SkyMax Business

DRONE FIRM TAKES OFF

Skymax was selected from a highly competitive list of mainly local competitors to win the tender to provide drones to inspect and survey equipment and infrastructure at the Bladin Point facilities. Max Lye, a 25-year old born-and-bred Territorian, founded the Darwin-based company less than three years ago. He says the contract is a “massive...

DARWIN CITY DEAL Business

GREAT DEAL FOR THE NT

The Australian and Northern Territory governments, together with the City of Darwin, are partnering to support projects that revitalise Darwin’s city centre and the planning and collaboration needed to secure Darwin’s future growth. In the two years since the Darwin City Deal was signed, considerable progress has been made towards...

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...

NT NEWS: TRAINING AWARDS Business

ARMY RESERVISTS CELEBRATE AWARD

The part-time soldiers have worked hard to make a success of the Regional Education and Development Course, a collaboration between the Batchelor Institute and the Defence Force. The course won the Industry Collaboration category at the Australian Training Awards. It qualified for the national contest by winning the same award at the NT...

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...

Anindilyakwa Land Council Business

BRAVE NEW WORLD

Senior Traditional Owner Tony Wurramarrba, chair of the Anindilyakwa Land Council, says: “This is our sovereign land. “Local decision-making is just the start of the journey to full, formally recognised and legally binding self-governance.” The land council has set up a Community Justice Group to develop an alternative to prison. The...

HARDY LANDSCAPING Business

INNOVATIVE, STIMULATING PLAYSCAPES

A local family operation, Hardy Landscaping has been looking after Territorians and their landscaping, irrigation and playground needs for 10 years. It’s their refreshing approach to residential and commercial projects that’s earned them an enviable, personable and knowledgeable reputation. Having exclusive partnerships with eight of the...

DARWIN INNOVATION HUB Business

SINGAPORE AND NORTHERN TERRITORY PARTNER THROUGH MOU TO ACCELARATE SPACE TECH

The Territory is shooting for the stars as the NT Government and the Darwin Innovation Hub sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cap Vista Pte Ltd, the strategic investment arm of the Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency, and Singapore Space & Technology Ltd (SSTL) on 19 November 2020. The MoU will enable the NT...

SANTOS Business

SANTOS SET TO LOCK IN DARWIN LNG FUTURE

The tolling arrangements and secured offtake were critical commercial milestones on the path to the Barossa project taking financial investment decision in the first half of next year as backfill for the Darwin LNG plant when Bayu-Undan ceases production. The long-term, binding supply and purchase agreement with a Japanese company for the...

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...

DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING AND LOGISTIC Business

OPENING UP THE OUTBACK

The remote road project achieved a notable quinella – it supported 111 direct jobs, including 26 Indigenous workers, and improved access for communities and business, including a major new agricultural development. The Keep River Plains Road delivers more than 27.7 kilometres of sealed road, from the Western Australia-Northern Territory...

NT LAND CORPORATION Business

GROWING OUR FUTURE

The highly prospective agricultural land is spread across the Territory. Economic flow-on from the releases is expected to create more than 150 new jobs and regional training opportunities. It will also increase the Territory’s capacity to lead in new agricultural innovation, technology, infrastructure and environmental stewardship. With...