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Darwin Today

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13:28pm 25th July, 2021

Business
- CHINA LEADS BLOCK CHAIN ECONOMY How important is this for business exporting to China? By way of introduction to this topic at a conference, I started my presentation with two observations. First, I observed that among all the bottles of water consumed during the day there was one bottle filled with substituted water. It was, I assured the audience, clean river water taken...Read more
- BEEF REPORT INDONESIASLAUGHTER STEERS $4.59KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP11,100 = $1AUD) Slaughter steer prices have firmed a little, although the market has a wide range of pricing levels. The asking price spread stretches from Rp49,500 to Rp55,000kg live weight as demand and supply factors experience more volatility than usual. Considering the many competing...Read more
- MONITORING ANIMALS: ANYWHERE, ANYTIME Ceres Tag tracks cattle by satellite without any need for additional infrastructure, maintenance, subscription or battery replacements. No wonder it was placed No 1 in AgJournal’s list of 10 Biggest Ag Changes in the Next Decade. The tags are being sold online worldwide. Ceres Tag was developed by husband-and-wife team Melita and...Read more
- PASSION AND LOCAL PRODUCE A WINNING RECIPE Held on the lawns of Mindil Beach Casino and Resort on 19 May, the annual awards saw 500 hospitality operators, suppliers and supporters gather to celebrate excellence in the Territory’s hospitality industry. In a highlight of the night, the judges named Hoang Ton Co from Darwin Trailer Boat Club and Ryan Hamilton from Phat Mango joint...Read more
Major Projects
- BUKMAK BOOSTED BY $51m CONTRACT Bukmak Constructions, which is owned by the Arnhem Land Progress Association, was awarded the $51.5 million contract by the Northern Territory Government under the HomeBuild Program. It will build 87 new houses in Galiwin’ku in North-East Arnhem Land during the next five years. The contract, awarded by the Department of Infrastructure,...Read more
- INNOVATION AND KNOW-HOW Acutely focused on making a difference to the lives and livelihoods of all Territorians, the need to adapt and develop engineering and scientific solutions is ever present; with almost every application of standard water management technology requiring a degree of specialist tailoring to operate effectively in the Territory context. Chief...Read more
- FULL SPEED AHEAD Core Lithium is developing the Finniss Project only 25 kilometres – or one hour’s drive on sealed roads – from Darwin. It’s set to be Australia’s most cost-effective lithium project to date. In fact, while a number of lithium projects in Western Australia have closed in the past couple of years while lithium prices idled, Core...Read more
- THE CUP RUNNETH OVER As the wet season ends and the long dry begins, the facilities staff at the Darwin Turf Club up their game. The gardens and grass, fresh off the back of a huge wet season, need that little bit of extra TLC as the storm clouds are replaced by the cool breezes and clear skies. The humidity drops, and sometimes it’s so chilly in the morning that...Read more
Resources
- BEEF REPORT INDONESIASLAUGHTER STEERS $4.59KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP11,100 = $1AUD) Slaughter steer prices have firmed a little, although the market has a wide range of pricing levels. The asking price spread stretches from Rp49,500 to Rp55,000kg live weight as demand and supply factors experience more volatility than usual. Considering the many competing...Read more
- IRONBARK: Growing Stronger by the Day It started operations in June 2000 with five staff working from a single old demountable on the outskirts of Darwin. Today it has grown to more than 60 staff, with more than half of them Indigenous, 11 offices throughout the Top End, including corporate offices in Darwin Corporate Park and another base to be built nearby before Christmas....Read more
- QUACK’S PATIENTS STILL DYING Quack Pest Control – whose battle cry of “All Our Patients Die” is known by every Territorian – is a trusted Darwin born-and-bred family firm, which continues to out-compete all newcomers, despite some of them being big international operations. And that’s not simply because it’s local. Quack, which has grown every year for...Read more
- TRAUMA CENTRE BATTLES COVID The AUSMAT, deployed on behalf of the Australian Government by the Darwin-based National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, have been busy since March in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and in Dili, Timor Leste. The situation in Papua New Guinea has been challenging with a sustained increase in covid-19 cases and deaths prompting the...Read more
Primary Industry
- NT STANDS AGAINST ANTI-CHINA TIRADE The Northern Territory community is unique in many ways. Alone among all the states and territories, the NT does not have a Chinatown. That is unique because it underlines the nature of the NT connection with China and the China diaspora. Darwin did have a Chinatown before the Second World War and in many ways it formed the heart of the...Read more
- BEEF REPORT INDONESIA SLAUGHTER STEERS $4.38KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP10,970 = $1AUD) Darwin’s feeder steer prices have hit a new all-time high with the rate sitting at $4.30kg live weight with prices as high as $4.40 reported for small numbers. If these high prices weren’t causing enough pain for exporters, the Australian Government has just...Read more
- MEETING THE CHALLENGES AND RECOGNISING THE BRILLIANCE People underestimate the ability of Northern Territory industry. They question its capability to deliver national and international standard projects. But the fact remains we live and work in some of the most difficult terrains in the country and, therefore, we have finely skilled operators who deliver. Each year, the Civil Contractors...Read more
- AIRPORT BOOSTS EXPORT MARKET Territorians have always known that we have world-class food to export, especially mangoes and seafood. But the problem has always been getting it to market on time and for a good price. A new state-of-the-art freight and cold storage hub at Darwin International Airport will revolutionise the export of high-end products. “It’s a...Read more
