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Media releases
2010
March
Ninety percent of income
managed funds on the BasicsCard used for food and clothing in the NT
New
analysis of Centrelink data shows that around 90 per cent of welfare
payments allocated to the BasicsCard across the 73 Northern Territory
Emergency Response (NTER) communities have been spent in shops that
predominantly sell food and clothing.
3 March 2010
New fund invests $28m to build
skills in NT Indigenous communities
Aboriginal
people in regional areas of the Northern Territory will receive
training and mentoring to help them develop the skills they need to get a
job.
1 March 2010
Territory's mobile population
to benefit from new Australian Curriculum
Member for
Lingiari, Warren Snowdon today welcomed the online launch of Australia’s
first National Curriculum for Kindergarten to Year 10.
1 March 2010
February
Rudd government listens to
Darwin on National Archives
The
Rudd Government today announced the National Archives of Australia will
maintain face-to-face services in Darwin.
23 February 2010
Housing construction begins in
Alice Springs town camps
Construction is underway on the first of 85 houses to be built in the
Alice Springs town camps under the Strategic Indigenous Housing and
Infrastructure Program.
22 February 2010
Territory GP's gather in Alice
Springs
The Minister for
Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Health Delivery,
Warren Snowdon, will tomorrow stress the importance of the role played by
GPs in the Northern Territory health system.
19 February 2010
83 new Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Outreach Workers to be placed around the nation
National efforts to
close the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
Australians within a generation received a boost today with the
announcement of 83 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Outreach Worker
placements across Australia.
17 February 2010
Boost to vocational training
in remote Indigenous communities
Secondary
schools in remote Indigenous communities are set to benefit greatly over
the next 10 years through new or upgraded trade training facilities
provided by the Australian Government.
11 February 2010
Farewell to Margaret (Peg)
Nelson
Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren
Snowdon, today paid tribute today to Margaret (Peg) Nelson nee
(Bloomfield) who passed away this week in her 97th year.
5 February 2010
Territorians star in National
Youth Leadership Program
A record number of participants from the Northern Territory
have been chosen to participate in a national youth leadership program,
the Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon said today at Parliament.
3 February 2010
January
Australia Day 2010 breaking
records
A record 16
698 people from 130 countries are expected to become Australian citizens
as people across the electorate of Lingiari celebrate Australia Day.
26 January 2010
Rudd government delivers for
Territory cancer patients
Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd today officially opened the $27.8 million Darwin
Radiation Oncology facility.
22 January 2010
Commonwealth assistance for
flood affected communities in the Northern Territory
Attorney-General, Robert McClelland and
Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, today announced that the
Commonwealth Government will provide financial support to the Northern
Territory Government to assist with costs associated with helping
communities impacted by recent flooding.
12 January 2010
NT environment to benefit from
community action grants
A Commonwealth environment grant will help
preserve eroding beaches at Yirrakala near Nhulunbuy
08 January 2010
New Uluru management plan
approved
Environment Minister Peter Garrett today
approved the new management plan for Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park,
including a requirement that clear preconditions be met before any plans
to replace the climb with new visitor experiences could proceed.
08 January 2010
December
83rd National Health
Consultation in Wonthaggi
National priorities and options for health
reform were on the agenda today when the Minister for Rural and Regional
Health, Warren Snowdon, met with local health professionals in Wonthaggi,
Victoria.
22 December 2009
Work of Men's Health
Ambassadors comes to a successful close
Australia’s Men’s Health Ambassadors met
for the last time at Government House in Melbourne today.
22 December 2009
Construction begins on the
Katherine Regional Cultural Precinct
Residents
of Katherine today came a step closer to the completion of their new
Regional Cultural Precinct with the official commencement of construction
works.
16 December 2009
Key highway link between NT
and WA upgraded
The Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon
and the Member for Stuart, Karl Hampton, officially opened a major upgrade
of the Victoria Highway today that will help prevent the national road
link being closed during wet season flooding.
16 December 2009
Infrastructure boost for
Christmas Island
Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan
O’Connor, today announced a $50 million infrastructure package to benefit
the Christmas Island community.
15 December 2009
Children eating healthier food in NTER communities
Indigenous parents living in Northern
Territory Emergency Response (NTER) communities have reported that their
children are eating more and are healthier, since the introduction of
income management.
15 December 2009
Snowdon shaves Mo
The Minister for
Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services
Delivery, Warren Snowdon, took advantage of his attendance at the ‘Have a
Crack’ Day to shave off his treasured moustache which he had been growing
for 40 years.
11 December 2009
New incentives to provide better health care to Indigenous Australians
Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and
Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon announced a
new incentive program, to help provide better health care to Indigenous
Australians, in Melbourne today.
10 December 2009
Emily and Jessie Gaps nature Parks and Heavietree Range extension returned
to traditional owners
The Australian Government today handed
back two areas of great spiritual significance to the Arrernte people, the
Emily and Jessie Gaps Nature Park and the Heavitree Range Extension.
09 December 2009
Working with families to protect children
Early
intervention services, which draw on kinship ties of Aboriginal people to
build strong families and protect children, are being established in the
Alice Springs town camps and surrounding areas under the Alice Springs
Transformation Plan.
09 December 2009
Phosphate mine celebrates dedicated workforce
Member for Lingiari Warren Snowdon has congratulated 60
staff from Christmas Island’s phosphate mine, who were each recognised for
more than 15 years of service, at a function over the weekend.
07 December 2009
$2.2 million to upgrade Manthathpe Road
Residents at the Manthathpe subdivision near Wadeye in the Northern
Territory will soon have all-weather road access to Wadeye following the
approval of $2.2 million in joint Australian and Northern Territory
Government funding.
