SOUTH32 Indigenous Affairs

Helping Hands

The resources company is supporting the MJD Foundation to fund research and manage cases on Groote Eylandt “South32 has always been community minded,” says foundation director of research and education Libby Massey, who was brought up on Groote. “Their help is extremely important to us.” The company has been a major supporter of...

SOUTH32 Education

Bush Medicine

A team of Warningakalina women founded Bush Medijina on Groote Eylandt four years ago to make skincare products using traditional recipes passed down by grannies, mothers and aunties over hundreds of generations. The business is so successful that the team has outgrown their humble shipping container workshop – affectionately known as The...

SOUTH32 Education

POLLY PARTNERS

The Polly Farmer Foundation has worked with the resources company on Groote Eylandt for five years. Foundation general manager of operations Brad Goodlet says the partnership is helping about 220 school students. “Our relationship with South32 is fantastic,” he says. “Their support is substantial – we wouldn’t be able to operate...

CORE LITHIUM Issue 32

FULL SPEED AHEAD

Core Lithium is developing the Finniss Project only 25 kilometres – or one hour’s drive on sealed roads – from Darwin. It’s set to be Australia’s most cost-effective lithium project to date. In fact, while a number of lithium projects in Western Australia have closed in the past couple of years while lithium prices idled, Core...

Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association Business

CASSY TAKES OVER

Environmental scientist Cassy Schmidt is the new NT director of the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association. She sees her Darwin-based role as not just helping form policy but staying tuned to community feeling. “I live here, so I will be around all the time, listening to people, taking note of their concerns and...

Darwin Turf Club Issue 32

A RACE TRACK TO MAKE US PROUD

What was once little more than a country racetrack is now a sophisticated entertainment and events centre. The turf club injects tens of millions of dollars into the Territory economy each year – its turnover is equal to that of some racetracks in major cities with seven times the population of Darwin – and, in many ways, is the Top...

KGL RESOURCES Business

A COPPER-PLATED OPPORTUNITY

The price of copper is strong – like all minerals, it has ups and downs, but the trend is forcefully upwards as the world switches to electric vehicles, which use nearly four times the amount of copper as conventional vehicles. Production of electric vehicles is skyrocketing. There are more than 10 million on the road in the world – with...

Anthony Waller Cover Story

ANTHONY WALLER

The entrepreneur, bookie, lawyer, accountant and former full-time professional punter lives by the motto of his old primary school: Perseverance Conquers. He has other qualities than being a hard worker – intelligence, an innovative spirit and a joy in building a business. But it’s sticking at it, having a never-say-die attitude to...

Publisher's letter Issue 32

PUBLISHER’S LETTER

I hear it all the time but covid has been good to the Territory. We are all holidaying at home and the NT seems to be up there on the bucket list. The Government should be commended for managing the quarantine facility at Howard Springs and again taking the lead by offering vaccinations to anyone over 16 years of age months ahead of other...

Darwin Innovation Hub Business

The DIH bets on digital jobs in the NT gaming sector

The BetTube story highlights how the Northern Territory gaming sector can grow to be an increasingly important sector in the Northern Territory for the attraction, development and application of fintech, artificial intelligence, machine learning, content development and large-scale advanced data analytics.    The Northern...

Darwin Turf Club Issue 32

THE CUP RUNNETH OVER

As the wet season ends and the long dry begins, the facilities staff at the Darwin Turf Club up their game. The gardens and grass, fresh off the back of a huge wet season, need that little bit of extra TLC as the storm clouds are replaced by the cool breezes and clear skies. The humidity drops, and sometimes it’s so chilly in the morning that...

Darwin Turf Club Issue 32

Darwin Turf Club Membership

Darwin Turf Club chief executive Brad Morgan said membership had grown considerably in 2021, with many making the most of it in the lead up to the highly anticipated Great Northern Darwin Cup Carnival. “We are very proud of our membership base, some of whom have been with us for many decades,” he said. “Many of our members are here...