Hospitality NT Business

GOLD PLATES SHINE

The 2021 Gold Plate Awards were a celebration of the NT’s hospitality industry’s strength, diversity and resilience all to a tropical backdrop with uninterrupted sunset views – it was amazing. The menu was a South-east Asian feast designed and created by three well-known Darwin chefs, Jimmy Shu from Hanuman Darwin, Madusha Olupathage...

Education

TQ PIONEER NICK LOVERING

“I knew I would be able to play throughout my summer holidays,” he says. It turned out to be an excellent choice of career and he has no regrets about an enriching 20 years in a profession once described as “lighting the way for others”. He has spent the past 15 years working in regional and remote Northern Territory schools – and...

Tourism Vouchers Issue 33

VOUCHERS HELP YOU HOLIDAY AT HOME

Tourism has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and recent hot spot lockdowns. But the Territory Government’s Tourism Vouchers have helped ease the pain – and in many cases, been the difference between staying open or closed. Peter Hook of Kakadu Tourism says the vouchers are a “lifeline” for tourism. He said Crocodile Hotel...

Business

CHINA BECKONS

It’s a sign of respect. Remember that undoing the top button of your shirt, even on a hot day, is considered impolite by older Chinese, although rolling up your t-shirt to expose your midriff is commonplace. And in China’s classless society class is everything, so make sure you find out who’s who in the pecking order. These are...

Master Builders Business

TIME TO SPEND BIG ON NEW-AGE TECH

That became obvious to me in 2018. At the time we were standing in a giant exhibition hall staring at a small stud wall, forming part of a reasonably sized expo booth. I could see the yellow pine timber frame just fine. But even better I could also see what needed to be built but had not yet been installed – electrical conduits and fittings,...

Issue 33

BEEF REPORT

INDONEDIA SLAUGHTER STEERS $4.75KG LIVEWEIGHT (RP10,400 = $1AUD) Slaughter steer prices remained steady while demand from butchers was weak leading to a continuation of the build-up of overfat cattle in the feedlots. Slaughter price reports ranged from a high of Rp52,000kg live for the best steers in Java to Rp47,500 in Lampung. Fat cow...

Energy Club NT Issue 33

BIG YEAR AHEAD

Being appointed to this role is an incredible opportunity for me to combine my passion for the growth and sustainability of the Territory’s economy with my business development experience to continue to grow on the success of where the Energy Club NT is today. The energy sector is an important driver of industrial growth in the NT, and...

MATES OF THE MURRANJI Issue 33

EDNA

I’ll tell you about a mate of mineDear old Edna ZigenbinePleased to say she’s doin’ fineOut there, at the Isa Gun Boss Drover, in her dayWorked round Urandangie wayWalked big mobs, earned her payAnd that probably won’t surprise ya But the drovin’ days are overSo you oughta take a lookAt little old Edna ZigenbineShe’s a walk-up...

MATES OF THE MURRANJI Indigenous Affairs

EDNA JESSOP (NEE ZIGENBINE)

Edna was born into a droving family. Her dad Harry, mum Ruby, three sisters and four brothers travelled together on droving contracts. Their situation was not entirely unique – children were often raised on the stock routes with wives accompanying husbands, cooking for the stockmen, and helping with droving. It was Edna’s incredible...

Geoff Todd Issue 33

INTERVIEW WITH GEOFF TODD ON LIFE AND LATEST WORKS

The latest stunning Todd collection and body of work is about Aboriginal stockmen. How did you arrive at this topic? When American Bill Shatner and I met in Sydney and he discovered I was from the Northern Territory, he was interested to know how our large station owners worked with Indigenous groups who may live on their properties. His...

ABORIGINAL STOCKMEN Indigenous Affairs

BLACK COWBOYS

Aboriginal stockmen played a key role in opening up Northern Australia to the cattle industry. Black Cowboys, as they became known, were recognised as being superb horsemen – and women. The NT Cattlemen’s Association is working to get Indigenous Territorians back working on pastoral properties. Here we pay tribute to a generation that helped...