02 December 2009
Date set for the mo to go
Minister for Rural and
Regional Health Warren Snowdon has committed to shave off his trademark
moustache alongside a swag of celebrities at a new men’s health event in
Melbourne next week.
01 December 2009
November
New
pool opened in Borroloola
Representatives from the Northern Territory and Australian Governments
officially opened a new 25 metre pool in the community of Borroloola
today.
30 November 2009
Farewell to Carol Bourke
The Federal Member for Lingiari Warren Snowdon paid tribute
to a long time Labor staffer and friend who died in Darwin today.
27 November 2009
Jabiru Native Title Settlement
The Australian and Northern Territory
Governments and the Mirarr traditional owners today reached a landmark
settlement agreement in the Jabiru native title claim.
25 November 2009
Comprehensive consultation on redesigning the
Northern Territory Emergency Response
The
Australian Government today released the Report on the Northern
Territory Emergency Response Redesign Consultations, detailing
feedback from several thousand people at more than 500 meetings and
workshops covering 73 remote Northern Territory communities and town camps
between June and August 2009.
23 November 2009
Australian government
response to 'Our Future in Our Hands'
The Australian Government today announced its support for the
establishment of a new national representative body for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander peoples.
22 November 2009
$9.4 million in grants
for NT Indigenous Communities
A program that
gives Aboriginal students hands-on experience working in the television
industry is among 18 new projects to share in more than $9.4 million in
grants from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA).
19 November 2009
Federal funding for
Nyangatjatjara College
The Minister for Education, Julia Gillard,
today announced additional funding of up to $1.5 million for the
Nyangatjatjara College in the Northern Territory.
19 November 2009
Pathways to Community
Control
The Minister for Indigenous Health Warren
Snowdon said Aboriginal communities moved closer to designing and
addressing their own health needs with the launch of a new roadmap in
Darwin today.
12 November 2009
Stage two of historic
Groote Eylandt Regional Partnership Agreement
Improved
infrastructure and better social and economic outcomes for Indigenous
people in the Groote Eylandt region will be delivered following the
signing of stage two of an historic Groote Eylandt Regional Partnership
Agreement (RPA) in Darwin today.
10 November 2009
Minister opens new
Pukatja medical clinic in Ernabella
The Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and
Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon, officially
opened the new Pukatja Medical Clinic in Ernabella, in far north South
Australia today.
9 November 2009
Snowdon to shave off
signature mo for charity
Federal Minister for Rural and Regional
Health, Warren Snowdon says he’s willing to shave off his trademark
moustache in the name of men’s health.
6 November 2009
Minister launches program
to empower mothers
An innovative home visiting service in Central
Australia is helping mothers gain confidence and improve their parenting
skills.
6 November 2009
October
Lingiari schools
set to receive over $223,000 in drought assistance funds
Today. Minister Warren Snowden welcomed the federal
government’s ‘Drought Assistance for Schools’ package totalling $714
million, of which Lingiari will receive $223,000.
14 October 2009
Opening of the new
Danila Dilba health Services Centre
Local residents and medical professionals gathered today for the opening
of the new Danila Dilba Health Service Family Centre in Palmerston,
Northern Territory.
8 October 2009
A million dollar home
for wellbeing on the Tiwi Islands
The Minister for
Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health, and Regional Services
Delivery, Warren Snowdon today officially opened the new Wurrimiyanga
Wellbeing Centre at Nguiu in the Tiwi Islands, Northern Territory.
8 October 2009
A new dawn rises for
tourism at Uluru
Against a spectacular Red Centre sunrise, Environment
Minister Peter Garrett today joined traditonal owners to open Talinguru
Nyakuntjaku – a new $21 million viewing area at Uluru-Kata Tjuta
National Park.
8 October 2009
Five Northern Territory
locations to get permanent policing
Five new,
permanent police stations will be built in Northern Territory priority
locations under an agreement between the Australian and Northern Territory
Governments.
6 October 2009
Commencement of rent
payment for five year leases
The
Australian Government has begun making rent payments to the Tiwi Land
Council, representing the traditional owners, for land covered by five
year leases under the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER).
2 October 2009
Short term accommodation
for Alice Springs
New short
to medium-term accommodation for Indigenous people in Alice Springs will
be delivered by the Australian and Northern Territory Governments to meet
the pressing need for extra accommodation to combat homelessness and house
the town’s large transient Indigenous population.
01 October 2009
September
Territorians appointed to
$10m remote enterprise centre
Two
Territorians, Kym Cook and Paul Ah Chee, have become the first business
advisers appointed to the $10 million Remote Enterprise Centre
based in Alice Springs.
25 September 2009
Translating Dementia for
Indigenous Australians
A dementia information
pack, specifically designed for Indigenous Territorians was launched today
in Alice Springs by the Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon.
24 September 2009
Far reaching projection
for Australia's Top End environment
Australia’s Top End will have a huge conservation corridor stretching from
Kakadu’s stone country to the Arafura Sea, with the declaration of two
substantial new Indigenous Protected Areas.
24 September 2009
Growing vegies at our
Territory schools
Kitchen gardens in our
outback communities is only an application away, with the latest round of
the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden National Program now open.
17 September 2009
Opposition risking pests
and disease in the Northern Territory
The
Opposition’s decision to rip a $103 million black hole in Australia’s
biosecurity budget places the Northern Territory’s primary industries at
greater risk of pests and diseases, Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren
Snowdon said today.
16 September 2009
$10m network to power
desert businesses
Tourism, local
produce, mining services, sustainable building and creative industries are
among desert industries that will benefit from the new $10 million Desert
Knowledge Australia Outback Business Network Project.
14 September 2009
Vision and strength of
the Jawoyn celebrated: 20th anniversary of the Nitmiluk hand-back
The
Federal Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, joined with the
Jawoyn people today to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the formal
recognition of title to their traditional lands.
