Regional Highlights presents an overview of key items and signifi cant programs in the 2004-05 Budget for the six Territory regions. The paper details initiatives in service delivery, tailored specifi cally for each region in the areas of business, jobs and training, safer communities, schooling and health, regional development, lifestyle and environment. It also includes Territory-wide initiatives, which apply across all the regions. Important infrastructure projects are identifi ed for each region as well as on a Territory-wide basis. Regional Highlights complements the extensive information in the other Budget Papers by presenting budget details of signifi cance and particular relevance to the communities in each of the Territory’s regions.

Contents Barkly 2 Katherine 4 Arnhem and 6 Alice Springs 8 Palmerston and Rural 11 Darwin 14 Barkly 3

Regional Highlights Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $0.15M to trial a support$0.15M to unit in living improve the Barkly to region in remote teachers for conditions communities $4.12M to deliver secondary deliver $4.12M to Tennant at students to education High Creek School primary deliver $2.9M to and early Tennant at childhood education PrimaryCreek School and student provide $1.2M to school support services including schools and special curricula for needs supporteducation open learning $0.81M for and programs, educational support students professional for elds in the specialist fi and teachers health and language, of music, the and for education physical of Studies Board Indigenous Education $0.38M for Programs, Initiatives Strategic of the education improve to Indigenous students $0.1M to strengthen family family strengthen $0.1M to support services in the region re bush fi volunteer $23 000 for brigades in the region early childhood, deliver $6.88M to primary post primary and schools in 14 remote education

• • • • • • • • SchoolingBetter • general business information business information general services departmental and links to programs assistance $0.11M to enable courts$0.11M to and for justice administer tribunals to communities, and remote regional including Elliott, Ali Curung, and Borroloola. Creek Tennant Registry to services provided are Tennant the through the region courthouseCreek child protection $0.47M for with services intensively work to riskfamilies at $9.75M to provide police, fi re and fi police, provide $9.75M to emergency services in the region and Creek Tennant $0.54M for Barkly community corrections, and monitoring providing supervision of adult and juvenile including successful clients the community into reintegration $65 000 for land information and land information $65 000 for servicesassociated support to sustainable development Response $0.88M Flexible leading training, for Funding Indigenous for employment to for Training including people, and the Project Youth Remote Centre Training Regional

• • Safer Communities Safer • • • Training Jobs and • Barkly The extends from Barrow Creek to Elliott, east across the Barklyacross Elliott, east to Creek Barkly Barrow extendsThe from region and north-east Queensland, to of Borroloola. the town including Tableland of about 6 700 is Indigenous. population of the region’s Fifty-one per cent with almost 45 per is a high proportion people in the region, of young There under 26 years. cent services Darwin to of freight on the Adelaide the commencement With for interchange of a road-rail development and the anticipated railway freight attractCreek is expected to increased Tennant c, traffi east-west activities major are and mining-related tourism Pastoral, throughput. economy. the regional to contributors

$0.17M for the Territory Business Territory the $0.17M for contact rst point the fi Centre, needing to businesses for services Government and access including business products, and assistance, planning advice $0.19M for animal health services$0.19M for for market access ensure to all available to livestock Territory domestic and export outlets $0.32M for local organisations local organisations $0.32M for information visitor provide to services marketing and regional activities the Barkly for region $0.15M for airborne geophysical airborne geophysical $0.15M for mineral promote to surveys, as partexploration of Building the Base Resource Territory’s

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Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 Barkly 2 Barkly 3

y Budget or it r er T n ther Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory NorthernNor 2004-05 $60 000 for the Marine Ranger$60 000 for assist to in Borroloola Program manage the local community to their sea country in conjunction agencies with Commonwealth the continue $37 000 to Ranger program, Junior Park and resources providing schools remote for assistance and communities $27 000 for visitor management management visitor $27 000 for parks, in the region’s programs and resources provide and to services, guides, tour including fact sheets and interpretive materials

• • • $10 000 Corella Creek– water, shade and barbeque area water, Creek– $10 000 Corella $0.5M pavement rehabilitation to maintain the integrity of local roads of local roads the integrity maintain to rehabilitation $0.5M pavement and widening Barkly rehabilitation $0.47M for Highway incorporating $0.28M Battery – stage 1 development Hill Mining Centre car parking, facilities and visitor new ablution entry and signage, road entryamenities and upgraded paths including program, investigation source $0.21M Alpurrurulam – water bores constructed and tested drilling three – construct new rising Creek main $0.16M Canteen Primary shade structures Creek School for Tennant $64 000 Road entry Peko upgrade showgrounds, Creek Tennant $60 000 Centre Youth landscaping on Stuart and at $50 000 Elliott for Highway $0.75M Tennant Creek Hospital – fi re safety upgrade to the main building to the main building upgrade re safety – fi Hospital Creek Tennant $0.75M of rehabilitation – stage 1 including Borroloola to access $4.8M improve Road Wollogorang and sections Highway of the Carpentaria and widening Stuart rehabilitation $0.68M for Highway

$40 000 for feral feral $40 000 for animal control programs prepare $40 000 to plans of revised for management parks and reserves with in accordance management joint agreements $101 000 for fi re management re management fi $101 000 for weed burning, and prescribed and management animal control feral protect to programs assets and life, in parksbiodiversity $0.3M to monitor and assess the monitor $0.3M to quality and quantity of the region’s and surface water groundwater resources the continue $0.29M to Strategy, Harmony Community the health, well-being addressing of itinerant and social behaviours opportunities providing groups, to itinerants for and pathways destructive from away move their to either return to lifestyles or lead a more home communities in town lifestyle productive • • • • • • • • • Infrastructure Highlights • • •

• • • • • $0.4M for integrated fi re and weed re and fi integrated $0.4M for advisory and support services to landowners $30 000 to provide a tenancy provide $30 000 to support service, which assists Indigenous obtain and people to public housing maintain $0.14M for regional libraries libraries regional $0.14M for Creek, Elliott and Tennant at Borroloola $0.15M for the priority $0.15M for repair of various and maintenance and remote in rural aerodromes of the region areas $1.72M in grants funding for for funding $1.72M in grants Indigenous Housing Community construct, to Organisations and manage community maintain Indigenous for housing stock clients $0.5M for renal dialysis services dialysis renal $0.5M for including supporting in clients their homes and community- based treatment $6.3M for community-based community-based $6.3M for health services in the region range a coordinated $0.79M for of services with non-government minimise the to organisations with alcohol, harm associated and other drugs tobacco $7.2M for inpatient, non-admitted non-admitted inpatient, $7.2M for Emergency Departmentpatients, and specialist clinical services at Hospital Creek Tennant $0.24M for Commonwealth Commonwealth $0.24M for example for Programs, Targeted Improving for Assistance Strategic and National Outcomes Student Strategy Drug Education support to programs $0.21M for with a disabilitystudents $0.28M for Territory student student Territory for $0.28M schemes and travel assistant housing teacher remote

