Power and Water Indigenous Affairs

THAT’S MY WATER!

The terrain, widespread and diverse customer base, and water source challenges are compounded by the fact Territorians are Australia’s heaviest water users – 57 percent goes on gardens and 12 percent is lost through leaks. Manager Water Demand Jethro Laidlaw believes the heavy use is often due to a perception among some people that water...

GreenGlass Consulting Business

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

His Alice Springs-based company, GreenGlass Consulting, has trained dozens of Indigenous men and women since being founded in 2009. About 30 Aboriginal men and women have gained employment with the Yapa Crew at Newmont’s The Granites mine in the Tanami and about a dozen of them have successfully gained fulltime jobs with the mine. “Getting...

Yilli Rreung Business

A HOME FOR ALL

She accepts that access to good health care and educational opportunities are also crucially important but says: “Everything else relies on a safe, secure place to live.” Leeanne, a Kalkadoon woman who grew up in Darwin, is Chief Executive of Yilli Rreung Housing Aboriginal Corporation, which manages 200 properties scattered across a vast...

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...

Jabiru Indigenous Affairs

THE TOWN IN THE PARK

Jabiru, which is 250 kilometres east of Darwin and sits in the heart of Kakadu National Park, was founded in 1982 to service the nearby Ranger uranium mine. The mine will cease production in 2021, although rehabilitation of the land by Energy Resources of Australia will continue for several years. A historic Memorandum of Understanding...

Jawoyn Association Indigenous Affairs

JAWOYN CELEBRATE TRIUMPHANT YEAR

They were still celebrating the 30th anniversary of the handback of Nitmiluk Gorge and the setting up of a civil construction company when they almost swept the board at the Brolga Awards. The Jawoyn Association and its tourism arm, Nitmiluk Tours, won an extraordinary six trophies. The association, which is the joint management partner of...

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...

WTD Constructions Business

SPECIALISTS IN REMOTE WORK

His company, WTD Constructions, works exclusively in the bush, across building and refurbishing remote community housing but also on remote commercial projects. That has given WTD a great insight into some of the challenges facing Aboriginal Territorians. Peter and his team are always willing to give keen workers a chance. “Working in...

Anindilyakwa Land Council Business

SAFEGUARDING THE FUTURE

The people living on Groote Eylandt, the crab-shaped island off the Northern Territory’s east coast, have been using manganese as the jet black background for rock art for thousands of years. Now they plan to make it work for them in a more dramatic way – to help safeguard their future. The Anindilyakwa Land Council, through its Royalty...

Tiwi Partners (Aust) Pty Ltd Business

PARTNERSHIP TAKES OFF

A new company called Tiwi Partners (Aust) Pty Ltd has been formed. It’s a milestone in the agreement between the Territory born-and-bred company and the Tiwi – represented by the Tiwi Land Council and the Tiwi Island Regional Council. Indigenous organisations and private business recognise the cementing of the partnership as being of...

Territory Pioneer Indigenous Affairs

MARION SCRYMGOUR

But the likeable, no-nonsense Aboriginal Territorian didn’t see it that way. She enjoys fixing things, creating order out of chaos, developing good governance, getting people to do what they are paid to do. Marion was called in three years ago to fix the Tiwi Islands Regional Council, which was at war with the Tiwi Land Council. Nobody...

Ingkerreke Commercial Business

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

The construction contractor, project manager and steel fabricator has a simple but powerful motto: Together we are stronger. “This isn’t just about getting someone a job, although that’s how it starts,” says chief executive Callum Mathison. “It goes far beyond that. The people working for us have a big, positive effect on their...