This morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison showed his true colours on constitutional recognition of First Nations people, by unambiguously rejecting a Voice to the Parliament. Like his predecessors Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull, Scott Morrison has turned his back on substantive recognition – and the Indigenous leadership who called for a Voice at Uluru. His

“Australians didn’t vote for Mr Morrison or his $17 billion of school cuts. The only way Scott Morrison can fix his school funding crisis is by reversing all his cuts to schools in full, including the $14 billion he’s cut from public schools.” Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari said today. Mr Morrison’s  fix for Catholic and Independent schools interstate,

“Time is running out for remote communities to be considered for mobile phone Black Spot Funding.” Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari said today. Mr Snowdon was responding to the Morrison Government announcement of its final round for the program which has no funding beyond this year. Only a small number of Territory communities have benefitted

Labor welcomes reports that the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) will support the expansion of Northern Territory Airports in Darwin, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs. The NT is on the doorstep of the world’s fastest growing middle class in Asia. By 2030, there will be three billion middle class consumers just to our north. We

The Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon MP, welcomes the partnership between the Territory Labor Government  and the Vocus Group that will provide Tiwi Islanders with reliable, future-proofed and weather-resistant telecommunications infrastructure for the first time. The project will invest $8.5 million to establish a 46km undersea optic fibre cable to the Islands to provide better

Six thousand one hundred and twenty eight  homes in the LINGIARI electorate will be slugged $240 extra a year to receive the same internet service as households in a metro area, under a new NBN pricing plan revealed in Federal Parliament overnight.   Before a Joint Standing Committee into the National Broadband Network, NBNCo admitted

Federal Labor welcomes the report released today, ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stolen Generations and descendants: numbers, demographic characteristics and selected outcomes’. Collated by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), in partnership with The Healing Foundation, the report details the direct link between forced removal and the real-life symptoms of intergenerational trauma, which

Forty years on from self-government for the Northern Territory, we still do not have full self-government, full states rights. This is a current issue, which has come to public attention in relation to our power to make laws relating to assisted dying, or euthanasia. The Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (NT) was passed

Expressions of interest are now open for the 2018 Stronger Communities Programme.   The programme provides grants of between $2,500 and $20,000 for small capital projects that improve community participation and contribute to vibrant and viable communities. There is a total of $150,000 available to Lingiari to fund a maximum of 20 projects. Local government