Territory Story

AJ Kulatunga was born and raised in Darwin. His parents were migrants from Sri Lanka. AJ has gone on to become a professional speaker with a passion for entrepreneurship. In this podcast AJ talks about growing up in Darwin, and now that he lives interstate, what draws him back and why he believes the Territory is unique. It’s another great conversation. We hope you enjoy it.

Adam Drake is an ordinary guy taking on an extraordinary challenge. Whilst many in the community are incensed about the level of indigenous youth crime and point to political weakness and ineptitude in dealing with the problem, Adam is quietly working away, one smile at a time, at the grass roots level to change lives. He doesn’t have big answers to the big issues facing indigenous youth, but what...

Athina Pascoe-Bell is the Mayor of Palmerston. Palmerston is a satellite city of Darwin and one of the fastest growing cities in the Northern Territory if not Australia. Athina moved to Darwin from Sydney in 2004 (to escape the cold weather). She has always been active in the community but things got to a head when changes to the way rates were calculated in 2015 forced her to get more involved in...

Olli Berst is an inventor, an entrepreneur and a Territorian. Originally from Germany, Olli came to Darwin in 2006 and fell in love with the place. He’s about to start a new venture offering tourists and locals, electric scooter transportation in a kind of Uber style. We spoke with Olli about his move to the Territory and his new business. What we found was a Territorian passionate about his work...

In this episode, Peter and Leon speak with Jeff Zuber. Jeff is a lawyer with Zuber Lawler Del Duca, a firm based in Los Angeles. The boys met Jeff in Singapore recently at the Lawyers Associated Worldwide (LAW) Asia Pacific meeting. Jeff has had an interesting life, having grown up in New Jersey and being half Korean and half Polish. He talks about his move to California as a screenwriter. They al...

Brian Kelleher was born and raised in Maryborough and then lived and worked in Sydney as a migration agent. He moved to Darwin in 2011 to work for Ward Keller. Brian now commutes between Maryborough and Darwin. In the first part of the show Brian talks about how he came to Darwin and what it’s like being a migration agent. He then discusses his hobby; tropical architecture on his instagram account...

In this inaugural episode of Boundless Possible, Peter and Leon discuss how the Boundless Possible slogan came about including their divergent views on supporting it. They then introduce themselves and talk about how they came to the Territory. There are some funny stories including one involving a car engine hanging from a mango tree. In the final half of this episode, Peter and Leon discuss how...