12 September 2009
The end of another
incredible season
The CAFL
Ngurratjuta Cup Grand Final is a fitting finale to another great year of
Australian Rules football in Central Australia.
12 September 2009
A home for rural health
professionals in Katherine
The Centre
for Remote Health is setting up a home in Katherine to help attract health
professionals to the Northern Territory, thanks to the Rudd Government.
11 September 2009
Opening of
StrongBala Male Space in Katherine
The men of Katherine marched down the main
street together today to show their determination to take the necessary
steps to transform their health and their lives.
11 September 2009
Leases signed in
Maningrida, Gunbalanya & Wadeye
The
Northern Territory (NT) communities of Maningrida, Gunbalanya and Wadeye
have signed 40-year leases which will allow housing work to begin across
the three communities under the Australian and Northern Territory
Governments’ Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure Program (SIHIP).
10 September 2009
Help for people with
mental illness in remote communities
People
living with a mental illness in remote Australia will have access to
much-needed support through the extension of the Personal Helpers and
Mentors (PHaMS) program.
9 September 2009
New Australian
Government projects to keep the Territory moving
Warren Snowdon, the Federal Member for Lingiari, today
welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement of funding to support
seventy jobs in three Territory locations.
3 September 2009
$68 million for 65
Primary schools in Lingiari to support local jobs
Federal Member
for Lingiari Warren Snowdon has welcomed the announcement of sixty-eight
million dollars for major new infrastructure projects in Lingiari primary
schools under the third and final round of Primary Schools for the 21st
Century (P21).
3 September 2009
August
$54.2 million for
Lingiari Primary schools to support local jobs
The Hon.
Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari today announced that 62 primary
schools in the electorate of Lingiari will receive $54.2m for major new
infrastructure projects under the third and final round of Primary Schools
for the 21st Century (P21).
24 August 2009
Alice Springs town camps
The
Australian Government will do whatever is necessary to start work on
improving living standards for residents of the Alice Springs town camps.
24 August 2009
A weekend of fun and
fund raising in Alice Springs
Over the past
24 years Variety Bashers have raised over $100 million dollars to improve
the lives of special needs children across Australia, and today the
tradition continued with the gift of a wheel chair swing at Acacia Hill
School in Alice Springs.
22 August 2009
Broadcasting
Indigenous culture across the NT
Over $5.5
million will be spent on Indigenous radio and television in the Lingiari
electorate thanks to the Federal Government.
22 August 2009
Giving the Territory's
needy more help
Territorians
doing it tough across the Lingiari electorate will now have access to more
food and clothing parcels, accommodation assistance and support.
21 August 2009
43rd anniversary of
Wave Hill walk off
The Member for
Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP today joined with the Gurindji people
on the banks of the Victoria River to remember one of the great stories of
Australian history and one of the nation’s most extraordinary leaders.
21 August 2009
Giving Indigenous parents
a helping hand
Indigenous parents across
the Northern Territory will soon have access to a range of services
including nutrition advice, home visits, and financial management
training.
20 August 2009
Time for NT volunteers to
apply for equipment
Whether your
local sporting group needs a fridge, or your art group needs a fax
machine, or perhaps your conservation group needs a new first aid kit, the
2009 Volunteer Grants Program is now open and here to help.
19 August 2009
$1.9 million to fix
five road black spots in Lingiari
The Rudd
Labor Government will invest a further $1.9 million to fix five dangerous
black spots on Territory roads, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and
Regional Development, Anthony Albanese, and Member for Lingiari, Warren
Snowdon, announced today.
18 August 2009
New committee to
focus on Regional Development in Northern Territory
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have today announced the
new Regional Development Australia (RDA) Northern Territory committee
members.
11 August 2009
Regional Development
Australia- NT Committee appointments
The Australian and Northern Territory Governments have today announced the
new Regional Development Australia (RDA) Northern Territory committee
members.
11 August 2009
Appointment of new Chair
of the Aboriginals Benefit Account Advisory Committee
I am
pleased to announce the appointment of Patricia (Pat) Brahim to the
position of Chair of the Aboriginals Benefit Account Advisory Committee (ABAAC)
for a term of three years.
10 August 2009
Australian Government
proud to support 2009 Garma Festival
The
Australian Government today announced $265,000 to support Australia’s
leading Indigenous festival, Garma.
7 August 2009
Australia's first surf
lifesaving club in an Indigenous community opened today
The
remote Northern Territory community of Yirrkala is celebrating the opening
of its Surf Club today which is up and running three years ahead of
schedule thanks to the hard work and determination of local people.
7 August 2009
Training Territorians
how to build houses
A multi-purpose training
facility equipped with power tools and machinery for general construction
will soon be built in Alice Springs thanks to $1.5 million from the
Australian Government.
6 August 2009
Getting our Territory
emergency volunteers ready for anything
Emergency service
volunteers in the NT have received $195, 740 in funding from the
Australian Government’s National Emergency Volunteer Support Fund, the
Hon. Warren Snowdon, Member for Lingiari, announced today.
6 August 2009
July
Improving the care of the
Territory's elderly
The frail and elderly in
Lingiari will soon feel the benefits of a boost to the training offered to
local aged and community care staff.
31 July 2009
Welcome investment in
the Northern Territory's remote airstrips
The Hon. Warren Snowdon
MP, Member for Lingiari today welcomed the Federal Government’s investment
in five remote airstrips across the NT.
27 July 2009
Tackling binge drinking
in Alice, Tennant, Katherine and across the NT
Local organisations with
ideas on how to put an end to binge drinking in their town are encouraged
to apply for grants of up to $250,000 as part of the Government’s $53.5
million National Binge Drinking Strategy.
