CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY Education

CDU guides tourism recovery

The university is to run two pilot five-week vocational training courses to train tour guides in Central Australia. And thanks to a grant from the Northern Territory Government through the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade, the course fees are heavily subsidised for eligible students and limited relocation assistance will also be made...

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY Education

YOUR OPENING TO UNIVERSITY LIFE

This free event is a one-stop shop for Territorians to explore higher education and vocational training study options for themselves or their staff. The university has this year moved Open Day from its campus at Casuarina to CDU Stadium, which is inside the netball complex at Marrara Sporting Complex in Darwin. “We wanted to take Open...

CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY Education

CDU’s TOP TRAINING FOR THE TERRITORY

CDU has so far delivered training to several Territory businesses and communities. The free training has helped to upskill employees in childcare, hospitals, disability and community services, migration support, charity organisations and more. The program is funded by the Federal Government, which chose CDU as the Northern Territory’s...

SOUTH32 Education

Bush Medicine

A team of Warningakalina women founded Bush Medijina on Groote Eylandt four years ago to make skincare products using traditional recipes passed down by grannies, mothers and aunties over hundreds of generations. The business is so successful that the team has outgrown their humble shipping container workshop – affectionately known as The...

SOUTH32 Education

POLLY PARTNERS

The Polly Farmer Foundation has worked with the resources company on Groote Eylandt for five years. Foundation general manager of operations Brad Goodlet says the partnership is helping about 220 school students. “Our relationship with South32 is fantastic,” he says. “Their support is substantial – we wouldn’t be able to operate...

Farmworld NT Business

WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL

Farmworld does a lot more than sell world-class agricultural machinery and equipment. It has also built up a reputation for superb after-sales service. The company’s motto is: We service what we sell. Director David “Sando” Sanderson says: “We don’t just sell to customers and forget about it, expecting them to go elsewhere for...

Hardy Landscaping Business

CREATIVE EDGE IN PLAYSPACES

Gone are the days of the basic hot metal slides, swings and dull playground equipment. Today’s playspaces are unique, fun, functional, energetic learning environments with custom-made, colourful pieces that add excitement to outdoor activities. Playspaces introduce innovation, inspiration and excitement to any child’s playtime. Hardy...

Sprout - Cover Page Business

CARLEY SCOTT REACHING FOR THE STARS

So, it’s appropriate that the future of Australia’s space industry lies on Aboriginal land. And it’s doubly appropriate that a dynamic woman who spent several happy years living and working in Nhulunbuy should be heading one of the most exciting ventures in the country. Carley Scott is chief executive officer of Equatorial Launch...

Haileybury School Education

A PRINCIPAL WITH PURPOSE

Newly-appointed principal Andrew McGregor has nestled in at Darwin’s Haileybury Rendall School with a magnificent target – to become the best school in Northern Australia. “We want to be a great internationally recognised school,” he says. “But to be great, you have to do great things.” And the mathematician knows that starts...

Batchelor Institute Business

LEARNING LANGUAGE

Linguists estimate that 120 Aboriginal languages have “fallen asleep” and are no longer spoken since Europeans arrived in Australia. Many others that are still spoken are critically endangered. A group of Indigenous Territorians is determined that Pertame Southern Arrernte – a Centralian language spoken fluently by only 10-20 people,...

ISOLATED CHILDREN'S PARENTS ASSOCIATION Business

ICPA: FAIR EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN

Despite the daunting challenges of expense and the tyranny of distance, geographically isolated families commit to the lion’s share of responsibility to educate their children. ICPA advocates for equity in education for students who live in rural and remote Australia, including for mobile early learning resources and for help for parents...

ANINDILYAKWA LAND AND SEA RANGERS Business

MEET EDNA, THE DOG TOADS LOVE TO HATE

The five-year-old golden Labrador has been trained to sniff out the odour of one of the world’s worst invasive species. Cane toads were first introduced into Australia from Central America in 1935, and since then and have marched across northern Australia, resulting in huge declines in native wildlife. The toads have glands on their backs...