In question time today Minister Josh Frydenberg confirmed that funding for NT Government Schools will be less than the rate of increase in the Consumer Price Index. Minister Frydenburg was responding to a question from Member for Linigiari Warren Snowdon This is an admission by the Turnbull Government that in real terms funding for Government

The Turnbull Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) has come under fire after it was revealed in Senate Estimates that only 1 in 10 projects under active consideration by the NAIF are in the Northern Territory, despite Board members claiming upwards of $600,000 in taxpayer funded perks.   An opening statement tabled by Ms Laurie

The Federal Minister for Health’s refusal to roll out a voluntary blood testing program in Katherine underscores the Turnbull Government’s ad hoc approach to managing PFAS contamination.   The Minister’s decision comes almost six months after the Northern Territory’s Health Minister requested a voluntary blood testing program be rolled out in the Katherine community.  

Last night in the Federation Chamber Mr Snowdon asked Paul Fletcher, the Minister representing the Communications Minister, for answers as to the reckless and ill-considered shut down of shortwave radio services by the ABC in the Northern Territory. “He refused to give Territorians the answers they deserve,” Mr Snowdon said. This represented a continuation of

Improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a central priority for Labor, with Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for Health Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon, and Senator Patrick Dodson hosting an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Roundtable to define the next steps

Improving the health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is a central priority for Labor, with Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten, Shadow Minister for Health Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon, and Senator Patrick Dodson hosting an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Roundtable to define the next steps

This week marks a significant landmark in commemorating the advancement in relations between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians. It is fundamentally centred on reconciliation, but with that comes acknowledgement of the need for healing, for seeking forgiveness, and for striving to continue to close the gap between our First Australians and the

The Turnbull Government needs to start taking the Northern Territory seriously said Labor representatives after a series of meetings and briefings in Darwin and Katherine during the past week. The Top End has seen a massive $1.7 billion cut in GST with the added insult of no new investment in infrastructure. The Turnbull Government needs

AEC Darwin Office Restructure Letter to Special Minister of State

Newly released research has backed up claims that the failure of Malcolm Turnbull and his government to protect penalty rates will hit locals hard. According to the McKell Institute’s Unfair Burden report, the proposed changes will cost Lingiari workers as much as $8 million per year, with a significant chunk of that money being transferred