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NT Health Department criticised for spending $4,850 to lease Christmas tree amid budget crisis
The NT Opposition has lambasted the Gunner Government after the Health Department spent thousands of dollars to lease a fake Christmas tree at its new headquarters despite repeatedly overspending its annual budget by millions of dollars.
Key points:
- NT Health says the Christmas tree was leased from a local company
- The department says the tree acts as a collection point for its Christmas appeal
- The Opposition says the money spent on leasing the tree should have been given to charities
The department has confirmed the decorated tree in the foyer of the newly-built Manunda Place complex in Darwin’s CBD has been leased for $4,850, excluding GST, for a four-week period between November 16 and December 18.
That amount is more than double the…
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