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EVENT FATIGUE IS REAL

I get it. Any other time of the year it’s too hot, too humid and too wet in the Top End. And it’s too hot with too many flies in Central Australia. Which makes sense if you’re holding a music festival or a gala ball under the stars. But the weather has nothing to do with an indoor business event, industry awards night or educational...

Business

ROBOTIC HARVESTER SNAPPED UP IN CROC PITCH CHALLENGE

Agricultural Robotics inspired the judges to be part of reshaping an industry and easing the labour challenge. The two runner ups were also from the agriculture sector their prizes supported by the Northern Territory Government’s Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. Now in its 5th year, Croc Pitch is Northern Australia’s premier...

Business

THE TERRITORY GOES ON SHOW

The highly successful event will be held in Parliament House, Canberra, on 2 August.  It is expected to be attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, Cabinet Ministers and business leaders.  The inaugural Facing North was held in September 2017 – and it was such a success that it was staged...

Business

INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND VISION

Thinking creatively and exploiting natural advantages are helping diversify the economy and open the way for the Top End to become a world-class hub of renewable energy and green manufacturing.  What was once considered the Territory’s greatest disadvantage – geography – is now seen as one of its greatest assets as the burgeoning...

Business

INTRODUCING DIH GENERAL MANAGER: PATRICK CHAN

Thank you to the EP team, led by Emma Nesbitt, who have worked hard to provide small businesses access to the program and provided invaluable support and advice. Additionally, we wish to thank Emma for her diligent work in ensuring the smooth operation of the program. Throughout the program, we have developed valuable relationships and we...

Innovation

DIH AND PIF: INVESTING IN THE TERRITORY’S INNOVATION FUTURE

It has always been known that Territorians are innovative – how can it be otherwise when you live in a jurisdiction nearly six times the size of Britain but with a population of only 245,000?  But what was needed was an effective way of mining that creativity and making the enormous economic potential known to the world.  Darwin...

Innovation

WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR IN DEALS?

This April 2023 Territory Q features two companies our Paspalis Innovation Investment Fund invested in, Liandra Swim and Atomionics. The two companies demonstrate the types of attributes we seek in deals and illustrate how venture capital can create jobs and economic value in the Northern Territory.  Liandra Gaykamangu’s Liandra Swim is...

Innovation

JOBS FUND BACKS ENTREPRENEURS

Darwin-based Life H2O Australia has received a $2.5 million co-investment through the fund, which will see the business expand its workforce and relocate to a larger premises in Winnellie. Life H2O Australia develops unique portable water purification and desalination systems, which will be useful to remote communities, emergency and disaster...

Business

WHY WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN TOURISM NOW

At a Federal level, there are limited support programs and grants available to the tourism industry, with tourism not identified as an industry growth centre, despite contributing $152 billion to the economy, supporting more than 300,000 businesses and employing more than 660,000 Australians. Business advisory services, public funding and...

Innovation

MAKING OUR CLEVER IDEAS BEAR FRUIT

A national agency is offering the Northern Territory’s oftenhidden army of innovative manufacturers the kind of help that could be the difference between a clever idea going nowhere or a clever idea going to market. The Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC), in conjunction with the Northern Territory Government, has already notched up...

HOSPITALITY NT Innovation

EXCELLENCE REWARDED

EXCELLENCE REWARDED  Nearly 500 people involved in the NT’s hospitality industry gathered at Darwin’s Mindil Beach Casino Resort lawns for the prestigious Hospitality NT Aristocrat Technologies Awards for Excellence.  There were six individuals recognised for outstanding achievements in the industry, many going above and...

Frontier Marine Services Innovation

FRONTIER MARINE’S BRAVE NEW WORLD

Passionate, Resourceful, Reliable – Frontier Marine Services are a dedicated, highly specialised, marine electrical contracting company.  FMS services the marine sector across recreation, commercial and Defence markets, specialising in all aspects of supply, installation, maintenance and urgent defect rectification of marine electrical...