The Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon MP, today announced that a Shorten Labor Government will invest $600,000 in much-needed upgrades to the Katherine Aquatic Centre. The Katherine Aquatic Centre is a fabulous facility, and with this investment from a Federal Labor Government the Katherine Town Council will be able to complete the shade over the

Congratulations to Santa Teresa (Ltyentye Apurte)  on being announced as overall winner of Keep Australia Beautiful  2019 Australian Sustainable Communities – Tidy Towns Awards, at an event hosted on the weekend at Smithton, Tasmania. Santa Teresa is located 80km south east of Alice Springs and has a population of 650. The awards consist of 10

Kakadu is one of Australia’s most recognisable tourist destinations and a World Heritage listed environmental and cultural site.  Today marks Kakadu’s 40th birthday. We thank the Aboriginal custodians of this land for caring for this country, along with park management, rangers and tourism companies that share and celebrate its spectacular scenery, pristine environment and immense

Labor will bring back the Women’s Budget Statement and put gender equality at the heart of our budgeting and policy development. We’ll make our budgets work for women. Read the 2019 ALP Women’s Budget Statement here. For more information or to request a print copy contact warren.snowdon.MP@aph.gov.au.  

Scott Morrison has confirmed in the 2019-20 Budget that the Northern Territory is not a priority. After six years of the Liberals’ cuts and chaos this Budget was Scott Morrison’s last chance to reverse his cuts to the services Territorians rely on. The forward estimates are blank when it comes to the Kakadu commitment. It’s

The Acting Prime Ministers statements at the NT Cattleman’s Association Conference in Darwin today regarding Labor’s position on the live cattle export industry are an outright lie. He made the assertion that the live cattle export will not be safe under Labor. That is a lie, an outright lie. The Labor party supports the live cattle

A Shorten Labor Government will commit $10 million to build a Rural Aquatic Centre at Litchfield. This project has been a long term vision shared by the Litchfield Council and Labor. The Aquatic Centre will offer the local community a place to learn to swim, understand water safety and recreation. The Litchfield area has a

A Shorten Labor Government will invest $3 million in Alice Springs and Katherine to improve community safety as part of its National Crime Prevention Fund. Labor is committed to improving the safety of all Australian communities. This announcement builds on Labor’s recent commitment to expand legal assistance for Australian families and provide an additional 20,000

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