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...

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CARLEY SCOTT REACHING FOR THE STARS

So, it’s appropriate that the future of Australia’s space industry lies on Aboriginal land. And it’s doubly appropriate that a dynamic woman who spent several happy years living and working in Nhulunbuy should be heading one of the most exciting ventures in the country. Carley Scott is chief executive officer of Equatorial Launch...

VAL DYER Cover Story

VAL DYER – A CATTLE QUEEN

She was a controversial head of the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association and is now at the forefront of negotiating exploration and fracking rights with the onshore oil and gas industry. The leading pastoralist offers no apologies for doing what she thinks is right. Not surprisingly, the former Rural Woman of the Year is saluted in the...

Paspaley Cover Story

SOPHIA ACHIEVING BY DESIGN

It’s part of the family philosophy that everyone stays grounded by learning as many aspects of the business as possible. Her father Nick Paspaley is the executive chairman of Paspaley Pearls, which is based in Darwin and has 20 pearl farms strung along the north-west coast. Sophia is the youngest of Nick’s four children. The eldest sibling...

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JIMMY SHU – Putting fun into food

Jimmy Shu’s flagship Hanuman in Darwin has been going for 30 years. The likeable bloke who arrived in Australia with just $50 in his pocket as a young man is clearly doing something right. Jimmy, whose recipe for success in the restaurant business is simply “good food, good service and fair price”, has long been respected in the Northern...

Danny Skewes Cover Story

DANNY TAKES THE ROAD TO SUCCESS

Neville and Helen Skewes never imagined when they moved to Darwin nearly 70 years ago that they would one day be honoured as the founders of a Territory dynasty. Their children and grandchildren continue to play key roles in the NT and beyond. And one of their eccentricities lives on. Helen was fascinated by astronomy and astrology, so...

Geoff Morton Business

MORTO SOARS WITH HIS OWN WINGS

He was hired to fix an aircraft engine in Katherine. After finishing the job, he didn’t have enough money to put fuel in his ute to drive the 200 kilometres hometo Batchelor. “So I had to ask the customer to pay the invoice immediately. It was very embarrassing, but that was the only way I could afford to get back.” Today, Morto is...

Arthur Hamilton Business

ARTHUR LAUGHS AT LARRIKIN PAST

He was working as a carpenter on Dunk Island in Queensland when he got into an argument with the foreman. “I decked him. I couldn’t help myself – he deserved it.” Arthur was sacked and sent back to the mainland.  “A mate suggested I drive to Darwin to look for work. I said, ‘Where  the hell’s Darwin?’ He told me,...

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FULL SPEED AHEAD

“Life had been hard up until then,” he says. “I didn’t have any friends and my parents were tearing their hair out about what to do with me. “Other kids were playing football, but all I wanted to do was carry out modifications to the motherboard on the school’s computer.” Steve went onto pass Year 12 electronics when he was in Year...