Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2012-02-23
Can you please outline for the House some of the Henderson government’s initiatives to invest in A Working Future for all Territorians?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the Territory is in an exciting phase of dynamic economic boom. This boom is not only in the urban centre of Darwin with that fantastic opportunity being delivered through the INPEX Total investment in the Ichthys project. Whilst that will significantly drive growth, we have other strong regional drivers out there, with the Falcon Oil Beetaloo Basin gas project; Vista Gold’s Mt Todd gold mine, and Xstrata’s McArthur River Mine just to name a few.
The Territory government is working to deliver on all these key resource projects because we know they provide dynamic job opportunities in our regional Northern Territory. The development of our Territory growth towns is very much a key to our investment in driving dynamic economic hubs across the Territory to provide for an environment of growth in both commerce and industry.
Training a local workforce and creating jobs is essential to this growth and to the wellbeing of the people across regional Northern Territory.
In partnership with the Australian government, we have a $30m three-year jobs package supporting 530 jobs in the shires with a Northern Territory-funded program for employment; more teachers in education programs to support education in the bush; new police stations; more police in remote areas; and, of course, that all-important new housing project through SIHIP.
The $30m jobs package, employing 530 Territorians in the shires, is delivering real service delivery at that local government level. Our government will continue to boost our services and our facilities across growth towns and regional hubs. We are allocating more than $1.5bn in infrastructure builds alone across the regions, across our two budget periods, supporting A Working Future. We have been improving roads, health clinics, early childhood, education, police facilities and essential services through this all-important $1.5bn infrastructure investment in the bush.
There have been decades of neglect in the bush under the previous CLP. We have continued to work hard to turn that around and provide real opportunities and dynamic economic growth in the bush.
Given the chance, we know the CLP would ignore the people of the bush again and do nothing to support them. In stark contrast, this government stands proud of our strong record of supporting Territorians regardless of where they live, and understands that we need dynamic growth in the bush as well as our urban centres.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, the Territory is in an exciting phase of dynamic economic boom. This boom is not only in the urban centre of Darwin with that fantastic opportunity being delivered through the INPEX Total investment in the Ichthys project. Whilst that will significantly drive growth, we have other strong regional drivers out there, with the Falcon Oil Beetaloo Basin gas project; Vista Gold’s Mt Todd gold mine, and Xstrata’s McArthur River Mine just to name a few.
The Territory government is working to deliver on all these key resource projects because we know they provide dynamic job opportunities in our regional Northern Territory. The development of our Territory growth towns is very much a key to our investment in driving dynamic economic hubs across the Territory to provide for an environment of growth in both commerce and industry.
Training a local workforce and creating jobs is essential to this growth and to the wellbeing of the people across regional Northern Territory.
In partnership with the Australian government, we have a $30m three-year jobs package supporting 530 jobs in the shires with a Northern Territory-funded program for employment; more teachers in education programs to support education in the bush; new police stations; more police in remote areas; and, of course, that all-important new housing project through SIHIP.
The $30m jobs package, employing 530 Territorians in the shires, is delivering real service delivery at that local government level. Our government will continue to boost our services and our facilities across growth towns and regional hubs. We are allocating more than $1.5bn in infrastructure builds alone across the regions, across our two budget periods, supporting A Working Future. We have been improving roads, health clinics, early childhood, education, police facilities and essential services through this all-important $1.5bn infrastructure investment in the bush.
There have been decades of neglect in the bush under the previous CLP. We have continued to work hard to turn that around and provide real opportunities and dynamic economic growth in the bush.
Given the chance, we know the CLP would ignore the people of the bush again and do nothing to support them. In stark contrast, this government stands proud of our strong record of supporting Territorians regardless of where they live, and understands that we need dynamic growth in the bush as well as our urban centres.
Last updated: 09 Aug 2016