The establishment of a mechanism to allow Mini Statements to replace what was formerly Ministerial Reports.

Suggested Guidelines to be considered:

That, the Northern Territory Government produces a specific and detailed budget paper setting out –

(a) all funding provided to Departments and Agencies for Indigenous Affairs and where and when these funds were expended and on what.

(b) clearly whether funding came from the Territory or funding came from the Commonwealth and where each of these different funding areas were provided to and expended and what outcomes were achieved.

1. The Assembly Establish a Standing Committee to be known as the “Territory Indigenous Expenditure Review Committee”.

2. The Committee is to inquire into all areas of indigenous expenditure including allocations made by the Territory Government and made by the Federal Government which are both administered by the Territory Government and the Federal Government.

3. The Committee is to report on a regular basis, but at least quarterly, and must at the very least in each report -

(a) match said related expenditure allocations with actual expenditure; and
(b) evaluate the outcomes achieved from the expenditure.
4. The Committee is to be made up of those people who recognise themselves as indigenous people and are current Members of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.

5. The Committee can initiate inquiries into any matter relating to Indigenous expenditure.

6. The Speaker provide all funding and human resources necessary for the Committee to actively do the tasks set by the Assembly.

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122A Purpose of Part

The purpose of this Part is to make further provisions relating to caravan parks and caravan park agreements.

Note for section 122A

Under section 4B, a caravan park agreement is a tenancy agreement. Therefore, generally speaking, provisions about tenancy agreements apply to caravan park agreements, including section 19. Also, other than in this Part, there are provisions specifically about caravan parks and caravan park agreements, for example, sections 48A, 48B, 88B and 100B and Part 13, Division 1A.

122B Agreements incorporate caravan park rules

The caravan park rules for a caravan park (as in force from time to time under this Division) are taken to constitute terms of every caravan park agreement relating to the park whether the agreement is formed under section 19(1) or is an agreement mentioned in section 19(4).

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(2B) If a residents committee has been established under section 122F for the caravan park, the caravan park owner must consult with, and consider the views of, the committee before making rules under subsection (1).

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(1) This section applies to written rules (however described) of a caravan park as existing immediately before the commencement of this section (the existing rules) that, immediately before the commencement, apply to agreements that, on commencement, are existing agreements within the meaning of section 164.

(2) The existing rules of a caravan park are taken to be rules made under Part 13A, Division 2 for the caravan park even if the rules include a matter not mentioned in section 122C(2).

Note about existing rules

The existing rules of a caravan park constitute terms of every caravan park agreement relating to the park as mentioned in section 122B, and may be amended under section 122D and may be the subject of an application under section 122E.