The Australian and Northern Territory Governments will invest more than $3 million in a pilot project to reduce family violence and help make homes, families and communities in Alice Springs safer.

More than 40 young people in the remote community of Wadeye in the Northern Territory will benefit from $40,000 from the Australian Government’s Youth Development and Support Program.

The Minister for Indigenous Health and Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, has welcomed the launch of the Purple Truck, ensuring about 100 people with renal disease from the Western Desert communities near Alice Springs, will be able to have dialysis in or near their homes.

The Australian Government has provided funding to deliver training and dedicated employment support to 30 Aboriginal workers on Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Women in Alice Springs will benefit from around $125,000 as part of the Government’s National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.

The Australian Government has today announced further initiatives to tackle alcohol abuse in the Northern Territory and ensure licensed premises operate properly and do their part to reduce alcohol-related harm.

Changes to store licensing in the Northern Territory announced by the Australian Government this week will mean better access to healthy food for more remote communities.

A group of Aboriginal Year 12 students from across the Territory visited Parliament House in Canberra today to attend a graduation ceremony for the Australian Government’s Indigenous Youth Leadership Program (IYLP).

The Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, has officially opened new education facilities at three schools in Katherine built as part of the Australian Government’s Building the Education Revolution (BER).

The Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, and Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, Mark Arbib, today congratulated the 12 graduates of the Defence Indigenous Development Program taking part in a graduation parade in Katherine.