Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2010-05-04
Government’s fundamental and underlying strategic plan is Territory 2030. Can you advise the House on how Budget 2010-11 is implementing the priorities of that plan?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question. As she travels around the Northern Territory talking with Territorians about the implementation of the Territory 2030 strategy, this Budget 2010-11 is the first down payment on implementing that plan. All agencies and ministers are working towards those 10 key strategies and targets which have been announced. Some of those strategies include A Working Future, a $980m commitment in this budget to our remote towns; Greening the Territory; A Smart Territory; Housing the Territory; A Safe Territory; and others. These core strategies are well funded in Budget 2010-11.
Territory 2030 has education as a central theme. A Smart Territory implements those goals and is funded by a budget of $886m in 2010-11. Within this budget, funds are focused on lifting the performance of all students to meet and exceed national benchmarks, promotion of lifelong participation in the education system, and the development of a world-class system. For example, this year alone, $213m will be spent upgrading and maintaining school facilities across the Territory.
As I travel around the Territory, this is a joint investment between the Commonwealth government and the Territory government. Every school in the Northern Territory is receiving significant capital upgrades to the benefit of students in those schools. There is $1.5m in the budget this year to begin the introduction of Schools of Excellence across the Territory. As I have said, A Working Future implements the Territory 2030 goal of bringing all Territorians into the economy, and into the lifestyle of our great Territory. Almost $1bn will be directed to achieving our goals under this key policy area.
Housing is a significant issue and challenge brought about by strong economic growth and strong population growth. We have an additional $30m for land release in Palmerston and Alice Springs; almost $2m to get Weddell under way; and almost $650m, with the Commonwealth, to build more houses across the Territory.
These are some of the very brief examples of the Territory 2030 plan being entrenched across government, and the first significant down payment on implementing that plan to the benefit of all Territorians.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question. As she travels around the Northern Territory talking with Territorians about the implementation of the Territory 2030 strategy, this Budget 2010-11 is the first down payment on implementing that plan. All agencies and ministers are working towards those 10 key strategies and targets which have been announced. Some of those strategies include A Working Future, a $980m commitment in this budget to our remote towns; Greening the Territory; A Smart Territory; Housing the Territory; A Safe Territory; and others. These core strategies are well funded in Budget 2010-11.
Territory 2030 has education as a central theme. A Smart Territory implements those goals and is funded by a budget of $886m in 2010-11. Within this budget, funds are focused on lifting the performance of all students to meet and exceed national benchmarks, promotion of lifelong participation in the education system, and the development of a world-class system. For example, this year alone, $213m will be spent upgrading and maintaining school facilities across the Territory.
As I travel around the Territory, this is a joint investment between the Commonwealth government and the Territory government. Every school in the Northern Territory is receiving significant capital upgrades to the benefit of students in those schools. There is $1.5m in the budget this year to begin the introduction of Schools of Excellence across the Territory. As I have said, A Working Future implements the Territory 2030 goal of bringing all Territorians into the economy, and into the lifestyle of our great Territory. Almost $1bn will be directed to achieving our goals under this key policy area.
Housing is a significant issue and challenge brought about by strong economic growth and strong population growth. We have an additional $30m for land release in Palmerston and Alice Springs; almost $2m to get Weddell under way; and almost $650m, with the Commonwealth, to build more houses across the Territory.
These are some of the very brief examples of the Territory 2030 plan being entrenched across government, and the first significant down payment on implementing that plan to the benefit of all Territorians.
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