27 July 2009
Supporting the
Territories Indigenous songs, stories, art and culture
From a
memorial festival between Elcho Islanders and Luritja/Pintupi people to a
multi-media production centre at Yirrkala, the vibrant Indigenous culture
of the Territory will be making the most of $871,960 in Federal Government
support.
23 July 2009
Katherine schools set
for more than $10 million boost
Chief Minister and Education Minister Paul Henderson said
today that Katherine Schools were set to benefit from at least $10 million
in Northern Territory and Australian Government funding.
22 July 2009
Building strong families
in the Tiwi's, East Arnhem, Katherine and Gulf region
Children across
the Lingiari electorate will have access to expanded playgroups, literacy
programs, parenting support, child nutrition education and child friendly
community events thanks to more than $6.5 million from the Australian
Government’s Communities for Children initiative.
22 July 2009
Improving the
Katherine hospital emergency department
The Australian Government
has allocated $1.2 million to the Northern Territory for the Katherine
District Hospital through the Taking the Pressure off Public Hospitals
initiative.
16 July 2009
Building better hospital
services in Alice Springs
Residents of Alice
Springs and surrounding communities will benefit from a $15.2 million
boost to emergency and medical infrastructure at Alice Springs Hospital.
13 July 2009
$9 million boost for
Tennant schools
Chief Minister
and Education Minister Paul Henderson said today Tennant Creek schools
were set to benefit from almost $9 million in Territory and Australian
Government investment.
10 July 2009
Protecting the
Territories Indigenous heritage
Indigenous
cultural sites from Keep River to Hermannsburg will receive more than
$626,550 from the Commonwealth Government’s Indigenous Heritage Program to
help look after important cultural heritage values.
8 July 2009
Bima wear goes digital
The Hon. Warren Snowdon,
Member for Lingiari, today congratulated Bima Wear on Bathurst Island for
pursuing technology to build their textile business and winning a $33,660
grant under the Australian Government’s Textile, Clothing and Footwear
(TCF) Small Business Program.
6 July 2009
$29.7 million to repair
and protect the NT environment
Access to natural resource
management information, weed control, camel control, managing marine
debris, rat eradication and more will benefit from over $29.7 million to
be invested in the Northern Territory environment through the Federal
Government’s Caring for Country.
6 July 2009
Improving the wellbeing
of Territory families
Radio
shows, a domestic violence outreach service, a multicultural playgroup and
a community centre are just of some of the six programs to share in
$481,640 in Australian Government funding over the next year.
3 July 2009
Support for defence
families in Katherine
Defence families in
Katherine will be able to stay up-to-date with community events and
Defence news following the announcement of funding for the Tindal
Community Times.
3 July 2009
Strong men, strong
voices, strong communities
Member for Lingiari and
Federal Minister for Indigenous Health, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today
congratulated the leadership shown by the Aboriginal men who have
participated in the Men’s Health Summit at Banatjarl near Katherine.
2 July 2009
Meeting the needs of
older Territorians in Lingiari
Growing old
in remote and regional Northern Territory became a little easier today
with the announcement of an additional 36 home-based aged care places
funded through the Federal Government’s latest Aged Care Approvals Round.
2 July 2009
Christmas Island
ecosystem rescue
The Australian Government will invest $1.5 million to begin
the rescue of Christmas Island’s ecosystem, including a mission to capture
the last remaining pipistrelle bats for captive breeding.
1 July 2009
June
Further investment in
Territory TAFES
Students in Alice Springs
and Katherine will soon be able to be trained in Community Services, Aged
Care, Oral and Health programs specifically designed to serve Indigenous
communities, following the announcement of over $4.5 million investment in
Charles Darwin University’s Alice Springs and Katherine campuses.
30 June 2009
$17.5 million for
modernising schools in Lingiari
Schools from Galiwinku
to Alice Springs will soon have new or refurbished science laboratories or
language centres thanks to the first stage of the Science and Language
Centres for 21st Century Secondary Schools (SLC) element of the
Building the Education Revolution (BER).
30 June 2009
Over a million more
for NT community infrastructure
The Federal Government’s
Community Infrastructure Fund, which has already delivered well over $6
million dollars to the Lingiari electorate, has been boosted by over a $1
million, Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP announced today.
26 June 2009
Schools benefiting from
Building the Education Revolution right across the NT
Federal Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP,
today confirmed that more than $100 million of school infrastructure
projects are underway right across the NT improving our schools, and
benefiting our kids, teachers, community and economy.
25 June 2009
Christmas and Cocos
(Keeling) Islands to receive community arts funding
The Minister for Home Affairs, Brendan O’Connor, today announced
Australian Government funding for two community art programs for Christmas
Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
24June 2009
Liam Jurrah putting
Yuendumu on the AFL map
Federal Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP,
today wished Melbourne Football Club rookie Liam Jungarrayi Jurrah all the
best before his debut AFL game against Essendon at the Docklands stadium
tonight.
19 June 2009
$76,500 to conserve
Tennant Creek's historic military hospital
The historic Tuxworth Fullwood House in Tennant Creek will
receive Australian Government funding of $76,500 for restoration works.
19 June 2009
$116,500 for
Hartley Street School Alice Springs
With an Australian Government contribution of $116,500,
important conservation and repair works can now begin on
Hartley
Street School, the first official school in Alice Springs.
19 June 2009
Central Australian
landmarks handed back to traditional owners
An
important cultural site for the Arrernte people and a geographical
landmark that was a beacon for early explorers is among six parcels of
land handed back to traditional owners by the Australian Government today.
12 June 2009
$3 million to help
families and children in Alice Springs
Vulnerable
families and children at risk in Alice Springs will receive additional
support through intensive early intervention programs to improve their
health and wellbeing.