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Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2 2004-05 Barkly Katherine 5

Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $0.1M to strengthen region- strengthen $0.1M to c family support services specifi community corrections $0.85M for and supervise monitor to adult clients and juvenile $0.92M for Flexible Response Flexible $0.92M for leading training for Funding Indigenous for employment to Youth Remote for Training people, Centres Training and and training driver $0.06M for olds 18 year 16 to for licensing Charles Darwin$0.32M for Institute and Batchelor University Education Tertiary of Indigenous tertiary programs tourism, coordinate $0.15M to horticulture and industry opportunities in the region re and fi police, provide $14.49M to emergency services in the region services child protection $1.2M for risk with families at work to $0.25M for the collaborative the collaborative $0.25M for project with Heytesbury Beef Australia and Meat and Livestock cient effi the more investigating land use of pastoral Business Territory the $0.18M for contact rst point the fi Centre, access needing to businesses for servicesproducts and Government

• • Jobs and Training Jobs and • • • • Communities Safer • • • • $0.4M for local organisations local organisations $0.4M for information visitor provide to services marketing and tourism strategic develop $0.18M to c and region-specifi approaches the for campaigns promotional destination as a tourist Territory the national complete $0.25M to program eradication tuberculosis $0.5M for cattle and rangeland and rangeland cattle $0.5M for River Victoria at programs research Station Research horticultural$0.22M for industry including research development and extension services the for and vegetable crop citrus, mango, industries and improved services industryinformation for $0.54M for animal health services$0.54M for for market access ensure to all available to livestock Territory domestic and export outlets

• • • • • • Katherine The Katherine region has a population of about 16 300, of which 40 per cent cent of which 40 per of about 16 300, has a population KatherineThe region extending the Gulf of Carpentaria to expanse, a broad Itis Indigenous. covers contains region The in the west. the Ord-Bonapartein the east and to region properties, Indigenous attractions, and tourist pastoral communities many Tindal. the RAAF Base and is home to Its industry mining and primary and includes tourism, base is diverse The farminghorticultural and enterprises. mixed pastoralist, industriesas such freight transport road road-rail a in Katherine, hub feeding is creating railway Australia. Western to Highway Victoria along the

$0.48M for monitoring and monitoring $0.48M for extension services pastoralists to $1.07M for geophysical surveys, surveys, geophysical $1.07M for exploration mineral promote to Territory’s as part of Building the Base Resource $0.92M for integrated land, water water land, integrated $0.92M for advice management and weed promote land-holders to to sustainable agriculture and land information $88 000 for servicesassociated support to sustainable development $1M for pastoral, agricultural agricultural pastoral, $1M for at research crop and irrigated Katherine Station Research $1.25M for research programs programs research $1.25M for Farm Douglasat Daly Research supportto farming mixed including peanuts development hay and irrigated

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Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 Katherine 4 Katherine 5

Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $0.12M for Junior Park Rangers Junior Park $0.12M for management crocodile $0.1M for and conserve monitor $0.2M to lands on pastoral biodiversity forecasting ood fl $0.1M for Victoria, services the Katherine, for and Roper Rivers Waterhouse of the Built Year a $50 000 for a for competition Environment greenhouse-friendly house $0.9M to monitor and assess the monitor $0.9M to and surface groundwater region’s resources water park joint implement $0.7M to arrangements management Katherine for sports$0.5M grant upgrade ground re bushfi provide $0.45M to operations and control mitigation animal control feral $0.36M for vertebrate problem $0.17M for foxes) ying (eg fl management the continue $0.36M to Strategy, Harmony Community the health, well-being addressing of itinerants and social behaviours Indigenous tenancy$0.23M for support services $1.11M for fi re management re management fi for $1.11M weed burning, and prescribed animal and feral management in parks programs control

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • $46 000 Clyde Fenton Primary works School upgrading Fenton $46 000 Clyde $1.99M for Stuart and Victoria Highways rehabilitation and widening rehabilitation Highways Victoria Stuart$1.99M for and tank rising main and install new water $0.6M Lajamanu – upgrade facilities and environmental visitor – improve Park $0.58M Limmen National Towns River y Springs and Butterfl City, Southern at works Lost and access river River sectorVictoria – provide $0.5M Gregory Park, National experience visitor improve to ramp boat headworks Precinct $0.5M Katherine Cultural enhancements and drainage $0.5M Dorisvale Road – selected gravelling Maranboy at holding cells police modify and upgrade $0.23M to the new hot springs at and development access $0.15M for $1.5M Kalkaringi – construct a new health centre bridges Creek River and Lost Victoria upgrade Highway, Victoria $5M

of music, language, health, and health, and language, of music, the and for education physical of Studies Board $0.11M to manage Crown land manage Crown $0.11M to buildings and associated management visitor $1.23M for parks in regional programs $3.94M for Indigenous Community $3.94M for housing for Housing Organisations communities in remote maintain and repair $0.51M to areas various airstrips in remote Katherine, at libraries $0.32M for Ngukurr, Creek, Lajamanu, Pine Mataranka and Barunga-Mayalluk $21.8M for community-based community-based $21.8M for health services in the region surgical, medical, acute $18.3M for servicesand obstetrical at Katherine Hospital of services a range $1M for to with minimise the harm associated and other drugs tobacco alcohol, services dialysis renal to $0.7M for support in their homes and clients treatment community-based for $0.13M for the Accelerated the Accelerated $0.13M for English improve to Literacy Project students for literacy outcomes • • • • • • • • • Infrastructure Highlights • •

• Environment and Lifestyle • Regional Development Regional • • • Better Health Better • • • • • schools $0.4M for programs to support to programs $0.4M for with a disabilitystudents open learning $0.31M for and programs educational support students professional for elds in the specialist fi and teachers $0.87M for Commonwealth Commonwealth $0.87M for example for Programs, Targeted Improving for Assistance Strategic and National Outcomes Student Strategy Drug Education student Territory $0.7M for schemes and travel assistance housing teacher remote $1.03M for school and special $1.03M for transport services $1.58M for student and school and school student $1.58M for support services including curricula schools and special to needs supporteducation Indigenous Education $1.36M for Programs, Initiatives Strategic of the education improve to Indigenous students $2.51M for education to isolated isolated to education $2.51M for the Katherine through students School of the Air non- to assistance $2.26M for schools government $14.9M for early childhood, early childhood, $14.9M for primary post primary and schools in 15 remote education secondary $3.69M for to education Katherine at students High School $15.41M for primary$15.41M for and early in 6 urban childhood education $0.26M to purchase a large a large purchase $0.26M to fi for vehicle rescue ghting re fi Station Katherine Fire re bushfi volunteer $0.15M for brigades in the region $0.27M for courts for $0.27M and tribunals to and regional for justice administer including communities, remote Beswick, Kalkaringi, Lajamanu, Creek Timber Ngukurr and

