Ms SCRYMGOUR - 2011-08-09
Can you please outline how the government’s policy of A Working Future is creating long-term change ensuring all Territorians, no matter where they live, share in all the opportunities and prosperity of our great Northern Territory of Australia?
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question. Our government’s vision for the Northern Territory is working with all people of the Northern Territory. We recognised, with domestic violence legislation brought before the parliament, that to improve the lives for all children in the Northern Territory we must target the issues that are causing the problems. We know, as we have heard from previous members, that alcohol plays a significant and tragic part in the lives of so many Territorians.
Targeting problem drinkers, supporting people affected by problem drinkers, and implementing our five-point plan, remembering that while statistics tell us there is a high proportion of non-drinkers in our remote communities, binge drinking and alcohol-related road deaths wreak terrible havoc with families across our regions.
The Northern Territory government will keep working with local people in all Territory communities and certainly in our growth towns. We are also in talks with the Commonwealth government. The consultation taking place is looking beyond the Northern Territory Emergency Response. Discussion about alcohol and its negative impact on the lives of people in the Northern Territory is fundamental and a priority in our discussions with the Commonwealth.
ANSWER
Madam Speaker, I thank the member for Arafura for her question. Our government’s vision for the Northern Territory is working with all people of the Northern Territory. We recognised, with domestic violence legislation brought before the parliament, that to improve the lives for all children in the Northern Territory we must target the issues that are causing the problems. We know, as we have heard from previous members, that alcohol plays a significant and tragic part in the lives of so many Territorians.
Targeting problem drinkers, supporting people affected by problem drinkers, and implementing our five-point plan, remembering that while statistics tell us there is a high proportion of non-drinkers in our remote communities, binge drinking and alcohol-related road deaths wreak terrible havoc with families across our regions.
The Northern Territory government will keep working with local people in all Territory communities and certainly in our growth towns. We are also in talks with the Commonwealth government. The consultation taking place is looking beyond the Northern Territory Emergency Response. Discussion about alcohol and its negative impact on the lives of people in the Northern Territory is fundamental and a priority in our discussions with the Commonwealth.
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