On National Close the Gap Day, Labor joins the Close the Gap Campaign to celebrate the work of First Nations People and their communities  to close the gap on life expectancy and other health outcomes. For more than ten years the Closing the Gap Campaign has put an important spotlight on the vast health, disparities

Labor welcomes the appointment of Tiwi woman Marion Scrymgour as CEO of the Northern Land Council. This is a historic appointment, with Ms Scrymgour being the first woman to hold the position of CEO at any Northern Territory land council. She has been a trailblazer throughout her distinguished career – as the first Aboriginal woman

Australian Electoral Commission figures released this week show the Liberals and Nationals are failing to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can exercise their right to vote. According to the AEC figures, 23.6 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people nationally are not enrolled, with alarmingly low rates of enrolment in the

Scott Morrison must honour his promise to remote Territorians and immediately deliver on his commitment to fund remote housing. It has been nearly a year since the Commonwealth agreed to provide $550 million to remote housing in the NT, yet not a dollar of that funding has been delivered. This is just not good enough.

“The Prime Minister’s ‘whistle-stop’ visit to Christmas Island last week was just a political stunt and was not about Christmas Island or the community.  Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari said today.   “A stunt which cost tens of thousands of dollars for a TV grab and photo opportunity with the Christmas Island community being used

STEPHEN JONES MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR REGIONAL SERVICES, TERRITORIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEMBER FOR WHITLAM   HON WARREN SNOWDON MP SHADOW ASSISTANT MINISTER FOR NORTHERN AUSTRALIA MEMBER FOR LINGIARI   SENATOR MALARNDIRRI MCCARTHY SENATOR FOR THE NORTHERN TERRITORY EVA LAWLER MLA NT MINISTER FOR MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, PLANNING AND

I congratulate Professor Mick Dodson on his appointment as the NT’s first Treaty Commissioner. He is a highly accomplished Territorian, born in Katherine in my electorate of Lingiari. In his numerous roles, he has gathered a wealth of experience to bring to his new job. I have known Mick for over 35 years. In that

Yesterday, the report of the House of Representative Indigenous Affairs Standing Committee on the impact of inauthentic art and craft in the style of First Nations peoples was tabled. The report makes a number of significant recommendations which if actioned, could make a significant impact on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts industry across

Today marks two years since the Liberal Government’s budget cuts to the ABC led to the shutdown of shortwave radio in the Northern Territory. That’s two years Australians living in remote areas have been cut off from ABC emergency broadcasts and other valuable ABC content that provides an important connection to the rest of Australia. Organisations

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