LABOR’S $10 MILLION ALICE SPRINGS INDIGENOUS EDUCATION FIRST YOUTH FOYER
Thursday, 02 May 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will build an innovative $10 million Indigenous Education First Youth Foyer student accommodation complex in Alice Springs for young people aged 16 to 24 at risk of or experiencing homelessness. This election is a choice between Labor’s plan for better support for Indigenous young people, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town
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LABOR INVESTS IN EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR THE NT
Wednesday, 01 May 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $2 million in strategies to raise educational outcomes in the Northern Territory. This election is a choice between Labor’s plan for better universities, hospitals and schools, or bigger tax loopholes for the top end of town under the Liberals. Labor’s funding will support Charles Darwin University (CDU) to address
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LABOR WILL INVEST IN 100 ADDITIONAL DHS JOBS FOR TERRITORY
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will deliver an additional 100 Department of Human Services (DHS) jobs for the Northern Territory if it is successful at the federal election on 18 May. This election is a choice between better quality and access to services versus the Liberals cruel cuts and chaos. The additional 100 permanent and full-time
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LABOR TO ADDRESS OVERCROWDING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will address overcrowding and create jobs in remote Indigenous communities with a $1.5 billion, ten-year investment. Housing shortages and chronic overcrowding contribute to poor outcomes in health, education, employment and community safety for residents living in remote communities. In 2014-15, more than half of Indigenous Australians in very remote areas lived
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LABOR WILL SUPPORT PEOPLE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN DARWIN AND PALMERSTON
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will provide $40 million over four years to emergency relief organisations across the country, including over $1 million for organisations that deliver services in Darwin and across the Northern Territory. The Morrison Liberal Government is slashing funding to vital emergency relief services. This election will be a choice between a Shorten
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LABOR WILL TRANSFORM KATHERINE POOL WITH $5 MILLION UPGRADE
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will invest $5 million to transform the 30-year-old Katherine Pool. Making the commitment in Katherine today, the Deputy Labor Leader, Tanya Plibersek, said the funding will build a new waterpark and lagoon at Katherine Pool. “There will be a new kids pool, a toddler play pool, and a separate waterplay area
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LABOR COMMITS ALMOST $600,000 FOR NEW PLAYGROUNDS IN REMOTE NT COMMUNITIES
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
The Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, today joined the Deputy Labor Leader, Tanya Plibersek, to announce that a Shorten Labor Government will commit $588,000 towards new playgrounds in remote communities in the Northern Territory. The playgrounds will be delivered by Children’s Ground, a not-for-profit organisation that works with First Nations children, families and communities experiencing
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LABOR COMMITS $50,000 FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES AT GILLEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Tuesday, 23 April 2019
Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, today joined the Deputy Labor Leader, Tanya Plibersek, to announce that a Shorten Labor Government will invest $50,000 towards new smartboards at Gillen Primary School. Labor knows that investing in schools of the future is critical for improving the educational outcomes of Australian kids. “I would like to thank Tanya
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TERRITORY WORKERS STAND TO LOSE OVER $350 IN PENALTY RATE CUTS THIS EASTER BREAK
Saturday, 20 April 2019
Low paid Top End workers in retail, fast food, hospitality and pharmacy could be over $350 worse off this Easter due to Scott Morrison’s penalty rate cuts. Over 14,380 Territory workers who rely on penalty rates will be dealt another blow to their pay packets in the ten-day period from Good Friday, with cuts by
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LABOR’S HEALTH PLAN FOR THE NT
Thursday, 18 April 2019
A Shorten Labor Government will upgrade mental health facilities, fund the purchase of a new Careflight helicopter for Darwin Hospital, and fund major improvements to remote health services as part of an $92 million Northern Territory health package. Labor wants all Territorians to have access to the best possible health care, whether they live in downtown Darwin or a remote outback community. That’s why
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