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CROCS PAY THEIR WAY

Renowned scientist Grahame Webb says hunters, not conservationists, were the first to lobby the NT Government Administration to ban the shooting of crocs. A profitable industry has since built up around crocodiles: Landowners, especially Aboriginal Traditional Owners, sell wild crocodile eggs to crocodile farms, or collect and incubate...

Beef report Current Issue

BEEF REPORT

KEY POINTS World food prices, including beef, are rising fast with no end in sight. Australian cattle prices continue to climb but retail prices remain steady. Something has to break. If lumpy skin disease reaches Australia the result will be catastrophic. INDONESIASLAUGHTER STEERS $5.05KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP10,400 =...

BEEF REPORT Issue 34

BEEF REPORT

KEY POINTS Indonesian importers losing about AUD$280 per head on slaughter steers.Zero Vietnam imports from Australia during October. Usually, I will try the beef dishes when I visit a new place but in this case I could not resist the Alligator sandwich. A “Po Boy” is the slang name given to a big sandwich suitable for a poor...

Business

PRELUDE TO THE FUTURE SKILLS TERRITORIANS

Prelude to the Future demanded a lot of smart thinking and hard work – but nobody doubts that the five intakes have been tremendously successful. The initiative is jointly funded by Prelude FLNG, operated by Shell, and the Northern Territory Government’s Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade. The program is delivered by GTNT Group...

POWER AND WATER CORPORATION Business

INNOVATION DRIVES EXCELLENT SERVICE

Collaboration between managers, engineers and tradies led to a development that revolutionised how corroded power poles are repaired without having to replace the whole pole and without having to turn off the electricity supply. “It’s more cost effective, plus we’re keeping businesses and residents happy by maintaining power,” says the...

Inpex Business

INPEX SUPPORTS NO MORE CAMPAIGN

INPEX-operated Ichthys LNG welcomed the veteran sports broadcaster to the onshore facilities at Bladin Point recently to talk to the workforce about the No More campaign and to provide support with the implementation of the INPEX Australia Domestic and Family Violence Action Plan 2021-2023. During the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based...

Inpex Business

ICHTHYS LNG: A DECADE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS

Leading independent economics firm ACIL Allen has released a report into the long-term economic and social benefits of Ichthys LNG’s operations over the next decade. The report, a Social and Economic Impact Assessment: Ichthys LNG 2020–2030, which was commissioned by the INPEX-led Ichthys joint venture, estimates the extent to which the...

Business

A VIEW TO SUCCESS

Since starting work in 2014, Origin has drilled seven wells in a nine-well exploration program, with two more planned in 2022.  “It’s been busy year that has seen us further our understanding of the basin from activity at three well sites,” says Origin’s General Manager for Beetaloo and Growth Assets, Chris White. Origin’s...

Towards a zero-emmissions future Innovation

TERRITORY LEADS WAY TO NET- ZERO EMISSIONS FUTURE

Experts believe the storage and use of CO2 in the Territory will not only generate new industry sectors and economic development opportunities, but help attract investment in a gas-based manufacturing hub of global significance. And that in turn has the potential to create thousands of local jobs to transform the Territory and help the...

McArthur River Mine Business

MRM MILESTONE

More than 100,000 were planted in 2021 alone. The total tubestock planted since rehabilitation began 13 years ago is now more than 750,000. MRM health, safety, environment and community manager Adam Hatfield says there is a strong “local flavour” to the tree-planting program – the on-site rehabilitation team is made up solely of...

Business

Emil Tastula A Territory innovator

Emil Tastula, a big-thinking entrepreneur who began doing work experience on cattle stations when he was still in primary school, has just joined the illustrious list. Following New Zealand’s 2010 Pike River disaster, when 29 coal miners were killed in an underground methane gas explosion, he questioned why a mine’s control room could not...

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...