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $1.1M for Commonwealth Commonwealth $1.1M for such as Programs, Targeted Improving for Assistance Strategic and National Outcomes Student Strategy Drug Education $50 000 for building law and building law $50 000 for plans in Galiwinkujustice and Maningrida early childhood, $32.51M for primary post primary and schools in in 19 remote education the region primary$5.48M for and early in childhood education Primary School to assistance $4.43M for schools in non-government the region secondary $3.28M for at education Nhulunbuy High School Indigenous Education $1.72M for Programs, Initiatives Strategic of the education improve to Indigenous students regional and remote communities, communities, and remote regional (Pularumpi) including Islands, Tiwi and Nguiu on the Galiwinku,Alyangula, Maningrida, Yirrkala. Oenpelli and Nhulunbuy, Registry services provided are the courthousesthrough in Nhulunbuy and Darwin

• • SchoolingBetter • • • • • Tiwi Islands Tiwi and and $0.16M to enable courts$0.16M to and for justice administer tribunals to $1.4M for child protection services,child protection $1.4M for working risk with families at family strengthen $0.1M to support services in the region Eylandt, Groote $0.56M for Islands Tiwi Nhulunbuy and monitor community corrections to superviseand juvenile and adult of including successful clients the community into reintegration establish a new $0.21M to Region Control Fire and control re fi improve to servicesmanagement the to various Indigenous communities in Arnhem Land

• • • • • The Arnhem and Tiwi Islands region covers Arnhem Land and adjacent Arnhem adjacent Land and covers region Islands Tiwi Arnhem and The Mining for industry islands. is the dominant coastal source and employment of NhulunbuyGroote (on Alyangula and and the mining towns the region, Alcan Nhulunbuy the vast is home to centres. major the region’s are Eylandt) Eylandt. on Groote project while high-grade manganese is produced bauxite fi shing. forestry and aquaculture, alo harvesting, Other industries buff include Peninsula, Gove and Peninsula Cobourg Islands, Tiwi beautythe of natural The Indigenouswith abundant art region. the to tourists attracts many and crafts, young dispersed and comparatively widely of the region’s Forty per cent is aged per cent than 50 More of about 21 000 is Indigenous. population 65 years. over under 26, with only 2.2 per cent

$10.23M to provide police, fi re and fi police, provide $10.23M to emergency services in the region $0.87M Flexible Response $0.87M Flexible leading training for Funding Indigenous for employment to Youth Remote for Training people, Centres Training and $0.64M for local organisations local organisations $0.64M for information visitor provide to services marketing and regional End region Top activities the for Darwin, (encompassing Coomalie, Darwin,Outer Kakadu Jabiru, and East Arnhem Land)

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Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 Arnhem and Tiwi Islands 6 Arnhem and Tiwi Islands 7

Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $0.12M Nhulunbuy High School and other upgrades classroom $80 000 urban enhancement entrance Nhulunbuy town for statement $2M for upgrading remote remote upgrading $2M for Territory the schools across a which will include $1M for new secondary school facility at College Shepherdson post new police $1M for comprising Numbulwar at interviewce, offi area, reception area, exercise cells, two room, and area visitors’ and separate facilities communications of selected gravelling $1M for Crossing Oenpelli Link – Cahill’s Arnhem Road Central to equip new production $0.31M to and rising mains at bores Oenpelli

$7 000 to continue the Junior the continue $7 000 to providing Ranger program, Park for and assistance resources schools remote $0.12M for the Marine Ranger$0.12M for in Maningrida and Program assist the local Islands to Tiwi manage their community to sea country in conjunction with agencies Commonwealth management visitor $0.1M for parks to in regional programs and services, resources provide fact guides, sheets including tour materials and interpretive animal control feral $72 000 for programs the Garma $30 000 funding for traditional celebrate to Festival of the and contemporary culture north-east from people Yolngu Arnhem Land $0.16M for fi re management re management fi for $0.16M weed burning, and prescribed animal and feral management life, protect to programs control in parks biodiversity assets and • • InfrastructureHighlights • • • •

• • • • • • $0.19M to continue the continue $0.19M to Strategy, Harmony Community the health, well-being addressing of itinerant and social behaviours to assist itinerants to groups, destructive from away move their to either return to lifestyles or lead a more home communities in town lifestyle productive $0.25M for libraries in Nhulunbuy, in Nhulunbuy, libraries $0.25M for Alyangula, Milingimbi, Angurugu, Umbakumba, Pirlangimpi, MilikapitiRamingining, and Nguiu Groote resource $0.22M to Coordinator Regional Eylandt a need address – to Position of coordination greater for serviceGovernment delivery and direction for strategic provide in the region developments $0.46M to provide school and provide $0.46M to special transport services in the Nhulunbuy region the priority $0.25M for repair of various and maintenance landings and barge aerodromes in the region $4.73M in grant funding for for funding $4.73M in grant Indigenous Housing Community construct, to Organisations and manage community maintain (includes the housing stock Miwatj and Northwest Regional areas) Council Governing

Lifestyle and Environment Lifestyle • • • • • Regional Development Regional • and other drugs $0.19M for a coordinated range range a coordinated $0.19M for of services minimise the harm to tobacco with alcohol, associated $13M for acute medical, surgical surgical medical, acute $13M for servicesand obstetrical Gove at District Hospital services dialysis renal $0.49M for including supporting in clients their home and community-based including $0.39M treatment, of the clinic at the operation for smaller for with the balance Nguiu, East Arnhem clinics through $0.14M for the Accelerated the Accelerated $0.14M for English improve to Literacy Project students for literacy outcomes community-based $13.3M for health services in the region $0.98M in Territory student student Territory $0.98M in schemes and travel assistance housing teacher remote support to programs $0.18M for with a disabilitystudents $1.22M to provide student and student provide $1.22M to school support services including schools and special curriculafor needs supporteducation $1.51M to provide open learning provide $1.51M to and programs educational support students professional to and support in teachers for language, elds of music, specialist fi and the education health, physical of Studies Board

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $30.5M for the operation of police, of police, the operation $30.5M for re and emergency services fi Springs region facilities in the Alice services custodial $20.92M for for Springs at Alice enders adult off Centre Correctional House juvenile Aranda $0.55M for holding facility community corrections $1.31M for clients adult and juvenile for services, child protection $2.4M for risk with families at work to region- strengthen $0.1M to c family support services specifi courts$1.97M for and tribunals to in the region. justice administer Court Alice Supreme sits at The and a year 29 weeks Springs for Papunya, to travel magistrates Yuendumu Mutijulu and $0.58M for Flexible Response Flexible $0.58M for leading training, for Funding Indigenous for employment to Youth Remote for Training people, Centres Training and Forward Footprints $0.39M for assist with employment to opportunities Indigenous for Springs in Alice youth $0.62M for justice services, justice $0.62M for Justice, including Community the and Diversion, Reintegration and Prevention ce of Crime Offi airs and Business Aff Consumer