12 June 2009
$43.3 million to build
libraries and classrooms for Lingiari primary schools
Tennant Creek
Primary School will receive $2.5 million, Humpty Doo Primary School will
receive $2.5 million and Angurugu Community Education Centre on Groote
Eylandt will receive $2 million to build multi-purpose halls through the
latest round of the Rudd Government’s Primary Schools for the 21st
Century.
12 June 2009
New 40-bed hostel for
Alice Springs
A new
40-bed hostel is helping provide improved support and care for patients
seeking renal dialysis treatment in Alice Springs.
11 June 2009
New safe houses opened
in Alice Springs
The
Australian and Northern Territory Governments today opened a new women’s
safe place in Alice Springs to provide emergency accommodation for large
families escaping family and domestic violence.
11 June 2009
$12.2 million worth of
grants for the NT
The
establishment of market gardens to produce fresh vegetables in remote
Northern Territory communities, and the construction and renovation of
community stores are among local projects receiving $12.2 million in
funding from the Aboriginal Benefits Account (ABA).
11 June 2009
New Central Land Council
building opens in Alice Springs
The new
Central Land Council head office, officially opened today, will be an
important information, services and support hub for Indigenous Australians
in Central Australia.
11 June 2009
Innovation fund to
deliver a 'meeting place' for Alice Springs
Senator
Mark Arbib and the Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, today announced an
Innovation Fund project that will help Indigenous job seekers in Alice
Springs to develop their own business.
10 June 2009
Indigenous rangers protect Red Centre lands
More than
300,000 hectares of the Northern Territory’s fragile arid environment will
be protected in Australia’s 29th Indigenous Protected Area, the
Angas Downs IPA, opening the way to new training and job opportunities.
10 June 2009
$700,000 Funding for
Uluru-Kata Tjuta and Kakadu National Parks
More than
$700,000 will be provided for three heritage projects at two of
Australia’s most treasured World Heritage Sites – Uluru-Kata Tjuta
and Kakadu National Parks.
Funding was announced today by the Federal Minister for the Environment,
Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, and the Member for Lingiari, Warren
Snowdon, as part of the Australian Government's $650 million
Jobs
Fund initiative.
05 June 2009
Smart kids-proud culture-a fantastic Barunga Festival
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, today
announced more than $2.3 million would be invested in Better TAFE
Facilities in Katherine, Mataranka,
Alice Springs and Batchelor.
05 June 2009
Rebuilding our Territory TAFES
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, today
announced more than $2.3 million would be invested in Better TAFE
Facilities in Katherine, Mataranka,
Alice Springs and Batchelor.
04 June 2009
Supporting separated parents
in Alice Springs
Member for Lingiari,
the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, has welcomed news that a new Post
Separation Cooperative Parenting service will be funded for Alice Springs.
02 June 2009
7 day Territory weather forecasts and improved cyclone tracking
The Rudd
Government’s $78.5 million funding boost for the Bureau of Meteorology
will mean improved weather forecasts and warning systems across 56
Lingiari towns and communities.
02 June 2009
Helping refugees and migrants
call the NT home
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, today
announced the Federal Government would spend $140 thousand on services to
assist refugees and migrants settle in the Northern Territory.
01 June 2009
RAAF Tindal personnel briefed on the
Defence White Paper and ADF family health care
The
Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, the Hon Warren Snowdon
MP, visited personnel at RAAF Tindal on Friday to brief them on the new
White Paper.
01 June 2009
May
Building houses and skills in
remote Mapoon
The remote
Cape York community of Mapoon is to benefit from a joint operation between
the Australian Government, the Queensland Government and the Australian
Army to deliver much needed infrastructure, repairs and maintenance.
27 May 2009
Improving the health and well being of Ngukurr children with playgroup
The Member
for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today welcomed funding from the
Australian Government for the
Expansion of the Playgroups for Indigenous Families (EPIF) measure.
27 May 2009
A working future can be made to work for homelands
The Northern Territory Aboriginal homelands and outstations
have real opportunities for development following the release by the
Northern Territory Government’s A Working Future initiative.
22 May 2009
SIHIP works underway in the NT
Refurbishments under the Strategic Indigenous Housing and Infrastructure
Program (SIHIP) have started on the Tiwi Islands, Groote Eylandt and in
Tennant Creek, with construction of new houses expected to start in coming
months.
21 May 2009
Almost $5 million more for Lingiari schools
The Hon.
Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, today announced a further 51
schools across the wider Northern Territory would share in close to $5
million to help refurbish their classrooms and grounds.
21 May 2009
Investing in young people and
the environment on Melville Island
The Federal Member for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, today
announced a new Green Corps project that will teach young people on
Bathurst Island how to preserve and restore their island environment.
20 May 2009
$10 million Katherine division consultation extended
Territorians will now have until 30 June to provide comments about a
planned $10 million project to build a heavy vehicle diversion bypassing
Katherine Terrace.
20 May 2009
More than $9 million for schools, roads, and infrastructure in the Darwin
rural area.
The Darwin
Rural area is benefiting from the Rudd Labor Government’s decisive action
to reduce the impact of the global recession, with over $9 million of work
underway on schools, roads and community infrastructure.
15 May 2009
$38.5 million for education and training in Lingiari
The Northern Territory is set to receive a
total of $38.5 million in direct education funding following the release
of the Rudd Labor Government Budget.
13 May 2009
Federal budget helping
Territorians into work
The Federal
budget will deliver support to Territorians suffering the effects of the
global recession as well as providing employment support and training to
those with disabilities or those caring for or fostering children as part
of the nationwide employment funding scheme.
13 May 2009
Federal budget continues to
'close the gap'
The lives and
livelihoods of Indigenous Territorians will benefit from more than $309
million in initiatives over the next financial year, and more than $807.4
million over the next three years.
