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.

The papers give a rare glimpse into the decisions made by the Territory’s top ministers and what influenced their choices.

“Thirty years is a generational change,”…