ALC Business

GROOTE CONNECTION

Everyone living on the remote Groote archipelago – about 2000 Traditional Owners and an increasing number of businesspeople – will soon be better connected to the world and each other. Two communications projects costing a total of $8.5 million will speed up internet links, improve mobile phone coverage and enable the Anindilyakwa Land...

TRADE BUILDING Business

BUILDING AND SERVICE IN THE BLOOD

Since 1987, the family has developed an unsurpassed reputation for delivering quality and top-notch service. “Customer satisfaction and service is number one for me too,” says Alex Tsirbas, the new owner and manager of Trade Building Supplies in Darwin. Taking over and reopening the doors on 30 November 2020, Alex is focussed on all the...

Anindilyakwa Land Council Business

MINE NEARLY READY TO GO

Tony Wurramarrba, chair of the Anindilyakwa Land Council, says islanders are excited by the prospect of operating a mine. “People realise that it’s a great opportunity for us,” he says. The land council has formed a new company, Anindilyakwa Advancement Aboriginal Corporation, which is registered as Winchelsea Mining. A joint venture...

Clouston Associates Business

LANDSCAPE AS A CANVAS

It is the broad skill set of landscape architects – integrating design vision, scientific and technical rigour – that, if introduced early, helps expand the potential for Territory projects and community outcomes. But it is practical competence and local experience in delivering those projects that make the landscape architect’s...

TERRITORY ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION COMMISSION Business

LET’S ROLL OUT RED CARPET FOR INVESTORS

The co-chairs of the Territory Economic Reconstruction Commission are realistic about the task ahead – a herculean effort to turn round the NT economy in a post-covid world. But they say: “The Territory can do it.” They believe that the NT’s economy can grow significantly through onshore oil and gas, becoming a hub for renewable...

SITZLER Business

SITZLER SHOWS NT CAN DO THE JOB

The company is involved in a string of multimillion-dollar projects in the Territory and interstate. Many are contracts with the Department of Defence, which plans to spend $12 billion in Northern Australia in the next decade. Sitzler uses NT sub-contractors and buys supplies in the Territory whenever possible. It has even taken subbies...

Darwin Port Business

RESPONDING IN THE SAFEST WAY

The absolute priority was to keep the Port’s people and the Territory public safe without causing unnecessary delays to visiting ships. This is particularly relevant to the oil and gas sector where shipping delays can lead to significant operations imposts with corresponding negative financial outcomes. Absolute cooperation supported by...

Scope Building NT Business

SCOPE’S YEARS OF EXCELLENCE

After two decades operating in Central Australia, the milestone coincides with five years since the establishment of its Darwin base. The company has grown at a steady, sustainable pace from a small business with a handful of staff to a respected and innovative design, construct and project management company. Executive Director Matthew...

McMahon Services Business

MCMAHON SERVICES NT: STRENGTH IN DIVERSITY

The company and its Indigenous owned partner Intract are knocking down the Chan Building, which has been used for everything from public service HQ to parliament since it was built in the 1960s. The Chan Building, at first called simply Block 8 but later named after late Legislative Assembly President and Darwin Lord Mayor Harry Chan...

Resources Week Business

RESOURCES WEEK GOES VIRTUAL

NT Resources Week is usually held at the Darwin Convention Centre. But the coronavirus crisis has forced leading events management company Informa to go online for everyone’s safety. The conference has been expanded by one day to three and will run from November 11-13. It will have two elements – SEAAOC, the South-East Asia and Australia...

INDUSTRY CAPABILITY NETWORK NT Business

GATEWAY TO PROSPERITY

Kevin Peters, chief executive of the Industry Capability Network NT, says Territory and Federal government stimulus packages were a “fantastic” help during the coronavirus lockdown. But he says: “There were projects underway before the pandemic – and these are still progressing.” ICN is the key link between companies that are...

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...