13 May 2009
Federal budget delivers
secure and sustainable pension reform
All of the
Territory’s struggling age pensioners, disability pensioners, carers, and
veteran income support recipients will benefit from increases in their
pension payments after the announcement of fairer pension reforms in the
Rudd Labor Budget, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP said today.
13 May 2009
$13 million to improve
indigenous electoral participation
Federal Member
for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP has welcomed the $13 million Rudd
Labor Budget investment in the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) to
improve Indigenous electoral enrolment and improve electoral knowledge in
Indigenous communities.
13 May 2009
Building better roads
for the NT in budget 2009-10
Road works will be underway the length and breadth of the
Northern Territory in 2009-2010 thanks to investment of the Rudd Labor
Government, member for Lingiari, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP announced
today.
13 May 2009
Creating opportunity for
Indigenous Territorians
Federal Member
for Lingiari, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, said the Rudd Government’s Budget
2009 is committed to improving the employment, training and education
opportunities for Indigenous Territorians.
12 May 2009
Federal budget delivers
on the NT environment
Lingiari
National Parks from Kakadu to Uluru-Kata Tjuta and the Christmas Island
National Park will receive the lion’s share of $26 million over four years
to assist with management.
12 May 2009
A budget to build
jobs in Lingiari
The Hon Warren
Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, has welcomed a strong, decisive Rudd
Government Budget for the Northern Territory that will support jobs and
small businesses today while charting a course to return the Budget to
surplus once the global financial crisis is over.
12 May 2009
Federal budget building
better health in Lingiari
More than $14
million will be spent building new health infrastructure in Alice Springs,
North East Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt following the 2009 Federal
Budget.
12 May 2009
Celebrating National
Volunteers Weeks with funding for Alice Springs
Member for Lingiari,
the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today welcomed $119,466 Federal funding for
the Alice Springs Volunteer Resource Centre as part of National Volunteer
Week celebrations.
12 May 2009
Removal of Asbestos at
Areyonga
Asbestos
removalists, McMahon Services, this week began work on removing asbestos
containing debris in the remote community of Areyonga in the Northern
Territory.
08 May 2009
$44.8 million for
Lingiari Primary Schools
The Hon. Warren
Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, today announced that 24 primary schools
across the wider Northern Territory would share in $44,850,000 for major
new infrastructure projects under Round One of the Primary Schools for the
21st Century (P21) program.
07 May 2009
$3 Million towards
Katherine Regional Cultural Precinct
Infrastructure
and Local Government Minister Anthony Albanese and Member for Lingiari,
Warren Snowdon, today announced the Rudd Labor Government would offer $3
million for Stage One of the Katherine regional cultural precinct in the
Northern Territory.
06 May 2009
$125 million Alice
Springs Transformation Plan
The Australian
and Northern Territory Governments have written to Tangentyere Council
with a significantly expanded offer of more than $125 million for housing,
infrastructure and services for Alice Springs.
02 May 2009
April
Centacare NT receives
more than $2.3 million in funding for Northern Territory families
Families in the
Territory suffering conflict and relationship problems will now be able to
access more help through Centacare NT.
29 April 2009
Community
consultation on $10 million Katherine division
The Territory
Government is calling on Katherine residents to provide comments about a
planned $10 million project to build a heavy vehicle diversion bypassing
Katherine Terrace.
28 April 2009
Think climate think
change in the NT
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, is
encouraging Territory school kids to enter a new national competition to
tell Australia what they think about climate change.
27 April 2009
Indigenous tourism
business hub opens in Alice Springs
The Minister for Employment Participation, Brendan
O’Connor, today officially opened the Central Aboriginal Experiences
tourism hub in Alice Springs which will provide support and referral
services to Indigenous tourism businesses.
23 April 2009
Honouring our ANZAC
heroes in the NT
Member for Lingiari and Minister for Defence Science and
Personnel, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP today encouraged all Territorians to
take time on Saturday to remember the service and sacrifice of Australia’s
servicemen and women.
22 April 2009
$2.3 million for mental
health support services in Yuendumu
Indigenous
Australians living with mental illness in Yuendumu in the Northern
Territory will have greater access to mental health support, with $2.3
million in Australian Government funding over the next three years.
17 April 2009
Welcoming more
Territory nurses back to work
The Member for
Lingiari, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, today encouraged all nurses who have
left the nursing workforce, but who have experience working in the
Territory, to take advantage of the Rudd Government’s cash payments of up
to $6,000 for qualified nurses and midwives who choose to return to work.
17 April 2009
Boom gates and better
roads for the Territory
Work is getting underway for safer rail crossings around
Alice Springs and better roads into the Territory via the Plenty Highway
and Tanami Road.
15 April 2009
319 Community Aged Care
jobs in the NT
Indigenous
workers will now fill 319 jobs in the aged and community care sector,
through changes to the Community Employment Development Projects (CDEP)
program.
14 April 2009
Transition care: Helping
older Territorians regain their independence
More than 80
older NT residents have participated in the Australian Government’s $293.2
million Transition Care Program since November 2007 – allowing most of
them to move from hospitals and back into their own homes.
14 April 2009
Giving young unemployed
people a taste of the ranger life at Wadeye
The Thamarrurr
Rangers will be teaching a group of unemployed young people how to build
pig traps, protect cultural sites, control erosion and do quarantine
monitoring in a new Australian Government Green Corps project.
14 April 2009
Protecting the Territory
from disaster
Federal Member
for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today welcomed over $727,000 of
Australian Government funding to help protect
Top End communities from the impact
of natural disasters.
07 April 2009
More than $8
million for Lingiari schools
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, today
welcomed the Federal Government’s $8.175 million investment in the
infrastructure and refurbishment of Territory schools.
