Mr BARRETT - 2015-04-28
Once again on the topic of the budget, can the minister please update the House on how Budget 2015-16 will make life simpler, safer and smarter for local residents of the Katherine region?
ANSWER
Mr Deputy Speaker, it is an absolute pleasure to answer this question from the member for Blain, who understands how important regional communities like Katherine are to the burgeoning primary industry sector across the Northern Territory.
It gives me great pleasure to update the House on many initiatives Budget 2015-16 delivers to the Katherine region and its residents. A total of $299m has been allocated, with a focus on law and order, health and education in a region that supports the primary industry sector.
Budget 2015-16 includes an additional $8.7m ongoing for the recruitment of police officers across the Territory. Earlier this month I was extremely pleased to welcome 18 new police officers to Katherine, providing more frontline services and strengthening community safety.
Budget 2015-16 also makes the lives of Katherine residents safer with the allocation of $7.6m for the relocation of the ambulance station outside the flood zone. There is $200 000 going to a sonography outreach service to make the lives of patients in our primary industry sector regions safer and simpler.
Education is a key focus for the Country Liberal government with the Katherine School of the Air set to receive $3.71m to assist isolated students. That is a huge boon for the Katherine School of the Air. The Kintore Street School is also a big winner with $2.65 to go towards a new administration facility.
Some $900 000 will be injected into the Katherine and Victoria River Research Stations to support their invaluable programs. Major infrastructure projects helping the primary industry sector around the region will include:
$10.8m to be spent on head and subdivision works for the release of residential land
$5m to upgrade the Robinson and Calvert stream crossings
$4m to upgrade sections of the Roper Highway
$3.5m for the construction of subdivision works to support a major land release at Borroloola
$2.5m to seal selected sections of the Lajamanu access road
$1m in joint federal and Territory funding for the design and development of two bridges over Little Horse and Big Horse Creek near Timber Creek.
These are but some of the many initiatives for Budget 2015-16 that deliver for Katherine residents to make their lives simpler, safer and smarter. It is a pleasure for me to announce these allocations, because under the former Labor government when I stood to talk about what Katherine was getting it was a very short speech.
ANSWER
Mr Deputy Speaker, it is an absolute pleasure to answer this question from the member for Blain, who understands how important regional communities like Katherine are to the burgeoning primary industry sector across the Northern Territory.
It gives me great pleasure to update the House on many initiatives Budget 2015-16 delivers to the Katherine region and its residents. A total of $299m has been allocated, with a focus on law and order, health and education in a region that supports the primary industry sector.
Budget 2015-16 includes an additional $8.7m ongoing for the recruitment of police officers across the Territory. Earlier this month I was extremely pleased to welcome 18 new police officers to Katherine, providing more frontline services and strengthening community safety.
Budget 2015-16 also makes the lives of Katherine residents safer with the allocation of $7.6m for the relocation of the ambulance station outside the flood zone. There is $200 000 going to a sonography outreach service to make the lives of patients in our primary industry sector regions safer and simpler.
Education is a key focus for the Country Liberal government with the Katherine School of the Air set to receive $3.71m to assist isolated students. That is a huge boon for the Katherine School of the Air. The Kintore Street School is also a big winner with $2.65 to go towards a new administration facility.
Some $900 000 will be injected into the Katherine and Victoria River Research Stations to support their invaluable programs. Major infrastructure projects helping the primary industry sector around the region will include:
$10.8m to be spent on head and subdivision works for the release of residential land
$5m to upgrade the Robinson and Calvert stream crossings
$4m to upgrade sections of the Roper Highway
$3.5m for the construction of subdivision works to support a major land release at Borroloola
$2.5m to seal selected sections of the Lajamanu access road
$1m in joint federal and Territory funding for the design and development of two bridges over Little Horse and Big Horse Creek near Timber Creek.
These are but some of the many initiatives for Budget 2015-16 that deliver for Katherine residents to make their lives simpler, safer and smarter. It is a pleasure for me to announce these allocations, because under the former Labor government when I stood to talk about what Katherine was getting it was a very short speech.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016