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In the 1990 NT cabinet documents, a cash-strapped government grapples with evergreen issues
Secretive Northern Territory government documents from 1990 have been released for the first time, giving a snapshot of what was happening in the Territory at a time when Nelson Mandela was being released from prison and Margaret Thatcher was stepping down from the British prime ministership.
Key points:
- Documents from 1990 reveal national health policy was rewritten after discussions with the liquor industry
- Tensions between the Federal and NT Governments were also running high over university funding
- The documents also show concern about privacy in the growing age of computers
The papers give a rare glimpse into the decisions made by the Territory’s top ministers and what influenced their choices.
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