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people with disabilities with high support allow to needs, of skills development and training and in pursuit of employment participation in the community $3M grant to construct to higher $3M grant assist with facilities to education College of Centralian the merger with Charles Darwin University and training the driver $0.18M for olds 18 year 16 to for licensing services $50 000 for young to $14.4M Desert Knowledge construction under way Precinct $0.5M support Desert for Corporation Knowledge Australia and the Desert Knowledge Centre Research Cooperative Charles Darwin$1.05M for Institute and Batchelor University Education Tertiary of Indigenous tertiary programs $0.32M for the Territory Business Territory the $0.32M for contact rst point the fi Centre, access needing to businesses for servicesproducts and Government and land information $0.15M for servicesassociated support to sustainable development $0.36M for drilling program to to drilling program $0.36M for and petroleum mineral promote in the Amadeus Basin exploration Territory’s as part of Building the Base Resource

• • • • • • • • Training Jobs and • Alice Springs Alice The Alice Springs region comprises 40 per cent of the Territory’s land mass, land mass, Territory’s of the 40 per cent comprises Springs region Alice The Territory’s the of cent 20 per almost for account that people 39 000 about with South Australian Australian, Western extends the to region The population. Desert. Alice Tanami and includes the mineral-rich and Queensland borders Gap. facility Pine at defence the joint Springs is home to and gas, oil mining, include pastoralism, Major industries region in the by the Centre to and Indigenoustourism arts Increased access and culture. recovering industry, tourism of the the growth will ensure both air and rail culties. diffi international the recent from on a portion of Owen 2

Springs Station to assist the Springs to Station industrypastoral $0.15M for a new arid zone a new arid zone $0.15M for of about area research pastoral 500km $0.22M to develop new table develop $0.22M to support and to varieties, the grape productivityindustry improve to and quality animal health services$0.19M for for market access ensure to all available to livestock Territory domestic and export outlets $1.25M in incentive payments for for payments $1.25M in incentive Centre Springs Convention Alice monitoring, provide $0.85M to extension and advisory services to land-holders in the region $0.2M for specifi c tourism c specifi $0.2M for Tjuta of Uluru and Katapromotion $0.64M for local organisations local organisations $0.64M for information visitor provide to services marketing and tourism Australia activities Central for strategic develop $0.33M to c and region-specifi approaches the for campaigns promotional destination as a tourist Territory $2.8M for the Northern Territory Territory the Northern $2.8M for in Alice located Centre, Holiday Territory which sells Springs, packages and provides Discoveries the for on holidays information regions t of all benefi

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $70.5M for inpatient, non- inpatient, $70.5M for Emergency patients, admitted Department and specialist services Springs Hospital Alice at community-based $40.3M for health services in the region $1.58M for Commonwealth Commonwealth $1.58M for as such Programs, Targeted Improving for Assistance Strategic and National Outcomes Student Strategy Drug Education isolated to education $1.43M for School of the Air through students school and provide $0.6M to special transport services support to programs $0.43M for with a disabilitystudents the Accelerated $0.19M for in Gillen PrimaryLiteracy Project School Hill and Anzac High English literacy School improve to school students for outcomes $2.42M for open learning open for $2.42M and programs educational support students professional for elds in specialist fi and teachers health and language, of music, the and for education physical of Studies Board

Better Health Better • • • • • • • • $0.27M Alcoota – to drill and equip bores – to $0.27M Alcoota – new 270 kilowatt generator $0.16M Hermannsburg third for allow to $0.15M Imanpa station – extend power generator landscaping – pathway footbridge Terrace Wills $0.15M works drainage estate $0.14M Golf Course $0.41M Docker River – construct new power station to to station $0.41M Docker River – construct new power termite-riddled unsafe building replace to $0.4M Nyirripi station construct – to power new generator third for and allow demountable replace set kilowatt – new 600 generating Yuendumu $0.36M Gillen Primary $0.25M for School complete to upgrade airconditioning Springs Desert$0.23M Alice upgrades Park Tree Ti at holding cell the police upgrade $0.22M to

• • • • • • • • • • • $1.05M for Territory student student Territory $1.05M for schemes and travel assistance housing teacher remote $2.49M for student and school and school student $2.49M for support services including and special schools, curriculafor needs supporteducation Indigenous Education $2.47M for Programs, Initiatives Strategic of the education improve to Indigenous students $13.05M to deliver secondary deliver $13.05M to Alice at students to education Springs High Anzac Hill School, High School and Charles Darwin the Centralian at University campus College

• • • • $0.9M for fi re safety upgrade to main ward plant room plant ward to main upgrade re safety fi $0.9M for residential Wedge and Dennison ord, Staff Liebig, the and Springs Hospital the Alice buildings at accommodation and widening Stuart rehabilitation $0.46M for Highway $1M Mt Johns Valley residential subdivision headworks residential Valley $1M Mt Johns construct$1M to public housing in general-purpose Springs Alice $1M Tanami Road, for selected fl ood immunity selected fl for Road, Tanami $1M access improve and sealing to upgrading bridgesat Chinaman cient strength-defi upgrade $1M to meet higher mass limits to and Salt Creek Creek grandstand stage 2 – 200 seat Park Traeger $1.7M sporting facilities in Alice improve to and other works sporting local and national Springs for events $10M Mereenie Loop road, including Namatjira and including Namatjira road, Loop $10M Mereenie and sealing various reconstruction Drives, Larapinta

$20M for early childhood, primary early childhood, $20M for and post primary in education schools 28 remote non- to assistance $19M for schools government $0.27M for the Ombudsman’s the Ombudsman’s $0.27M for ce, including health and Offi community services complaints primary deliver $23.4M to and early in childhood education 7 urban schools $0.32M for a fi re fighting tanker re a fi $0.32M for Station Fire Springs Alice for vehicle re bushfi volunteer $38 000 for brigades in the region • • • • • • • • Infrastructure Highlights

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Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 8 2004-05 Alice Springs $0.17M to prepare revised revised prepare $0.17M to parks and plans for management with joint reserves in accordance arrangements management Springs the Alice $0.1M funding for Desert Song festival a competition $50 000 for and construct design a to greenhouse-friendly house in the celebrate Springs to Alice of the Built Environment Year 2004 Ranger the Junior Park $37 000 for in schools program forecasting ood fl $30 000 for River Todd services the for $0.66M for weed management and and management weed $0.66M for programs animal control feral and re mitigation bushfi $0.61M for operations control and re management fi $0.42M for life, protect burning to prescribed and fauna in parks ora assets and fl park joint implement $0.28M to arrangements management Springs stage the Alice $2.7M to Games Masters and the Arafura in Darwin the continue $0.26M to Strategy, Harmony Community the health, well-being addressing of itinerant and social behaviours to assist itinerants to groups, destructive from away move their to either return to lifestyles or lead a more home communities in town lifestyle productive the quality and quantity of the and surface groundwater region’s resources water

