Asian expats driving up Darwin rental market demand, real estate company says

Mar 5, 2021 | Business | 0 comments

A Darwin-based real estate company says expats from neighboring Asian countries, some of whom came to Darwin during the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, have impacted the tight rental vacancy rates that currently sit at less than one per cent. Cate Killiner Real...

Building regulation reforms proposed following engineering debacle

Mar 5, 2021 | Business, News | 4 comments

Commercial builders in the NT will have to be registered and engineering audits will be increased, as part of proposed sweeping reforms to the Territory’s building industry in the wake of a debacle that saw more than 200 unit owners affected by “incompetent or...

‘The world is not crashing down’: New NT Park fees announced

Mar 3, 2021 | Business, News | 0 comments

Hikers staying overnight on three of the Northern Territory’s walking trails will soon be forced to shell out $25 a night as part of a new fee structure announced by the Gunner Government. Fees will initially be introduced at Jatbula, Tabletop Track in...

NT Government tenders awarded – March 2

Mar 2, 2021 | Business, Uncategorised | 0 comments

The NT Government awarded 34 contracts in the last week to a total of almost $11 million. In total, 27 contracts worth $10 million went to NT-based businesses, and seven contracts totalling $500,000 went to non-local enterprises. See the full summary below:  ...

NT launches $2.5M new national ‘visual’ tourism campaign

Mar 1, 2021 | Business | 0 comments

A new domestic tourism campaign that has been kept on the back-burner due to coronavirus restrictions has now been officially launched by the NT Government to attract interstate travellers in an attempt to salvage the Top End’s tourism industry damaged by COVID-19....

NT Government tenders awarded – February 23

Feb 23, 2021 | Business | 1 comment

The NT Government awarded 43 contracts in the last week to a total of almost $18.6 million. In total, 34 contracts worth $17 million went to NT-based businesses, and nine contracts totalling $1 million went to non-local enterprises. See the full summary below:  ...