NOT A GOOD BUDGET FOR THE BUSH
Wednesday, 07 October 2020
The Budget will rack up a trillion dollars of debt but still doesn’t do enough to create jobs, fails to build for the future and leaves too many Australians behind, especially in the bush. There is nothing in this Budget that will improve life outcomes for Aboriginal people. There is no new money for housing
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LATEST MORRISON GOVERNMENT REGIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT LEAVES NORTHERN TERRITORY BEHIND
Thursday, 01 October 2020
The Morrison Government’s latest regional funding announcement is another dud that pits regions against others and leaves the Northern Territory behind. Rather than coming up with a plan to drive recovery across regional Australia, the Morrison Government has instead selected 10 regions to share in $100m over the next two years, while leaving nothing for
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STATEMENT ON CLOSING THE GAP
Thursday, 30 July 2020
It is 17 months since the Prime Minister said he would work with First Nations peak organisations on new Closing the Gap targets to reduce the disparities between First Nations and non-Indigenous Australians. A closer partnership between government and First Nations organisations as well as a greater role in service delivery will be critical to
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LABOR’S MOVE TO PROTECT NORTHERN TERRITORY REPRESENTATION NOW ONLY NEEDS THE PM’S SUPPORT
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Labor has today called on the Prime Minister to support its move to protect the Northern Territory’s representation in the Federal Parliament by law. A bill to guarantee the NT two lower house seats through legislation, introduced to the Parliament last month by Senators Farrell and McCarthy with the support of NT CLP Senator Sam
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PROMISED KAKADU FUNDS NEEDED FOR TOP END TOURISM
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
The Morrison Government should deliver on promised road and infrastructure upgrades for Kakadu National Park to provide desperately needed support to tourism in the Top End. This week, there are alarming reports about the slow delivery of $216 million in funding promised before the 2019 election, funding which continues to stall. Meanwhile, traditional owners are
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LABOR WILL REVERSE MORRISON’S ABC CUTS TO SAVE REGIONAL JOBS
Wednesday, 01 July 2020
An Albanese Labor Government will reverse Scott Morrison’s $83.7 million cut to the ABC to save regional jobs, protect critical emergency broadcasting and support local news and content. Territorians living in remote areas already face significant communications challenges. Now 250 dedicated ABC staff face the sack as a result of Scott Morrison’s $83.7 million funding
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN ON NORTHERN TERRITORY REPRESENTATION
Thursday, 18 June 2020
Submissions are now open to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) inquiry on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Fair Representation of the Northern Territory) Bill 2020. The bill, which seeks to amend the Commonwealth Electoral Act to guarantee the Northern Territory continues to be represented by two lower house Members of Parliament, was
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LEGISLATIVE GUARANTEE FOR NORTHERN TERRITORY SEATS A STEP CLOSER
Tuesday, 16 June 2020
Labor will continue to push for legislation to guarantee the Northern Territory two lower house seats in the Federal Parliament. The Government last week referred the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Ensuring Fair Representation of the Northern Territory) Bill 2020 to the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters (JSCEM) for inquiry, after five Coalition Senators sided with
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LABOR WILL MOVE TO GUARANTEE TWO NORTHERN TERRITORY SEATS
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Labor will move to guarantee the Northern Territory two federal seats through a private senator’s bill to be introduced when Parliament next meets in June. Without legislative intervention, the Territory is likely to lose one of its two seats as a result of electoral boundary redistributions during this term of parliament, halving its representation in
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Funding boost for local volunteers this National Volunteer Week
Thursday, 21 May 2020
This week marks National Volunteer Week and sixteen local community groups in Lingiari will benefit from a share in $9 million of federal funding to support local volunteers across Australia. The grants awarded are between $1,000 and $5,000, and will enable organisations in Lingiari to better support their volunteers to purchase small equipment, pay fuel,
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