06 April 2009
Almost half a million
dollars to fix five black spots in Lingiari
Minister for
Infrastructure and Transport, Anthony Albanese, and Member for Lingiari,
Warren Snowdon, today announced that the Rudd Labor Government will invest
$497,000 to fix five dangerous black spots on local roads in the Federal
electorate of Lingiari.
03 April 2009
Better, more
personalised employment services for the NT
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP today welcomed news that 10 job
service providers will deliver the Rudd Government’s new $4 billion
employment services system in the wider Northern Territory.
03 April 2009
March
Over a thousand
computers for the wider Northern Territory
More than 60 local secondary schools will now have access
to 21st Century technology through
the National Secondary School Computer Fund.
31 March 2009
Giving young Indigenous
people a future in the Territory cattle industry
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, today
welcomed the Federal Government’s investment of $350,000 in mentoring and
support for young Indigenous people keen to work on NT cattle stations.
31 March 2009
Alice Springs
Students part of the digital education revolution
The Hon. Warren Snowdon
MP, member for Lingiari, today officially opened a new computer laboratory
at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College in Alice Springs.
30 March 2009
Progress fighting
drugs in NT Indigenous communities
The Australian
Government funded Substance Abuse Intelligence Desk (SAID) is working in
partnership with the Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) to
strengthen Indigenous community safety.
27 March 2009
Million dollar Trade
Training Centres for Tennant Creek and Christmas Island
The Hon. Warren Snowdon
MP, member for Lingiari, today welcomed up to $2.7 million dollars
allocated for the development of Trades Training Centres in Tennant Creek
and Christmas Island high schools.
26 March 2009
Seven new
infrastructure projects soon to get underway in the Roper Gulf Shire
A Town Hall upgrade, community outreach centre,
horticulture shed and sports ovals will all benefit from the latest Rudd
Labor Government Community Infrastructure Fund investment in the
Territory.
25 March 2009
Infrastructure, roads and services for the Katherine
region
Tourism,
culture, transport, community infrastructure and local jobs all benefit
from a more than 7.5 million dollar injection in the Katherine Region.
24 March 2009
More than 45 million dollars for our Territory roads
Over
the next five years, local councils across the wider Northern Territory
and Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands will receive unprecedented
Federal financial help to maintain and upgrade their local roads.
24 March 2009
From Bathurst Island to Yulara computers are going
into schools
The new school year
began with computers at St Joseph’s College in Katherine, Ltyentye Apurte
Community Education Centre in Alice Springs, Xavier Community Education
Centre on Bathurst Island and Nyangatjatjara College at Yulara thanks to
the
National Secondary School Computer Fund.
24 March 2009
Air services to the Indian Ocean Territories
Federal Member
for the Indian Ocean Territories, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, has welcomed
the extension of the current National Jet Systems air service to Christmas
Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, that was due to end this month.
23 March 2009
Progress Report for the Northern Territory Emergency
Response
The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) is making good progress
with more than 15,000 people on income management, more police on the beat
and a successful school nutrition program in 70 communities.
22 March 2009
Over three and a half million dollars invested in
the Tiwis
The Hon. Warren
Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, today congratulated the Tiwi Islands
Football League on hosting yet another fantastic Tiwi Grand Final Day,
drawing hundreds of visitors and locals to the new Tiwi Oval.
22 March 2009
Tangentyere Council negotiations extended
The Australian
and Northern Territory Governments have agreed to extend negotiations on
the $50 million housing and infrastructure package for the Alice Springs
town camps, to provide more time for consultations to be completed.
21 March 2009
Rudd government
delivers more than $2.5 million to build community infrastructure in the
NT
The Rudd Labor
Government has today signed off a further $482,000 for ready-to-go local
infrastructure projects in the Northern Territory, including public
lighting in Todd Mall in Alice Springs, skate parks for Adelaide River and
Batchelor, and refurbished toilet facilities at Berry Springs.
17 March 2009
Over a million dollars invested in the Barkly
Stainless steel
barbeques will be springing up at the
Longreach Waterhole Recreation Area, and the Tennant Creek
Tourist Stop following an injection of money from the Federal Government’s
$800 million Community Infrastructure fund.
13 March 2009
Desert show piece
grown by Green Corps
A new Australian government Green Corps project will
create a best practice show piece of desert sustainability, as well as
supporting the habitat and needs of local wildlife at the Desert Knowledge
Precinct, Alice Springs.
12 March 2009
Creating a respite home
for Alice Springs seniors
The Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, member for Lingiari, today
announced a grant of $50,000 to modify a house in Alice Springs and create
more respite options for carers of senior Territorians.
11 March 2009
Improving life-long
indigenous health in Kintore
The Member
for Lingiari, Warren Snowdon, today announced that Pintubi Homelands
Health Service will receive $109,978 to undertake Phase 1 of the Health
for Life program.
10 March 2009
The Daly, Barkly and West Arnhem share in over $850,000 for improved
community infrastructure
Recreation parks, bike tracks and even community
kitchens will all be enhanced in the latest Territory projects funded
through the $800 million Community Infrastructure Program.
06 March 2009
Boost for
telecommunications in the bush-Snowdon
Warren Snowdon, MHR for Lingiari, has
welcomed the Rudd Government’s threefold response to the Glasson
report into regional and remote telecommunications services.
06 March 2009
Snowdon honours
Yananymul Mununggurr Tribute
Lingiari MP Warren Snowdon today congratulated Yananymul Mununggurr on the
receipt of the Tribute to Northern Territory Women.
06 March 2009
$10 million of grants for NT indigenous communities
A new
community store and a transport service for remote Indigenous communities
are among 20 successful applicants to share in almost $10 million in
funding from the Aboriginals Benefit Account (ABA).
