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Littlefish-Pangaea Alice Springs NT Diab Engineering Geraldton WA Secrets of Desert Business People: "Telling the stories"

Thinking about doing business in desert Australia? No worries! We'll show you how!

Business people in desert Australia know that this region is an ideal place for innovation and growth. Some of the challenges of distance and isolation may not be easy but the rewards can be great.


Littlefish-Pangaea
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Hugh Lovesy, of Littlefish-Pangaea developed software that converts standard numerical financial reports into graphics and icons, making such reports easy for those with little business expertise. The software and training were developed with remote Aboriginal communities in mind, but now the Alice Springs based business Littlefish-Pangaea is set to take its business overseas.
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Diab Engineering
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"Keeping the mining industry out of the hole."
"When it's in the middle of nowhere...When it's the middle of the night...And it's broken...
Who are you going to call...?" Diab Engineering.
Diab Engineering is a unique industrial services business serving the mining industry in some of the most remote areas of Australia.
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This pilot project is being funded by the National Innovation Awareness Strategy of the Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources and is managed by CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems. Desert Knowledge Australia is a key supporter of this project. Click Here to download our brochure (PDF format).

The second stage of the project will profile a further 18 innovative desert enterprises provided further funding is secured.