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

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