• • • • • • • • • • • $0.8M to monitor and assess monitor $0.8M to $2.74M funding to support$2.74M funding to the Springs DesertAlice Park breeding education, $0.5M for activities supportingand research and conservationbiodiversity of Australia in Central habitats natural management visitor $0.87M for parks in regional programs $0.17M to manage Crown land and manage Crown $0.17M to buildings in the region associated amend and review $50 000 to Planning Territory the Northern Scheme Alice to as it applies within the Springs and the region, Act of the Planning framework manage facilities and $5.07M to Centre, collections the Araluen at and Australia Museum of Central Centre Research the Strehlow $0.65M funding for public, public, $0.65M funding for librarycommunity and joint-use services in the region

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n and other drugs $0.61M for the priority $0.61M for repair of various and maintenance in the region aerodromes public transport provide $0.79M to services Springs in Alice Indigenous $0.26M for a provide to organisations tenancy support service assist to Indigenous obtain and people to public housing maintain $7.49M in grants funding for funding for $7.49M in grants Indigenous Housing Community construct, to Organisations and manage community maintain Indigenous clients housing for $0.61M for improved drug improved $0.61M for servicesrehabilitation in Darwin Springs and Alice $2.1M for a coordinated range range a coordinated $2.1M for of services minimise the harm to tobacco with alcohol, associated an $2M ongoing funding for Care/High expanded Intensive Springs Alice Unit at Dependence enabling medical Hospital, and be recruited specialists to airlift the need to reducing interstate to critically-ill patients treatment hospitals for $5.5M for renal dialysis services, dialysis to renal $5.5M for support in their homes and clients treatment in community-based

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 Rural $72 000 for courts$72 000 for and tribunals to and regional for justice administer including communities, remote Daly River and Jabiru Wadeye, $15.36M to provide police, fi re and fi police, provide $15.36M to emergency services in the region custodial secure safe, $24M for services Darwin at Correctional including rehabilitation Centre enders of adult off and care juvenile secure $4.04M safe, servicesdetention Don at Dale Centre, Detention Juvenile and care including rehabilitation enders off of young services child protection $2.5M for risk with families at work to region– strengthen $150 000 to c family support services specifi and Wadeye Palmerston, $1.2M for Jabiru community corrections to and supervisemonitor adult and clients juvenile $0.23M for Flexible Response Flexible $0.23M for leading training, for Funding Indigenous for employment to Youth Remote for Training people, Centres Training and services $0.2M for young to disabled people with high support skills help develop to and needs, and employment for training participation in the community

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citrus, nursery, cut fl ower and ower cut fl nursery, citrus, improving fruit sectors, tropical services, monitoring information resistance banana varieties for assessing the disease, Panama to productionsuitability of cocoa and continued Territory, in the bamboo and various into research varieties ginger $24 000 for land information and land information $24 000 for servicesassociated support to sustainable development, the accuracy including upgrading of land boundaries Charles Darwin$0.67M for Institute and Batchelor University Education Tertiary of Indigenous tertiary programs $0.25M for research and research $0.25M for assist to programs development alo industry the buff mango industry$0.24M for activities and development participationcontinued in the new develop project to national varieties which will aid future Territory in the market growth airborne and ground $0.03M for surveys geophysical $0.31M to facilitate trade trade facilitate $0.31M to including development, and the trade international route trade AustralAsia

• Training Jobs and • • • • • Palmerston and Rural is the fastest growing Territory region, with a population population a with region, Territory growing fastest the is Rural and Palmerston 40 per cent with about population young of about 46 950. It has a relatively 77 Covering 65 years. over and less than 5 per cent under the age of 26 and the city encompasses of Palmerston the region kilometres, 933 square eld and the Daly Robertson Litchfi the East Arm development, Port Barracks, Kakadu. and east to River and extends Adelaide south to region, Primary touristattractions. industries cant signifi many is home to region The of operation The and aquaculture. crocodiles include horticulture, cattle, a regional of stage 2 of East Arm creating is Port and completion the railway transport hub linking with Darwin and logistics southern Australia and Asia. Palmerston $0.52M on horticultural project including development, $0.64M for local organisations to to local organisations $0.64M for and information visitor provide the marketing tourism for regional End Top $0.8M for animal health services $0.8M for to Territory for market access ensure domestic all available to livestock and export outlets $2.69M to boost the Territory Territory boost the $2.69M to industryaquaculture through seeding various aquaculture hatchery projects including and to and mudcrabs, barramundi of a trepang pursue the creation hatchery

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $16.5M for community-based community-based $16.5M for health services in the region services dialysis renal to $2.8M for support in their homes and clients treatment community-based $1.48M for Territory student student Territory $1.48M for schemes and travel assistance housing teacher remote Indigenous Education $2.81M for Programs Initiatives Strategic of the education improve to Indigenous students Commonwealth $1.8M for example for Programs, Targeted Improving for Assistance Strategic and National Outcomes Student Strategy Drug Education support to programs $0.8M for with a disabilitystudents open learning $0.76M for students to programs educational and support of teachers for health, physical language, music, of Studies and Board education, $10M for the Palmerston Palmerston the $10M for secondary facility school and special $4.73M for transport services in the Darwin regions and Palmerston

Better Health Better • • • • • • • • • $1.3M for traffi c signals at the Berrimah c signals Road and Export traffi $1.3M for Street Cochrane to intersection and duplication Drive seal 3 kilometres and Road – upgrade Bay $0.5M Fog Drive Road and Namarada Peninsula Cox between and partial sealing of improvements drainage $0.5M for Roads and Cadell Fleming - Oolloo, beef roads control intrusion – saltwater Wetlands $0.5M Mary River Creeks Tommycut and Sampan at works, – headworks Centre Recreation $1.8M Palmerston necessary the construction prior to of a multi-purpose centre recreation Peppimenarti at storage water $0.38M upgrade distribution Palumpa at high voltage $0.37M upgrade Batchelor at holding cell police $0.23M upgrade Primary$0.15M Driver School upgrade Primary$0.13M Bakewell School upgrade

• • • • • • • • • • schools $12.39M secondary at education Taminmin High School, Palmerston High School and Don Dale Centre early childhood, $9.93M for primary and post primary schools in 11 remote education and school student $3.27M for support services including curricula schools and special to needs supporteducation $50 000 for an emergency $50 000 for call out service response for help to Darwin and Palmerston, remain people with disabilities to living independently primary$36.18M for and early in 11 urbanchildhood education non- to $19.19M assistance schools government $0.65M for bushfi re mitigation and re mitigation bushfi $0.65M for services in the region control re bushfi volunteer $0.64M for brigades in the region births, and $10 000 for death servicesmarriages registration Community the Palmerston at premises Care

