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Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt describes speed of NT remote housing upgrade as a ‘disgrace’
Strong criticism from the federal Indigenous Australians Minister about the Northern Territory Government’s “slow” and “unacceptable” pace in improving remote housing has forced the Chief Minister to defend his Government’s commitment to reducing overcrowding.
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The comments from Ken Wyatt are contained in a keynote address to be delivered at a function in Darwin hosted by the Northern Land Council on Tuesday night.
In 2019, the Commonwealth agreed to provide the NT with more than half a billion dollars over five years to construct almost 2,000 new bedrooms in remote communities.
The funding was in addition to the Gunner Government’s commitment to spend $1.1 billion of its own money over 10 years to reduce high rates of…
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