Issue 38

HELPING OUR NEIGHBOURS TACKLE TB

The project, funded by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, aims to determine the burden of TB in Timor-Leste while promoting better access to healthcare by identifying additional cases in the community and linking them to treatment.  According to the World Health Organisation, TB affects about 500 people in...

Issue 38

NT STRIDES TOWARDS BRAVE GREEN WORLD

The purpose-built, gas-powered Middle Arm Sustainable Precinct will be a blueprint for the future of Australian industry – sustainable, modern and high-tech. The precinct is being made “work ready” – all major infrastructure, such as roads, power and water, will be in place. Private investment is being encouraged for low-emission...

Issue 38

EXPORTERS THRIVE IN TOUGH TIMES

The fortitude of the Northern Territory’s exporters in surviving and even thriving was on show at the 29th NT Chief Minister’s Export Awards when 10 businesses were honoured for doing a good job during a bad time. The Alana Kaye Group, which operates a successful Darwin–based training college for Australian and international students,...

Infrastructure

BOOST FOR REGIONAL HOUSING

Chamber of Commerce Chief Operating Officer Nicole Walsh says the Territory Government initiative is an opportunity for economic investment in Katherine and Alice Springs. “And it will also address the lack of accommodation, which in turn is making it hard for business to attract staff,” she says. Workers – ranging from doctors to...

Innovation

JOBS FUND BACKS ENTREPRENEURS

Darwin-based Life H2O Australia has received a $2.5 million co-investment through the fund, which will see the business expand its workforce and relocate to a larger premises in Winnellie. Life H2O Australia develops unique portable water purification and desalination systems, which will be useful to remote communities, emergency and disaster...

Issue 38

BEEF REPORT

KEY POINTS Lumpy skin disease (LSD) has now been confirmed in East Java presenting a new threat to Bali and the Eastern Island chainIndonesian foot and mouth Disease vaccinations pass eight million doses INDONESIAN SLAUGHTER STEERS $5.05KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP10,300 = $1AUD) Slaughter cattle prices remained steady at Rp52,000kg live weight...

Issue 38

NOLANS TO POWER GREEN REVOLUTION

Arafura Rare Earths Ltd will supply Hyundai and Kia with NdPr – neodymium-praseodymium oxide, which is used in advanced magnets essential in the manufacture of electric vehicles and wind turbines – from the Northern Territory’s Nolans Project. Following the recent issue of a Mining Authorisation and the grant of Access Authorities by the...

Issue 38

BUILDING A LEGACY

Once home to an abundant and diverse ecosystem of native plants, fish, birds and wildlife, Top End floodplains are being devastated as feral buffalo trample native vegetation, cause soil erosion and compaction, and spread invasive weeds, such as mimosa. Freshwater floodplains are being turned to salt, paperbark forests and magpie geese nests...

Business

SAVE MONEY BY BUYING LOCAL

Spiro Industries was established in Darwin in June after owners Greg Rooney and his partner Dominique Fracaro saw a gap in the market. Spiral ducting, which is used in everything from heating to ventilation, from air-conditioning to dust and fume extraction, is recognised as being more efficient than the rectangular ducting commonly used in...

Issue 38

OUR GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY WITH CHINA

The Chairman is reputed to have replied: “It’s too early to tell.” That comment could well be applied to evaluating the first 50 years of the formal diplomatic recognition of the People’s Republic of China by Australia. This diplomatic recognition ranks as one of the most significant diplomatic events in Australia history since...

Indigenous Affairs

THE GREAT RED HEART OF AUSTRALIA

Those lucky enough to live in Alice Springs can schedule weekends away; the rest need to plan a lengthy tour. Everybody who holidays in the Red Centre is better for the experience. Arrange to meet your rellies in Alice. They can fly in, drive or catch the Ghan. Any time is a good time to visit. But if you want to time a visit to...

Issue 38

STEWART HOOSEN

“I was so small that I learnt to ride on a donkey,” he says. His first task was looking after the horses and acting as night watchman for the cattle. A year later, he was part of a proud team driving cattle for hundreds of kilometres across the vastness of the Northern Territory and Queensland Outback. Today, Stewart, his wife Nancy,...