Today marks 103 years since our ANZACs first landed on the beaches at Gallipoli in the First World War. This Anzac Day, in the final year of the Centenary of Anzac, we also acknowledge the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, a crucial turning point in WW1 which brought the German offensive on the

Today’s Federal Government announcement of 12 months of GST funding, and 5 years of Indigenous Housing contribution, is a step forward. We have previously said that the two year funding model that the Turnbull Government previously proposed was never feasible. Five years of funding is an advance, but the NT Government, with a much smaller

Scullion must stop playing games with the lives of Territorians living in remote communities. This morning’s announcement about a new way of providing money for remote Indigenous housing in the Northern Territory raises more questions than it answers.  The half-baked plan provides no surety of funding for remote Indigenous housing, and still no commitment to

The politicisation of Sir John Monash’s name by the Coalition’s pro-coal ginger group is now a test of Malcolm Turnbull’s authority as leader. Last night Kevin Andrews dug his heels in and steadfastly refused to remove any reference to Sir John Monash from his new coal fantasy group. This follows the Monash family’s clear statement

Territory Labor Federal Members have slammed the $1.4 billion cut to the Territory’s GST revenue, which comes on top of Turnbull’s savage cuts to health and education.   This cut will hurt Territorians every single day. Essential services are already stretched to breaking point and the additional cuts will make everyday life difficult for Territorians.  

Federal Labor welcomes the Northern Territory Governments response to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Youth in the Northern Territory.   The commitment to support the intent and direction of the 227 Commission Recommendations is a positive a step towards substantial reform.   The Territory Government has already taken substantive steps to

The Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, welcomes the official opening of two new high level bridges over the Roper river and Wilton river crossings today. Mr Snowdon congratulates all those involved in the project recognising this is a significant investment in bush roads. Mr Snowdon made the initial funding announcement for the two Bridges

Children in the Northern Territory are set to suffer from the lack of commitment to early education from the Turnbull Government. It was recently revealed by the Turnbull Government’s own secret hit list that over 1,345 families in the Solomon electorate and 579 in the Lingiari electorate will be worse off under the Government’s new

Today in Parliament I tabled a Petition from Katherine Residents asking the Turnbull Government to give the Katherine Community the same level of support and assistance available to people in other jurisdictions dealing with the presence of PFAS. While I welcome that some support services have been announced, the community is waiting for these to

Today in Question time I asked the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce the following question: Why do the budget papers show that of the $80 million dollars allocated to the beef roads program less than half has actually been invested upgrading the roads the cattle industry relies on, how much of that money was spent