Construction
- Adapt to Succeed This time last year we were talking about the emerging pandemic and what support was needed just to hold our society together. Thankfully along came Jobkeeper, a major boost to JobSeeker, and a myriad of economic stimulus measures driven by all three levels Government. Fast forward twelve months and that massive cash injection has the economy...Read more
- HOUSING SHORTAGE TACKLED HEAD-ON Dwayne McInnes, General Manager Housing Program Office at the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, is excited about the breadth and ambition of the Remote Housing Investment Package, known as Our Community. Our Future. Our Homes. - – but he’s also realistic. “This investment will make significant inroads into addressing...Read more
- SANTOS COMMITS TO THE TERRITORY LONG TERM The final investment decision (FID) on the Barossa gas project, located offshore the Northern Territory, clears the way for an investment boom in the north. The $4.8 billion Barossa gas project kickstarts the $800 million investment in the Darwin LNG life extension and pipeline tie-in projects, which will extend the facility life for about 20...Read more
- MINING BENEFITS SMALL BUSINESS Territory Hirex provides product and service, mainly to exploration companies, but also to mine operators and commercial cleaners. “We’ve built up a good reputation,” says Tony Pickett, who owns the company with his wife Jenny. “Customers like the unique service that we provide – we believe we’re the only business in Alice...Read more
Education & Training
- JOIN THE CLITERATI “Half the population has a clitoris – and most of the other half love clitorises,” she says. “And yet we know very little about this beautiful organ that is designed for sexual pleasure.” Suzanne and two expert medical professionals, urologist and surgeon Professor Helen O’Connell and Dr Ea Mulligan, have formed a training and...Read more
- INSPIRING WOMEN IN TRADE Mary Coulter is a dedicated and ambitious electrical apprentice who has achieved excellent results through her commitment to achieving her goals. In 2018 Mary applied for the Power Careers program through GTNT Group, this initiative is funded and supported by the Northern Territory Government Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade which...Read more
- TRAUMA CENTRE BATTLES COVID The AUSMAT, deployed on behalf of the Australian Government by the Darwin-based National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre, have been busy since March in Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and in Dili, Timor Leste. The situation in Papua New Guinea has been challenging with a sustained increase in covid-19 cases and deaths prompting the...Read more
- PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD BEYOND The achievement demonstrates that Essington unashamedly strives for academic excellence to ensure that students leave school not only as well-rounded, caring young adults but also receive a qualification considered a crucial foundation for most careers. Essington offers a wide range of programs catering for students of all ability levels and...Read more
Travel
- MELANIE’S TAKING ON NEW HEIGHTS Life changed for then 23-year-old Melanie Lewis in 2003. She had followed a navy boy to Darwin. “But instead, I fell in love with the town, the weather – I hate the cold – the fabulously friendly people and the opportunities afforded me here.” Melanie is used to being the brand of her properties and is now moving up in the...Read more
- FOR THE LOVE OF LAKSA About 3000 people attended the Laksa Festival in Darwin in late November. And 3600 downloaded a special Food Tour app and voted for what they considered the best of 69 featured dishes to determine the People’s Choice winner on festival day. Festival organisers secretly sent out a team of “ninjas” to taste the dishes to determine the top...Read more
- PRESERVE, PROMOTE AND PROTECT “Prohibiting tourists isn’t the answer. Education and understanding the creatures and their environment is,” says barefooted Pat “Croc Dundee” Chappell. For the past seven years, Pat has been educating people about how to preserve, promote and protect crocodiles and other creatures that inhabit the Adelaide River ecosystem, and what...Read more
- TOURISM TAKES RECOVERY ROAD The $4 million package will help improve wayside inns and roadhouses as the NT grows the all-important tourism drive market. Caravan parks may apply if they meet the eligibility criteria. It closes on 14 January 2021 and recipients will be confirmed in February-March. The grant program will help businesses carry out infrastructure projects...Read more
Regular Features
- HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY The world is on a mission towards decarbonisation and looking towards Australia as the source of imports. New hydrogen technologies and our natural advantages have the potential to place the Northern Territory in a globally competitive position to be a leading exporter of renewable energy. In early 2020, National Energy Resources Australia...Read more
- JEMENA’S MAN BUILDING TRUST Jemena’s new NT Corporate Development Manager has lived and worked in regional Australia for more than three decades and if the job was not based in Darwin, he was prepared to watch the opportunity pass by. So passionate about the decentralisation of governance to regional areas, Brendan Bourke, made the decision to leave Western Australia...Read more
- PERFECTLY PLACED As a regional jurisdiction, the experience of the Northern Territory supply chain is often underestimated. While our size and population may be deceiving, this understated capability may just be our trump card in the race to attract investment. While capacity has been through ebbs and flows with fluctuating demand, the truth is, there...Read more
- BEEF REPORT INDONESIA SLAUGHTER STEERS $4.17KG LIVE WEIGHT (RP10,350 = $1AUD) Slaughter cattle prices have continued to rise with the new indicator rate at Rp43,000 per kg live weight for slaughter steers. There is still a wide spread of prices from Rp41k in Lampung up to 45k in Java, while prices in Aceh have been as high as Rp46,700. While these...Read more

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