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

On International Day of World Indigenous Peoples, Labor stands with First Nations people in recognising their unique status as the First People of this nation. It is time this was recognised within our political structures, and within our Constitution. Labor is determined to give First Nations people a say in the matters that affect them

Today’s visit to the Alice by Prime Minister Turnbull was a poorly planned shameless political stunt. While it always good to have Prime Minister’s visit this wonderful place you reckon he would have come here with a clear purpose in mind, that is not what happened today.   In a stumbling bumbling interview on ABC

The Labor-initiated Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition has today released its interim report, putting calls for a Voice for First Nations people back on the national agenda. More than a year after the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the Final Report of the Referendum Council, the overwhelming evidence to this Committee is that First

“The chance, this Sunday evening and Monday morning of the Prime Minister’s overnight stay in Tennant Creek is a rare opportunity for the community to share their story with the country’s leader.” Local Federal Member. Warren Snowdon said today.   Tennant Creek is the regional town centre of the vast Barkly Tablelands located on the Stuart

The decision to shift senior NDIS management out of the Territory raises serious concerns about the Government’s ability to deliver the locally-adapted services Territorians with disability need. In the latest quarter, over half of all NDIS participants were using less than 50 per cent of their plan. This means people are missing out on the

Today marks the Centenary of the Battle of Hamel. Described as a brilliant success, the Battle of Hamel took place on July 4, 1918 and lasted 93 minutes. Hamel would later be cited in establishing Sir John Monash’s reputation among allied forces, as he became known for his meticulous planning and coordinated approach. The Battle