Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2011-05-04
Can you please outline how Budget 2011-12 will continue to progress and improve access to services, employment and economic opportunities for Indigenous Territorians across the Territory?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question from the member for Arafura. I am delighted with the budget around Indigenous development and our reforms across the Northern Territory. It is under the Labor government of the Northern Territory and the Labor federal parliament that, for the first time in the history of the Northern Territory, we are seeing incredible infrastructure spending in these regions. We are about building our families across the Northern Territory, no matter where they live. It is an absolute credit to both levels of government, with the particular focus on Indigenous development across the Northern Territory, no matter where you live.
Last week, I had the pleasure, with Senator Mark Arbib, to announce a $30m package over the next three years focused on over 500 families across the Northern Territory within our shires - again, a reform of the Labor government of the Northern Territory to ensure we are improving the lives and governance across our regions - to improve employment opportunities, with 300 jobs available in the housing and maintenance area of local government.
This year, the investment of this government, under our Treasurer, includes over $630m in new infrastructure - building strongly on our record infrastructure investments this financial year - with new police stations, new health and education facilities, and improvements to road access and other transport linkages to our growth towns. It is absolutely fundamental that this parliament not only recognises the significant reform which is taking place across our regions, but continues to support it for decades to come.
We are about addressing the decades of neglect. We are doing it. There will always be problems, but our government, under Paul Henderson, is ensuring that we are doing this across the regions for every family.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I welcome the question from the member for Arafura. I am delighted with the budget around Indigenous development and our reforms across the Northern Territory. It is under the Labor government of the Northern Territory and the Labor federal parliament that, for the first time in the history of the Northern Territory, we are seeing incredible infrastructure spending in these regions. We are about building our families across the Northern Territory, no matter where they live. It is an absolute credit to both levels of government, with the particular focus on Indigenous development across the Northern Territory, no matter where you live.
Last week, I had the pleasure, with Senator Mark Arbib, to announce a $30m package over the next three years focused on over 500 families across the Northern Territory within our shires - again, a reform of the Labor government of the Northern Territory to ensure we are improving the lives and governance across our regions - to improve employment opportunities, with 300 jobs available in the housing and maintenance area of local government.
This year, the investment of this government, under our Treasurer, includes over $630m in new infrastructure - building strongly on our record infrastructure investments this financial year - with new police stations, new health and education facilities, and improvements to road access and other transport linkages to our growth towns. It is absolutely fundamental that this parliament not only recognises the significant reform which is taking place across our regions, but continues to support it for decades to come.
We are about addressing the decades of neglect. We are doing it. There will always be problems, but our government, under Paul Henderson, is ensuring that we are doing this across the regions for every family.
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