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Opportunities
Opportunities
• Community members can earn income by
diversification away from the straight
running of their cattle stations:
o if owners of land do not have enough
cattle
o if members cannot find work on their
own land
Opportunities
• Use business strengths to:
o sub-lease or take in agistment for others to
run their cattle
o provide contract services and labour to
cattle stations
o earn incomes from mining, tourism, meat
processing, and carbon farming
• Make a business plan first, for income earning
activities
Sub-Leasing
Sub-Leasing
Traditional Owners make written agreements for
others to use their property by subleasing or
granting grazing licences (in NT) for a fee
• longer terms 5+5 years or more
• may apply to all or part of the property
• multiple agreements can exist on one property
(properly identify cattle)
• remuneration can also include capital works,
training and employment
Agistment
Agistment
Traditional Owners can make written agreements
for others to agist cattle on their property for a fee
• Shorter terms, around one year
• May apply to all or part of the property
• Multiple agreements can exist on one
property but cattle need to be properly
identified
• State whether stock are able to run together
or kept separate
Contracting Services
Contracting Services
Off farm income can be earned by contracting to
supply services to other pastoralists through
• Contract mustering
• Fencing and yard building
• Civil works contracts for earth moving and
road works
• Weed and feral animal control for stations
and parks
Establishing and Managing a
Contracting Business
• Apply for an Australian Business Number
(ABN)
• Obtain Public Liability Insurance
• Obtain a Workers Compensation policy
• Deduct Pay as You Go (PAYG) Taxation
• Control work done so there is no dispute with
property owner
Contracting Services
Example of Mustering Contract
CONTRACTOR
• Quote as ‘price per head ’(for all cattle that come
through the yards)
• Supply all labour plant and equipment to complete the
job (may include helicopters)
• Deliver all weaners and sale cattle to main station yards
• Agree on husbandry practices (branding, dehorning,
etc.)
• Keep an accurate account of cattle numbers, records,
descriptions and return cattle to original paddock
Contracting Services
Example of Mustering Contract
OWNER
• Supply agreed chemicals and vaccines
• Supply gas for branding and all brands
and earmarks
• Provide all hay and feed for weaners and
sale cattle
Direct Employment in Cattle
Industry
Direct Employment in Cattle Industry
• Indigenous cattle stations (ILC and Non-ILC).
• Non Indigenous cattle stations
• Both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous stations
advertise nationally in rural newspapers and
online
• Contact ILC, ILS, IPP, your local Aboriginal
Corporation or cattle companies direct
• Training providers and institutes can also advise
of employment opportunities
Mining
Mining Royalties and Employment
Mining companies may
• Pay royalties and limited cash compensation
to communities if their activities affect
aboriginal land
• Offer employment and training under
corporate social responsibility policies
• Offer seed funding for small business
establishment
• Protect heritage
Tourism
Tourism
Tourism provides:
• Employment and income opportunities
o Ecotourism
o Creative artistic and cultural activities
• Training in tourism, hospitality, automotive,
mechanical and horticulture e.g. Home Valley,
East Kimberley
• General employment in Non-Indigenous
tourism ventures and in hospitality in the region
Home Valley Station with Tourist Complex
Bindoola Falls Home Valley
Home Valley
Small Scale Abattoirs
Small Scale Abattoirs
Abattoirs provide:
• Opportunities to kill and process own cattle
• Retail through local butcher shops and sell to
wholesalers
• Ability to sell beef to aboriginal tourism
ventures
• Training and employment in processing and
marketing
Carbon Farming
Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI)
• A carbon offset scheme to reduce greenhouse gas
pollution by storing carbon or reducing emissions
• Australian Carbon Credit Units created under the
CFI- sell to Australian industry to help meet their
regulatory requirements for pollution reduction
Carbon Farming
Savanna fires
• greatest source of greenhouse emissions in the NT
• management projects - create carbon credits by
strategic early dry season burning to reduce
wildfire emissions later in the year
• earn income, provide employment, strengthen ties
to culture and country, opportunity for Indigenous
people to stay on their ancestral lands
• check eligibility and contact ILC for assistance
with proposals
Diversification Summary
• Sub-let stations and others need staff to run stock (e.g.
contract muster), control weeds and feral animals,
build and repair fences, yards, waters and roads
• Expanding tourism and mining provide remote
pastoral communities with employment and income
opportunities
• Prospects exist in meat processing, carbon farming
and as rangers
• Training will allow you to join the main stream in
providing goods and services to the cattle industry