• • • • SchoolingBetter • • • • • y Budget or it r fuel from the new bulk liquids berth at East Arm Wharf bulk liquids berth the new fuel from East Arm at Terminal Use Joint the proposed to replacing navigation buoys, infrastructure and and infrastructure buoys, navigation replacing improvements workshop hazardous waste waste hazardous er $10.3M for oil pipelines for infrastructure to transfer transfer to infrastructure for oil pipelines $10.3M for $0.45M for minor new works including mud treatment, including mud treatment, minor new works $0.45M for $7M for the bulk loading facility East Arm at Port $7M for and manage quarantine to an incinerator $2M for

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$8M Darwin Correctional Centre – low security – low $8M Darwin facility Centre Correctional road – stage 1, sealing furtherLoop 15 eld $4.5M Litchfi kilometres Belyuen seal to Road – complete Peninsula $1.6M Cox $3.8M capital grant to PowerWater for power to Dundee Dundee to power for PowerWater to $3.8M capital grant PowerWater plus $1.35M from East Arm works: Port - - - - n

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y Budget or it r er T n ther Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory NorthernNor 2004-05 $0.59M funding to support$0.59M funding to and conservationbiodiversity in the habitats activities natural for End Top $40 000 for fl ood forecasting forecasting ood fl $40 000 for services River the Daly for the impact monitor $10 000 to of on air qualityre smoke bushfi the Marine Ranger$60 000 for Wadeye in Program support$3.84M funding to the Park Wildlife Territory

• • • • • $55 000 to assess biodiversity assess biodiversity $55 000 to eld in Darwinvalues and Litchfi wetlands a competition $50 000 for and construct design a to greenhouse-friendly house celebrate to in Palmerston of the Built Year the 2004 Environment $0.32M to implement joint park joint implement $0.32M to arrangements management animal control feral $0.15M for programs in biodiversity monitor $0.19M to Parks eld Kakadu and Litchfi conservation and $0.26M for Territory projects for interpretive WWII heritage sites Ranger the Junior Park $75 000 for in schools program $0.61M for visitor management management visitor $0.61M for in parks programs

• • • • • • • • and other drugs and other $1.04M for fi re management re management fi $1.04M for weed burning, and prescribed animal and feral management life, protect to programs control in parksassets and biodiversity and assess the monitor $0.9M to and surface groundwater region’s resources water $1.6M to continue the Community Community the continue $1.6M to in Darwin Strategy Harmony and the health, addressing Palmerston, and social behaviours well-being groups of itinerant $2M grant for the Palmerston the Palmerston for $2M grant relocate to Magpies Football Charles Darwinto University campus Palmerston $0.45M funding for regional regional $0.45M funding for Taminmin, Palmerston, at libraries Wadeye, River, Adelaide Batchelor, and Jabiru Peppimenarti $4.11M for Indigenous Community $4.11M for to Housing Organisations construct, and manage maintain for community housing stock Indigenous clients $0.46M to manage Crown land land manage Crown $0.46M to buildings and associated public provide $12.24M to transport services in Darwin, Darwin and Outer Palmerston $0.64M for a coordinated range range a coordinated for $0.64M of services the harm minimise to tobacco with alcohol, associated

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Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 12 2004-05 Palmerston and Rural 2004-05 Northern Territory Budget 2004-05Northern Territory Budget Darwin With a population of over 68 500 and covering an area of 122 square kilometres, Darwin is the Territory’s capital and houses the centre of Government. It is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city with 30 per cent of its population born overseas and 8.6 per cent of its population Indigenous. The public sector, together with construction, defence and tourism, are the region’s major economic drivers.

Darwin is Northern Australia’s gateway with Asia and attracts both domestic and international tourists. The new Darwin City Waterfront development, incorporating a world class convention centre and exhibition centre, is expected to signifi cantly boost Australian and international visitor numbers when it is completed (planned for 2006). The full waterfront project, involving signifi cant residential and commercial facilities, will continue over the next decade or so. Darwin also represents a strategically important Defence base with a signifi cant army, navy and air force presence.

Supporting Business including development of • $0.34M funding for the marine and • $0.79M for the Territory Business grower accreditation programs fi shing industries through a tidal- Centre, the fi rst contact point and certifi cation of Territory free facility, servicing the seafood

Darwin for businesses needing to access products industry and small pleasure crafts Government services and products • $0.37M to develop strategic • $2.03M tourism industry support • $0.7M for diagnostic services approaches and region-specifi c through managing the Wharf at the Berrimah Veterinary promotional campaigns for the Precinct and cruise ship terminal Laboratories for the Territory’s Territory as a tourist destination • $20 000 for promotional activities livestock industries • $0.27M to continue specifi c to encourage cruise ships to • $0.64M for local organisations resource protection programs include Darwin in their itineraries to detect incursions of plant and to provide visitor information Jobs and Training services and regional marketing animal diseases and exotic fruit • $7.52M for Charles Darwin activities for the Top End region fl y fi rst port of call surveillance University and Batchelor Institute (encompassing Darwin, Coomalie, to protect Territory horticulture of Indigenous Tertiary Education Outer Darwin, Jabiru, Kakadu and and environment (jointly tertiary programs East Arnhem Land) Commonwealth funded) • $1.11M for Flexible Response • $0.46M to maintain market access • $0.27M for land information and Funding for training leading for Northern Territory produce associated services to support to employment for Indigenous through a range of programs sustainable development people, Training for Remote Youth and Training Centres • $0.76M for the driver training and licensing for 16 to 18 year olds Safer Communities • $78.71M for the operation of police, fi re and emergency services facilities in Darwin including the Peter McAulay Centre • $13.18M for courts to administer justice for Darwin and the Palmerston and Rural regions

