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FBA-ENcore02 Feb 2021

FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR 2021 NTCA CONFERENCE

Planning for the 2021 Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association’s industry conference at the Alice Springs Convention Centre is in full swing, with more than 450 delegates from across Australia expected to attend the event. NTCA Acting CEO Romy Carey said the organisation was excited about putting together the much-anticipated annual...Read more
Kayla Costello (1)21 Jan 2021

Young Territorians to embark on new career journey

Katherine woman Kayla Costello was only a teenager when she decided she wanted to work in the cattle industry – and a local employment program that engages and trains young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for employment in the NT pastoral industry is now helping her to make her dream come true. Ms Costello is one of ten...Read more
ht-gallery-1719 Jan 2021

SENSELESS CATTLE AND BUFFALO KILLINGS TRIGGER RENEWED CALLS FOR STOCK SQUAD, REWARD OFFERED

The killings of three Brahman cattle and two buffalo on properties adjacent to the Arnhem Highway has triggered an industry outcry and renewed calls for a stock squad. Adrian Phillips, manager at Annaburroo Station, 120km south-east of Darwin, said some of his animals were among cattle and buffalo that had recently become targets for...Read more
NT Government lets down remote Territorians10 Dec 2019

NT Government lets down remote Territorians

Territorians in regional and remote locations are being let down by the Northern Territory Government and its agencies, with pastoralists now required to move their entire fleet of vehicles hundreds of kilometers across the NT to the closest Motor Vehicle Registration office, or fly MVR inspectors to remote properties, to be able to renew vehicle...Read more
Cattlemen welcome NT Government decision on Non-Pastoral Use permit changes10 Dec 2019

Cattlemen welcome NT Government decision on Non-Pastoral Use permit changes

The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association said the decision not to proceed with changes to the non-pastoral use permit system in the Pastoral Lands Act was a sensible policy outcome.  NTCA chief executive officer Ashley Manicaros said the cattle industry believed the proposed changes would stifle economic investment if they...Read more
Cattlemen call on Government to drop investment killing plans10 Dec 2019

Cattlemen call on Government to drop investment killing plans

Future investment security will be undermined having dire consequences on the Territory’s economy when the NT Government introduces changes to the Non-Pastoral Permit system which will push out administrative burdens to 420 days in the Pastoral Land Act (PLA), the NT Cattlemen’s Association has warned. The Territory’s cattle industry is...Read more
Cattlemen call for drought working group10 Dec 2019

Cattlemen call for drought working group

The Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association believe an NT drought working group should be established as a matter of priority. NTCA chief executive officer Ashley Manicaros said the matter had been raised with the Minister for Primary Industry and Resources Paul Kirby and given the current funding programs being made available by the...Read more