Business was always in the blood for Nicholas, but he knew he didn’t want to follow in his family's footsteps. He felt hospitality and the food industry calling out to him. Similarly, Tran has loved cooking since she was a little girl. Coming from the small country of Vietnam, she wanted to relocate to make her big culinary dreams a reality. It didn’t take either of them very long to decide to study Commercial Cookery at Charles Darwin University.
Fire season in the Northern Territory is officially upon us, and Central Australia is not out of the inferno just yet. CDU's Northern Institute Research Development Officer and fire expert Rohan Fisher is worried there is still time for a massive fire event in the Central Desert region.
Increasing farming intensity increases pressure to clear remnant native vegetation, a new study has shown. It is the opposite of what was expected.
In a bid to help clear the Gulf of Carpentaria of marine debris, Charles Darwin University (CDU) will undertake a project that will use long-distance uncrewed autonomous aircraft to identify and map the distribution of ghost nets across nearly 958 km of NT coastline.
https://www.cdu.edu.au/news/civil-construction-pre-employment-program-aims-fill-local-workforce-gaps
Fifteen students identified through local jobs program and in partnership with Charles Darwin University TAFE Alice Springs will complete a 10-week intensive pre-employment program this week.
The program looked at skills required for the successful placement of individuals into the construction industry including Traffic Management, Loader Operations, Skid Steer Operations White Card, Work Health and Safety requirements, Excavation operations and more.
New First Nations tourism training is helping to build the professional credentials, business acumen and interpersonal skills of Aboriginal people, and in turn, secure new jobs and career options for Aboriginal communities in Central Australia.
The training is also building capacity in the Red Centre tourism industry, where there is significant international and domestic demand for First Nations tour guides, who can provide authentic cultural perspective and knowledge of the country’s desert heart.
Join Dr Jan Richardson for this insightful seminar about the life and musings of Don McLeod, an Australian Hero, leading up to one of Australia's most famous strikes led by an Indigenous community facing harsh working conditions and severe mistreatment by the white man.
Join us as we celebrate the return of two remarkable heritage items once brought to life by Charlie Newili Brinken in the 1930s. Their journey home, after eighty years and across cultures, anchors an event exploring hope, storytelling, diplomacy, and the shared histories of Wadeye and Japan.