four years the bamboo struggled to get above knee height. Then suddenly bamboo lived up to its reputation and burst forth with rapid growth. It turned out that bamboo grows fast, but not immediately.  It is a growth story that is in many ways similar to that experienced by business when they...

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THE SEPTEMBER NT SEAFOOD MONTH

CALLING ON TERRITORY RESTAURANTS, CHEFS, FISHERS AND PRODUCERS TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THE INCREDIBLE SEAFOOD HARVESTED FROM NORTHERN TERRITORY WATERS.  FROM RESTURANT DINING AND EXCLUSIVE CHEF COLLABORATIONS TO MONTHLY SEAFOOD SPECIALS, COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS, PRODUCER EXPERIENCES AND CULINARY EVENTS, TERRITORY TASTE SEAFOOD MONTH IS...

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Publisher’s Letter

This edition has been personally designed by me. Not because I don't have a team of people who do great work but because I've adopted the role of "special projects" and this magazine, 14 years in the making, is special.  This is a bumper edition with resources, tourism, 50 years of land rights, and plenty of new starters, including little...