The Territory Government handed down their 2023 budget in the NT parliament yesterday morning.
The government has already announced that it will be spending 2 billion dollars on the NT health department in the next financial year and will be putting 71 million dollars into increasing the subsidy it pays to every Northern Territory power bill.
Six million dollars has been put towards further remote housing infrastructure, while 15 million dollars will go to initiatives under the Aboriginal Justice Agreement, including “Alternative to Custody” facilities in Alice Springs and Groote Eylandt and the establishment of community courts and law and justice groups.
Northern Territory treasurer Eva Lawler who handed down the 2023 Northern Territory Budget yesterday was also keen to assure that this year’s budget is one which will deliver for all territorians as the territory progresses on an upwards growth trajectory .
The treasurer also addressed important issues that continue to impact on a daily basis….
Budget 2023 includes new policy commitments for core government services, it reduces cost of living pressures for territorians while making historic investment in justice reform and the prevention of domestic family and sexual violence.
Listen to Eva Lawler’s full budget address here :