14 Regional Highlights Regional Highlights 15 2004-05 Northern Territory Budget 2004-05Northern Territory Budget • $2.8M for child protection services to work with families at risk Infrastructure Highlights • $1M Alawa Primary School – stage 1 redevelopment • $0.15M to strengthen region- • $1M Nakara Primary School – stage 1 redevelopment specifi c family support services • $0.22M Casuarina Senior College – lift for disabled access to library • $2.1M for safe navigation and • $2.5M Darwin Birth Centre pilotage in the harbour • $6M for Darwin City Waterfront redevelopment – stage 2 site preparation • $1.57M for Darwin and Casuarina • $2.5M for cruise ship terminal at Fort Hill Wharf community corrections for adult and juvenile clients • $1M Hidden Valley Raceway – remedial works to improve overall safety • $0.5M Darwin Soccer Stadium headworks • $1.85M for Ombudsman’s services, including health and community • $0.36M to construct a mineralised drill core building, including a core- services complaints handling workshop • $0.1M for the Community Justice Centre pilot • $9.62M for open learning • $0.24M for the Accelerated educational programs and Literacy Project in Ludmilla • $0.1M for additional prosecutorial professional support for students Primary , Nightcliff High and services and teachers in music, language, Dripstone High Schools, to • $50 000 for an emergency health and physical education, and improve students’ English literacy response call out service for for the Board of Studies Darwin and Palmerston, to help Better Health • $9.14M to provide student and people with disabilities to remain • $138.2M for inpatient, non- school support services including living independently admitted patients, Emergency curricula for schools, and special Department and specialist clinical Darwin Better Schooling education needs support services at Royal Darwin Hospital • $59.82M to deliver primary and • $4.25M for Indigenous Education • $8M for renal dialysis services, to early childhood education in Strategic Initiatives Programs, support clients in their homes and 19 urban schools to improve the education of in community-based treatment • $46.45M to deliver secondary Indigenous students • $7.9M for a coordinated range education in 6 high schools • $4.73M to provide school and of services to minimise the harm • $18.89M assistance to non- special transport services in the associated with alcohol, tobacco government schools Darwin and Palmerston regions and other drugs • $7.2M Darwin High School • $2.72M for Commonwealth • $0.9M to train staff in preparation upgrade under way Targeted Programs, for example for the opening of the hospice at Strategic Assistance for Improving • $2.03M to complete the Parap the Royal Darwin Hospital Student Outcomes and National Primary School upgrade Drug Education Strategy • $0.61M for improved drug • $3.29M for Territory student rehabilitation services in Darwin • $1.04M for programs to support assistance travel schemes and Alice Springs students with a disability

14 Regional Highlights Regional Highlights 15 $20 000 to monitor and assess the monitor $20 000 to quality and quantity region’s of the and surface water groundwater resources the impact monitor $20 000 to of re smoke on air quality bushfi $0.3M for crocodile management management crocodile $0.3M for in Darwin Harbour re management fi $0.36M for weed burning, and prescribed animal and feral management life, protect to programs control in parksassets and biodiversity on $81 000 direct expenditure the environment protecting Ranger the Junior Park $76 000 for in schools program Master Plan Parks $70 000 for hotspots and – biodiversity irreplaceability Territory the Northern$56 000 for which recognise Sports Awards of the achievements and celebrate athletes top Territory’s the assess biodiversity $55 000 to (Darwin- in wetlands values eld) Litchfi $0.32M to implement joint park joint implement $0.32M to arrangements management management visitor $0.49M for in Darwinprograms parks

• • • • • • • • • • • $0.5M to manage the Leanyer manage the Leanyer $0.5M to Park Water and report monitor $0.46M to on the health of Darwin Harbour the Darwin$0.4M for Harbour of Management, Plan Regional and ecosystems protect to as a value the harbour’s maintain commercial cultural, recreational, resource and scenic $2.7M to stage the Arafura Games stage the Arafura $2.7M to in Darwin Springs and the Alice Masters Games Sky to $0.1M contribution Channel the Darwin for Cup coverage of Darwin the Festival $0.23M for and the International Guitar Festival $0.21M for the Marine Ranger$0.21M for in Darwin assist the to Program manage their local community to sea country in conjunction with agencies Commonwealth $2.83M to renegotiate contracts contracts renegotiate to $2.83M the deliveryfor services of bus in the Darwin area the Community continue $1.6M to in Darwin Strategy Harmony and the health, addressing Palmerston, behaviours and social well-being providing groups, of itinerant for opportunities and pathways from away move to itinerants to return to destructive lifestyles or lead a their home communities in town lifestyle productive more

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$0.31M for Indigenous $0.31M for a provide to organisations tenancy support service assist to Indigenous obtain and people to public housing maintain $0.7M to upgrade Darwinbus upgrade $0.7M to to ticketing system automatic improve smartcard to technology ciency and and ease of use, effi costs maintenance reduce $0.38M to manage Crown land manage Crown $0.38M to buildings and associated of outcomes implement $0.3M to of the Building Act the review and amend review $0.2M to Planning Territory the Northern Scheme the City to as it applies of Darwin within the and the region Act of the Planning framework $1.3M funding for public, public, $1.3M funding for libraries community and joint-use $2.21M for Indigenous community $2.21M for to housing organisations construct, and manage maintain community housing $1.63M to repair and maintain and maintain repair $1.63M to arts, and library museums facilities and Artincluding the Museum GalleryTerritory, Northern of the Hollow Frog Gaol, Bay Fannie Mart, the Arts, for Brown’s Centre Cottage Lyons Hangar, QANTAS Exhibition Pearling and Australian $12.24M to provide public provide $12.24M to transport services in Darwin, Darwin Outer and Palmerston

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 apprentices and trainees, and trainees, apprentices 200 extra including $0.98M for public sector trainees VET coordinators $12.39M to support$12.39M to and train extra employ regional $0.66M to

$0.35M for the Business and $0.35M for to Skilled Strategy Migration attract skilledand workers overseas business from $51.68M for the Charles Darwin$51.68M for Institute of Batchelor University, and Education Tertiary Indigenous deliver other service to providers and training education vocational (VET) including: and development training $1M for public opportunities remote for attract to sector employees retention, and improve staff particularly nurses and teachers of $1.58M for a total $0.83M to new labour market programs the complete $0.45M to 5 Indigenous to commitment cers in Offi Fisheries Community communities coastal $0.4M to further$0.4M to the develop online Business Channel, Territory registration business licensing, and other and online payments, transactions internet-based businesses and between Government an internet-based $0.17M for system lodgement tax payroll Motor a Licensed $90 000 for Dealers online system Vehicle Support Trade the $0.36M for rms with new Scheme assist fi to opportunities and existing trade international markets for business information $0.36M for and support including programs Women October Business Month, in Business and Youth in Business, consultations client - -

• Jobs and Training Jobs and • • • • • • • • • $0.56M to produce a Senior’s Card Card a Senior’s produce $0.56M to Directory to and Leisure Tourism to businesses Territory promote seniors local and interstate business enterprise $0.49M for programs improvement $0.68M to promote and develop and develop promote $0.68M to capability to Territory’s the participate in and service and mining industries petroleum resource land and water $0.6M for on pastoral management properties industry defence $0.58M for support attract, expand and to services defence-related enhance and support industries including skills Territory’s the improving $1M for additional strategies in the in additional strategies $1M for sheries and fi horticultural, pastoral Indigenous sectors improve to outcomes economic service$0.9M to Indigenous and industry ensure to clients delivery and energy of minerals knowledge-building in programs regions remote

