Inpex Business

HARD WORK AT INPEX PAYS OFF

So, when the the coronavirus pandemic started a few months ago, the company responded in a calm and well-planned way. The aim of the strategy was twofold: to keep personnel safe while maintaining the safe production and export of gas. INPEX employs about 500 workers at Bladin Point – most of them Territorians but also a few specialists who fly...

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JIMMY SHU – Putting fun into food

Jimmy Shu’s flagship Hanuman in Darwin has been going for 30 years. The likeable bloke who arrived in Australia with just $50 in his pocket as a young man is clearly doing something right. Jimmy, whose recipe for success in the restaurant business is simply “good food, good service and fair price”, has long been respected in the Northern...

The China Essay Business

TRADING BEYOND THE HEADLINES

Some in Australia seem keen to disengage from China, but this disengagement may also mean disengagement from protocols, procedures and evolving cross-border trade transaction processes within the broader Asian region and not just limited to China. These are issues NT export businesses and government need to consider because they impact on our...

The Territory Votes Business

MARK MONAGHAN

Mark Monaghan believes in working hard to nurture the conditions for business owners to create wealth, jobs and training opportunities for Territorians. But he also believes that nobody should be left behind. Mark is the Labor candidate for the inner Darwin seat of Fong Lim in the Territory election. He has empathy with small owners in...

The Territory Votes Issue 28

KYLIE BONANNI

Politics was the furthest thing from Kylie Bonanni’s mind when growing up... But after years of community work and within the family building business, she threw her hat in the Alice Springs Town Council by-election ring in 2013 – and won. It was on the council that she realised her passion and commitment to helping the Territory...

The Territory Votes Business

TOBY GEORGE

Toby George is more than a qualified project manager and contract administrator — he’s passionate about business investment and growing the Northern Territory again, like when he was growing up. He says his roles in the public and private sector and infrastructure projects across the Territory and Kimberley over the past 17 years make him...

The Territory Votes Business

PAUL KIRBY

Paul Kirby believes an experienced, hardworking Labor team will be needed to rebuild the Northern Territory after the coronavirus crisis. The Minister for Primary Industry and Resources says the economy was showing signs of improving when the pandemic struck. “Businesses were telling me that they were expecting the best dry season they had...

NT Votes Feature Issue 28

TRACEY HAYES

Tracey Hayes was the first female chief executive of the Territory’s cattle industry, named one of Australia’s 100 Women of Influence, owned and ran a successful small business and is the mother of four children who are sixth generation Territorians. Now she is running against Chief Minister Michael Gunner in the Darwin seat of Fannie Bay...

The Territory Votes Issue 28

MICHAEL GUNNER

Chief Minister Michael Gunner has barely given a thought to the Northern Territory election in August. And that’s because he has been putting all his energy into a matter of life and death – the coronavirus pandemic. It is widely recognised that his strict regime – closing borders, compulsory quarantine, shutting down business – has...

The Territory Votes Business

NORTHERN TERRITORY ELECTION

While voting in the NT Legislative Assembly general election is compulsory for all Territory residents over 18 years of age, a few things have changed due to Covid-19. To ensure a safe election for all Territorians, the Northern Territory Electoral Commission (NTEC) have a Covid-19 management plan, which includes: • More mobile and early...

Beef Report Issue 28

BEEF REPORT

KEY POINTS  • Live cattle trade volumes in May close to normal pre-virus levels.  • A modest rise in Indonesian demand for fresh beef during Ramadan and Lebaran • African swine fever still creating havoc with protein supplies in the background • Darwin feeder cattle prices are back on the rise  SLAUGHTER STEERS...

NT Cattleman's Association Business

WE’RE FIGHTING FOR YOU

The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association represents pastoralists and an increasing number of associate members, who manage 49 per cent of the Territory’s land mass and keep 10,000 people directly and indirectly employed. We used to say Australia was built on the sheep’s back, but with the Territory it was built on the back of our...