It’s over a week since the deeply concerning revelations in the Four Corners report on PFAS contamination and what’s the Turnbull Government done? We haven’t heard boo from the Minister for Defence. And all we’ve heard from the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister responsible for the PFAS Task Force are excuses. The Turnbull Government

Barnaby Joyce has today decided not to deliver an updated statement to the Parliament on the White Paper on Developing Northern Australia because he has nothing to say.   Community and business leaders from the north have converged on Canberra expecting the statement to be delivered today.   Last year the Government delivered the update

The local swimming pool in Katherine is closed because of PFAS contamination detected above the safe recreation level of 0.7 micrograms per litre. PFAS contamination was detected at 0.84 micrograms per litre on 28 September leading local authorities to close the pool. The Katherine Town Council claims it responded to community sensitivities regarding PFAS when

Federal Member for Lingiari Warren Snowdon has welcomed the presentation in Parliament today of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories  report on The strategic importance of Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories.   In speaking to the report Mr Snowdon acknowledged the Islands historical strategic importance to Australia as well as current

The Liberals are pushing ahead in the Federal Parliament with their legislation to jack up students’ fees and cut university funding by $3.8 billion.   Labor stands with students and universities and will fight against these short-sighted cuts and fee hikes. The Liberals’ plan means Charles Darwin University will have funding slashed by $15.1 million

Federal Member for Lingiari Warren Snowdon and NT Senator Malarndirri McCarthy acknowledge the appointment by the Minister for Local Government and Territories Fiona Nash of Natasha Griggs as Administrator of the Indian Ocean Territories of Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.   Mrs Griggs is the second Northern Territorian Administrator for the Indian Ocean

Senator Patrick Dodson and Hon Warren Snowdon have welcomed the landmark signing the NT Government and Seafarms for the development of their important aquaculture projects in the NT.   Project Sea Dragon is a $1.45b prawn aquiculture project that will see the development of up to 10,000 hectares of land for black tiger prawn production

This week we’ve been witness to yet more mixed messages from theTurnbull Government in its response to PFAS contamination in Katherine. Less than one month ago, Katherine residents were told their water was safe to drink. Yet this week, the Minister for Defence and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory announced a water treatment plant

Territorians who live remotely or in town camps will have no voice in the Turnbull Government’s offensive postal plebiscite. As well Thousands of Territorians living in dwellings without letter boxes or personal post boxes will be excluded from voting. The Federal Government’s postal plebiscite proposal is clearly discriminatory. As Members of the Federal Parliament we

On International Day of World Indigenous Peoples Labor stands with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to recommit to delivering a greater say in issues that affect their lives. And the next step is enshrining an Indigenous voice in our Constitution. Because for too long our first Australians have been excluded from the nation’s birth certificate. Labor is committed