Nadine Jones Business

DREAM HOME BY DESIGN

Jan-Marie Jaillei of JM Interiors will provide a free two-hour consultation for clients who list with Nadine Jones of Knight Frank. Vendors can use Jan-Marie’s expert advice to give their properties that extra touch of class and style that will clinch a good sale. “And buyers can use the same expertise to make their new home just...

National Critical Care and Trauma Centre Business

TRAUMA CENTRE SUPPORTS BATTLE AGAINST COVID

NCCTRC and AUSMAT have been on 18 covid-related deployments, internationally and on home soil. As a result of increased demand for domestic covid response, the NCCTRC has enhanced its capability to support Australian community outbreaks. In January, the centre established a Rapid Response Team (RRT), a small, rapidly deployable team...

Department of the Chief Minister Issue 35

OUR DIGITAL REVOLUTION

Economists say the Territory’s close proximity to South-East Asia offers Darwin an unparalleled opportunity to close the gap between the Australian and booming Asian digital economies. In the past year, Vocus, Hawaiki and Inligo Networks have announced new international digital connections linking Darwin to South-East Asia and North...

DESERT KNOWLEDGE AUSTRALIA Issue 35

ALICE DRIVES FUTURE GRID

The way the town is powered is no exception. Arid and searingly hot, 1500 kilometres from the coast, and typically protected from the vagaries of extreme weather by virtue of its position in the geographical centre of the vast Australian continent, Alice Springs has only one commercially viable renewable energy resource: solar.  And...

Darwin Tug & Line Services Issue 35

INVESTING IN THE FUTURE

Company co-owner Peter “Westy” West is happy to give Territorians a chance to work in a thriving port services business. He uses veteran skipper and former commercial diver Robin Davy, who has been with the firm for nearly 30 years, to train and mentor new recruits. “Robin advises me on whether they show potential for the job,” says...

Gabbert Design Infrastructure

GABBERT THRIVES ON VISIONARY PROJECTS

Darwin-based Gabbert Design is creating the master plan for the Little Paradise Development for Groote Holdings Aboriginal Corporation’s wealth-creation projects on Groote Eylandt. The most stunning is a six-star clifftop eco-resort, an idea undergoing financial feasibility studies. Designer Wayne Gabbert has also designed the...

Keil Maritime Issue 35

LEADING VOICE IN MARITIME SAFETY

With an email circulating from the NT Government in January 2018 that NT Marine Branch would be closing, effectively leaving hundreds of commercial vessel operators in the Territory stranded and unable to achieve compliance, Daniel and Sarah sprang into action, forming Keil Maritime almost overnight. In only four years they have built a...

Department of the Chief Minister Business

AEROSPACE PRECINCT HELPS CREATE NEW INDUSTRY

The establishment of an AAI manufacturing operation in Darwin will lead the way for other new industries to establish here, including support service and supply industries, and industrial and commercial development to deliver an advanced manufacturing complex and residential and community development to provide the supporting infrastructure...

Echelon Workspaces NT Business

WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER

Echelon's workspaces are ideal for individuals wanting to escape the home office, growing start-ups to a small global business team.  Their flexible workplace solutions are designed for your success and comfort, promote productivity and facilitating meaningful professional collaboration. Discover a mix of swish private offices and...

Verdant Minerals NT Issue 35

AMMAROO READY TO HELP FEED THE WORLD

Verdant Minerals is working towards the development of the Ammaroo project, which is 200 kilometres south-east of Tennant Creek and, importantly, only 95 kilometres from the Darwin-to-Adelaide railway. The original development plan was for one million tonnes of phosphate rock – the “starting ingredient” for fertilisers – to be exported...

Northern Land Council Business

FIRING A NEW CARBON FUTURE

Aboriginal rangers and Indigenous students are melding modern science and traditional knowledge to care for their country. Their professionalism and know-how are now so widely recognised that they are able to sell carbon capture credits. Two imaginative programs – Caring for Country and Learning on Country – complement each other...

Gumatj Corporation Indigenous Affairs

GUMATJ PREPARE FOR A BRIGHT TOMORROW

That will mean the end of mining royalties and other payments to the Yolngu people, who anthropologists say have owned the land for more than 50,000 years. Traditional Owners are not sitting back and waiting for the worst – they are working hard to secure their future. As they say: “We have lived on this land for thousands of years –...