NPC News

There's always a lot going on at NPC. Check all the latest news, either on this site, or download the latest NPC News, where all the latest comings and goings of NPC are featured.

Alternatively, the Waanyi newsletter, The Waanyi Wire, is a great source of news and information about happenings in the Gulf region.

Doomadgee Student Exchange Tour Media Attention - November 2011

NPC helped fund, organise, and run the "Show Me Your World, and I'll Show you Mine" tour in November this year. The tour saw 12 young students from remote Indigenous community in north-west Queensland, Doomadgee, come to experience city and coastal life in south-east Queensland. For more information on this event, please see issue 6 of The Waanyi Wire. The event was very successful with a lot of positive feedback from both the community, and the students. The tour gained a lot of media attention with stories being published in Mt Isa's Northwest Star, The Koori-Mail, and the Courier Mail. The children also featured on Titans TV and the Surfing Australia web-page.

NPC on Kochie's Business Builders, Channel 7 - January 2011

This time it was the turn of Australia's most famous business commentator and breakfast television broadcaster, David Koch to check out what NPC are up to. Kochie's Business Builders looks at the unique models and features of successful SME's around Australia. Interview starts at 2mintes 40secs.

Podcast - NPC MD Derek Flucker on 2UE - October 2010

With all this attention you'd think being an Indigenous business was a revolutionary idea. Listen to NPC Managing Director Derek Flucker and 2GB's Ross Greenwood discuss Indigenous employment on Sydney radio.

Indigenous employment in mining - October 2010

With Indigenous employment high on the national agenda due to the Generation One campaign The Australian launches a special on careers for Indigenous people and focus on NPC.

NPC wins a National Telstra Business Award - August 2010

Fresh from winning the Queensland Telstra Award, NPC has also won the national Sensis Social Responsibility award at a ceremony at the Sydney Opera House. It was an exciting night for the staff and board members who attended, as well as a tribute to the work done by all NPC staff over the years.

View the acceptance speech by NPC managing Director, Derek Flucker.

Check out some of the photos of the night.

Read some the newspaper coverage of the event:
The Australian - September 1, 2010

Townsville Bulletin - August 25, 2010

Queensland Business Review - August 23, 2010

Townsville Bulletin August 18, 2010

                                                      
Editorial - NPC Highlighted As Key Indigenous Business - July 2010
In the opinion pages of The Australian, Warren Mundine talks up the potential of Indigenous business around Australia. NPC is mentioned as one the best Indigenous businesses in the country.

NPC takes home a Queensland Telstra Business Award - July 2010

NPC has won the Social Responsibility category at the 2010 Queensland Telstra Business Awards. The award was a big surprise and a huge compliment or NPC's board and staff. Read The Courier-Mail report.

Civil construction trainees achieve 100% pass mark - April 2010
NPC's Civil Construction Work Readiness course, conducted in Ipswich, has achieved a 100 per cent graduation rate. Trainees now have the opportunity to get work on the Ipswich motorway and complete a Certificate III in Civil Construction. Read The Koori Mail's report.

NPC goes in to fight for Indigenous employment - October 2009
Read The Australian's report on NPC's efforts to get remote Indigenous people into jobs and hold governments to account for failed policies, which have resulted in greater unemployment on remote communities.

NPC wins mining training award - September 2009
NPC has taken out a coveted innovation award for its training methods at Queensland's Mining Industry Skills Centre (MISC) awards held at the Brisbane Convention Centre. The award has further expanded NPC's reputation for achieving high-quality outcomes for Indigenous people.

NPC wins Smart Award - July 2008
Northern Project Contracting has won the Queensland Premier's Smart Award in the Rising Star category. NPC won the award for its contribution to Indigenous training and employment in the mining industry, beating 20 mainstream competitors. NPC Director Bradley Foster accepted the award on July 31. Waanyi Nation representatives Kevin Cairns and Gerald Aplin also attended the awards ceremony.