4 March 2009
$15.7 million boost for indigenous rangers
The
Australian Government will provide $15.7 million over two years to support
22 Indigenous ranger groups, working on land and sea management activities
in the Northern Territory.
4 March 2009
February
Alice Springs youth are given headspace
The
Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, Member for Lingiari, today welcomed a new mental
health initiative for youth in Alice Springs, with the opening of
headspace Central Australia.
28 February 2009
Over $200,000 in respite for Territory carers
The
Hon. Warren Snowdon, member for Lingiari, today announced $244,600 to
improve the provision of respite care in the Top End and Central
Australia.
24 February 2009
$955,000 for Territory community infrastructure
The
Rudd Labor Government has signed off on $955,000 for local communities
from the Tiwis through to the MacDonnell Shire Council, announced the
Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP today.
24 February 2009
Senator Scullion
abandons Territory infrastructure and jobs
Member for Lingiari and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel
Warren Snowdon says Senator Nigel Scullion and the CLP abandoned
Territorians by not supporting the Government’s $42 billion Nation
Building and Jobs Plan.
18 February 2009
Power turned on at
largest solar system in Australia
Switched on today, Australia’s largest roof mounted solar power system
will generate more than 500 megawatt hours of clean renewable electricity
every year in the Alice, Environment Minister Peter Garrett said.
18 February 2009
$2,741 support for
Veteran event in Alice Springs
Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club Australia has received $2,741 in
funding from the Rudd Government, Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren
Snowdon MP said today.
18 February 2009
Aden Ridgeway appointed
Chair of $10m remote business centre
Businesses in remote Australia will benefit from the appointment of Mr
Aden Ridgeway as Interim Advisory Board Chair, and Ms Brenda Elferink as
Director of the recently launched $10 million Remote Enterprise Centre in
Alice Springs.
16 February 2009
Two safe places for
Nguiu
The community of Nguiu on Bathurst Island today welcomed the opening
of two new safe places that will help the community care and protect the
local children and their families.
14 February 2009
Tiwi Bombers welcome new
home for Tiwi AFL
The Tiwi Bombers Football Club now have a new oval to play home games
at Nguiu on Bathurst Island, thanks to a significant investment by the
Australian Government.
14 February 2009
Share your views on human rights: The national human rights consultation
People in and around Alice Springs, Nhulunbuy, Katherine, Wadeye and
Uluru will soon have a chance to share their views on human rights with
the National Human Rights Consultation.
11 February 2009
A place for the children to play in Katherine
Member for Lingiari, the Hon Warren Snowdon MP, today welcomed news of
$193,000 to help build a large, centrally-located children's playground in
Katherine.
4 February 2009
Building, supporting and growing the Territory
The Rudd Government’s $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan, announced
by the Prime Minister in Canberra today, delivers welcome investment in
Northern Territory infrastructure and jobs.
3 February 2009
January
Doors open on safe places across the NT
The Australian and Northern
Territory Governments today opened a women’s safe house and a men’s
cooling off place in the remote community of Ngukurr, as part of a
roll-out of 22 safe places across the Northern Territory as part of the
Northern Territory Emergency Response.
30 January 2009
Progress on Kenbi land claim commended
Member for Lingiari, the Hon.
Warren Snowdon MP, today congratulated Raylene Singh, the traditional
owners, the Northern Land Council and the NT Government on negotiating a
way forward in the Kenbi Land Claim.
30 January 2009
New financial counsellors for the Top End
Two new
financial counselling positions at Anglicare NT will improve access to
free counselling for people in the Top End including Arnhem Land, who are
struggling to make ends meet.
30 January 2009
Indigenous youth help the desert bloom sustainably
A new
Australian Government Green Corps project will create a show piece of
desert sustainability in Alice Springs over the next six months.
29 January 2009
Getting more computers to NT school kids
School children from Ramingining to Harts Range will soon be able to study
using the latest in the Information and Communications Technology.
28 January 2009
First ever national youTHINK event held in Alice Springs
Young people in Alice Springs are invited to join the Government’s
nationwide youTHINK event to be held on the 20th February and share their
thoughts on how to build a better Australia.
27 January 2009
NT welcomes 120 new citizens on Australia Day
Australia Day is a chance for all Australians to enjoy our nation’s
special day, and celebrate being part of such a wonderful country.
26 January 2009
Farewell to Father John Leary
Today the Member for Lingiari,
the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, joined the many mourners to farewell a true
and compassionate Territorian in Father John Leary.
23 January 2009
A kitchen garden for the Maningrida kids
Member
for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, today announced that children at
Maningrida Community Education School will soon enjoy the benefits of
growing, preparing and sharing fresh food as part of the national
Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program.
19 January 2009
Fixing the Barkly Highway fast
Work is
underway to fix the Barkly Highway and the Federal Government is ready to
lend a hand under the Natural Disaster Relief and Recovery Arrangements,
Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon announced today.
16 January 2009
Funding future Territory forests
The Territory’s forestry industry, including the high value tropical
hardwood industry in the Top End, can benefit from $9 million invested by
the Rudd Government in Australia’s forest industries and timber export
products.
13 January 2009
NT volunteers get New Year funding
Girraween Landcare through to the Groote Eylandt BMX Club will all benefit
from the Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants Program.
7 January 2009
Territory seniors get national transport concessions
Train, bus and ferry fares will now be cheaper for Northern Territory
Seniors when they travel interstate.
6 January 2009
Rev. Jim Downing: A man of faith and vision
Today, the Member for Lingiari, the Hon. Warren Snowdon MP, paid tribute
to Reverend Jim Downing; a true Territorian who dedicated his life to
others.
5 January 2009
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