A Shorten Labor Government will invest $220 million in infrastructure and community development projects to dramatically improve Kakadu National Park as a tourist destination and secure the future of the township of Jabiru. Mr Shorten will travel to the Northern Territory on Sunday evening and visit Kakadu on Monday as one of Labor’s long planned

One Third Of Lingiari To Be Denied Their Right To Vote Due largely to cuts by the Federal Government, approximately one third of the potential voters in my electorate , are not on the list of people able to vote in Federal, Territory or local elections. All citizens must get an equal and fair opportunity

Territorians just can’t trust Scott Morrison and his out-of-touch Liberal party with our public energy assets. Yesterday the Federal Liberal Government introduced legislation that could lead to the forced privatisation of the Northern Territory’s energy assets. Privatising energy assets is in the Liberals’ DNA. When asked whether his “big stick” Bill could lead to electricity

Mr Snowdon notes the tabling in Parliament today of the Report by the joint standing committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade into the management of PFAS contamination in and around Defence bases.   The Report contains evidence given by members of the Katherine Community who have been affected by PFAS chemicals and attended the

Minister for Regional Communications Bridget McKenzie has today confirmed the Government has no plans to re-establish the vital shortwave radio service in Northern Australia. During Senate Question Time, Minister McKenzie was asked if she stood by her statement that the ABC’s decision to shut down the service following repeated budget cuts from the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government

In May 2017, 250 First Nations leaders met at Uluru and called for a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament. After more than a decade of debate about what form Constitutional Recognition should take, representatives of First Nations people described what it looked like to them. They told Australia that while the 1967 referendum meant they

Shadow Minister for Regional Communications Stephen Jones has written to Regional Services Minister Bridget McKenzie, calling for a commitment to re-instate ABC Shortwave Radio right now. Labor last week announced $2 million towards re-establishing the vital service which is relied upon by Australians living in remote parts of the country with extremely limited mobile and

Labor is calling on the Government to put the next round of Community Development Program (CDP) contracts on hold and extend current arrangements until the current broken CDP program can be fixed. Nigel Scullion is forcing new contracts on CDP providers, despite his legislation stalling in the Senate and mounting criticism of the failed remote

Reports today that the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison Government has once again failed to properly engage with First Nations people and their representative organisations in the Close the Gap Refresh are deeply disappointing. This is just another example of this government doing things to Indigenous people, instead of with them. Nigel Scullion must take responsibility for this mess.

In Alice Springs today, Shadow Minister for Regional Communications, Stephen Jones MP, joined with Senator Malarndirri McCarthy and the Hon Warren Snowdon MP to announce that a Shorten Labor Government will provide the ABC with $2 million in funding to help re-establish shortwave radio services across the Northern Territory. Australians living in remote areas already