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$8.3M for First Home Owner Grants Owner Home First for $8.3M $1M for investment missions led investment $1M for and other the Chief Minister, by orts,to position the marketing eff live, to place as a great Territory and invest work $2.04M to assist eligible industry assist eligible $2.04M to support that associations their industry segment or commercial $2.7M to abolish the HIH levy, abolish the HIH levy, $2.7M to compensation paid on workers’ premiums insurance Territory’s Building the $2.2M for mineral promote to Base, Resource exploration and petroleum $7.2M to raise the payroll tax the payroll raise $7.2M to $0.6M business from for threshold and 1 July 2004 $0.8M from to 2005 1 July $1M from then to the development facilitate $4M to infrastructure of tourism $28M to market and promote the market and promote $28M to destination, as a tourist Territory at directed with programs and domestic markets overseas

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Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory Northern 2004-05 $0.6M for the Territory Student Student Territory the $0.6M for Scheme and for Travel Assistance housing teacher remote $1.39M for community-based community-based $1.39M for organisations education laptop provide $1.27M to teachers for computers expand the Accelerated $1.25M to improve to Literacy Program Indigenousliteracy students for employ to continue $1.2M to Islander Education Aboriginal in urban schools Workers English as a second $1M for for language coordinators schools remote non- to $0.96M in assistance schools government and upgrade replace $0.75M to in remote domestic furniture housing teacher a literacy and $0.61M for for numeracy program testing 3, 5 and 7 in years students

• • • • • • • • • $0.5M for community crisis accommodation and medium-term housing and medium-term community crisis accommodation $0.5M for including access shing infrastructure, fi recreational improved $0.5M for and car parking ramps boat roads, agencies Territory all across minor new works $20M for $3M Urban Enhancement and Heritage Program including landscape including landscape and Heritage Program $3M Urban Enhancement and other urban locations shopping centres to upgrades of selected intersections upgrade safety – road Highways $0.5M National housing employee Government and replacement upgraded new, $13M for localities in remote amenity and security in of public housing the quality, improve $4.5M to urban centres communities $3M land servicing housing in remote for – short and Strategy accommodation Harmony term $1.56M Community of existing facilities including refurbishment centres, day $0.67M Blackspot road safety program to improve known areas danger improve to program safety road $0.67M Blackspot Charles Darwin for and Batchelor grants University new works $0.58M minor sites Education Tertiary Instituteof Indigenous renal community-based local, provide 2, to facilities – stage $0.9M renal Territory services the selected across at locations

in schools $2.5M information technology technology $2.5M information improvements infrastructure 40 extra teachers, $2.9M for the Government’s completing election commitment $0.4M for counter terrorism terrorism counter $0.4M for and equipment security initiatives Northern continue $0.15M to Drug Court operations Territory • • • • • • • • • Infrastructure Highlights • • •

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$0.62M for support$0.62M for victims to of witnesses and their families crime, Violence the Domestic $0.5M for Strategies Family and Aboriginal $2.52M for Offi ce of Crime Offi $2.52M for activities Prevention $0.4M in community crime grants prevention Grant Pool Safe the $5M for pool safety Scheme improve to $2.8M as part of extra funding for serviceschild protection births, land titles, deaths $2.7M for and and marriages registration, and trust management estate $0.3M to upgrade the Work Health Work the upgrade $0.3M to System Information the implementing begin $3.06M to of the Review recommendations Services Custodial of Adult $0.5M for the Northern Territory Territory the Northern$0.5M for campaign recruitment police health occupational $4.42M for industry, for training and safety and employees employers $16M to implement implement $16M to of the recommendations ReviewO’Sullivan – Building Force Our Police $0.63M for 10 VET and 40 higher 10 $0.63M for scholarships education

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y Budget or it r er T n ther Regional Highlights Northern Territory Budget Territory NorthernNor 2004-05 $1.1M for the Indigenous Arts$1.1M for arts and $0.14M for grants; television and lm, fi $0.1M for Business; Strategy – Building Strong Arts Strong – Building Strategy new media development

$0.3M to support the 2004 “Bass- support$0.3M to the 2004 concerts in-the-Grass” and gambling research $0.25M for programs amelioration ects and the eff combat $0.2M to of cane toads spread $0.8M for environmental environmental $0.8M for and compliance assessment projects, major for monitoring Waterfront, including Darwin City Alcan, and Blacktip gas production conservation $0.57M for of Government management heritage propertiesowned Territory the Northern$0.33M for and the Program Heritage Grant Trust National ethnic improve $0.5M to community facilities under the Community new Multicultural Program Development Facility reduce to grants $0.63M for recycling, and encourage litter and support Keep Australia for Towns Tidy Territory Beautiful and $3.44M for arts$3.44M for sponsorship including: programs, subsidies and childcare $3.3M for centres child care to assistance greenhouse, including $1M for and management waste policy protection environmental - - -

• • • • • • • • • • • public housing $0.27M for training and capacity training $0.27M for Territory Northernbuilding for associations incorporated research demographic $0.18M for population Territory improve to ects funding which aff estimation, Commonwealth the from ows fl sports$0.5M extra for and grants recreation $0.6M for the Capacity $0.6M for help to Fund Development Indigenous develop governance the Regional $0.5M for support to Fund Development development regional the Priority $0.36M extra for to Force Task Partnership of implementation coordinate ed in Regional identifi initiatives Plans Development $21.71M to manage arts,$21.71M to cultural research c facilities, and scientifi and collections support to $3M grants seniors, and youth multicultural, women, other community sectors t Benefi Community $0.7M for small grants Fund $38M for HomeNorth$38M for to Schemes assist low to earners to middle income a home purchase assist to rebates rental $26M for access families to income low community organisations $1M for properties or upgrade purchase to people who have accommodate to special housing needs or who are homeless and in crisis $42.31M for local $42.31M for grants government PowerWater $46M for water power, provide to services and sewerage to 32,000 people in remote Indigenous communities

• • and Environment Lifestyle • • • • • • • • • • Regional Development Regional • • disabilities $0.3M to upgrade children’s dental dental children’s upgrade $0.3M to in schools clinic equipment for care to carers foster $4M for (an extra $0.6M) children $0.38M for the operation of a the operation $0.38M for Microbiology Laboratory Water of water ensuring the standard Territory supplies in the $3.7M extra to meet increasing $3.7M extra meet increasing to community-based demand for health servicesmental HIV/AIDS improve $2M to and prevention treatment $11.58M to complete the complete $11.58M to an to commitment Government’s extra nurses 75 hospital $0.25M to improve bandwidth and improve $0.25M to connectivity services in schools Marvin$0.18M for an software, learning package interactive for use in Indigenous schools $0.3M per annum for three years years three $0.3M per annum for on public consultation facilitate to the Secondary Report Education for program $0.3M grants schools in need Government of availability increase $0.25M to with students for programs $0.28M to support$0.28M to new the Board Registration Teacher 20 extra student $0.27M for bursary meet teacher to places, commitment Government’s $0.5M to meet the capital meet the to $0.5M in needs of schools equipment urban and areas remote

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