Ms WALKER - 2010-02-17
Can you provide an update on how A Working Future is progressing, and how this will help improve services and support strong families in our bush communities?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nhulunbuy for her question. The rolling out of A Working Future is well under way. As I mentioned in my previous answer to the member for Macdonnell, there certainly has been extensive work done across the Northern Territory, with close to 500 outstations along with the 20 growth towns. It is certainly about working with local people in the regions across the Northern Territory. It is a key and continuing focus of my work, and certainly this government, as we want to improve the lives of Territorians who live in remote and not so remote regions.
We are a government wanting to see equity in education, employment, and certainly housing and infrastructure across the bush. We recognise that there is a substantial amount of work that needs to go into the fiscal side of any future development across the Northern Territory. That is what I am doing with my office as the Minister for Indigenous Development, and the department, so we can work towards a budget that sustains and provides a future for all people across the Northern Territory.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Nhulunbuy for her question. The rolling out of A Working Future is well under way. As I mentioned in my previous answer to the member for Macdonnell, there certainly has been extensive work done across the Northern Territory, with close to 500 outstations along with the 20 growth towns. It is certainly about working with local people in the regions across the Northern Territory. It is a key and continuing focus of my work, and certainly this government, as we want to improve the lives of Territorians who live in remote and not so remote regions.
We are a government wanting to see equity in education, employment, and certainly housing and infrastructure across the bush. We recognise that there is a substantial amount of work that needs to go into the fiscal side of any future development across the Northern Territory. That is what I am doing with my office as the Minister for Indigenous Development, and the department, so we can work towards a budget that sustains and provides a future for all people across the Northern Territory.
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