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Territory Housing 2008 Media Releases
18 September 2008 | Funding Boost for Housing Providers
Almost $637 000 in grants awarded by Housing Minister Rob Knight will go toward the purchase of new homes and housing upgrades for Territorians with special needs.
16 September 2008 | Support for Crisis Accommodation
The Territory Government has awarded more than $425 000 in grants to improve crisis and medium-term accommodation services across the Territory, Housing Minister Rob Knight announced today.
18 July 2008 | Katherine Public Housing Garden Competition
There are plenty of proud green thumbs in Katherine and judges faced some tough decisions in this year’s Public Housing Garden competition.
10 July 2008 | Territory Government welcomes town camps commitment by Australian Government
The Territory Government has welcomed today’s announcement by the Australian Government of an immediate $5.3 million funding boost to Tangentyere Council for urgent upgrades to housing in town camps in Alice Springs.
22 June 2008 | New milestone in the Strategic Indigenous Housing Infrastructure Program
The $647 million joint Australian and Northern Territory governments' Strategic Indigenous Housing Infrastructure Program (SIHIP) has met a new milestone in the tender process.
6 May 2008 | Budget 2008 Delivers More Tax Cuts
The Northern Territory Government is delivering more tax cuts in Budget 2008 for businesses and home buyers.
6 May 2008 | Budget 2008 Making More Territorians Home Owners
Budget 2008 will make home ownership a reality for more Territorians by delivering stamp duty reductions and a revamped HomeNorth scheme.
6 May 2008 | Budget 2008 Focuses on Closing the Gap
Budget 2008 will deliver more to close the gap on Indigenous disadvantage with more than $57 million in funding to address housing, law and order, health, education, child protection and substance abuse issues.
6 May 2008 | Budget 2008 Delivering for Families in Central Australia
Budget 2008 will deliver for families living in Central Australia by investing more in the future of the region.
6 May 2008 | Building the Barkly in Budget 2008
Families in the Barkly will benefit from Budget 2008 with more being invested in the region.
3 May 2008 | Budget 2008 Closing the Gap
Minister for Indigenous Policy Marion Scrymgour said today that Budget 2008 would include more than $57 million in Closing the Gap funding to address housing, law and order, health, education, child protection and substance abuse issues.
2 May 2008 | New Seniors Village to Get Underway
Construction on a 65-single room residential aged care facility at the old Waratah’s Oval is set to begin with the NT Government today announcing Southern Cross Care as the providers of the new facility.
30 April 2008 | Construction industry to learn more about strategic alliances
About 150 construction industry representatives will gather in Darwin today to find out how they can share in the $647 million landmark housing program jointly announced earlier this month and funded by the Australian and Northern Territory governments.
14 April 2008 | More Government Employee Housing in the Territory
The Territory Government is spending an additional $42 million over four years to provide more houses for government employees living in remote communities.
12 April 2008 | Landmark Housing Project for NT Indigenous Communities
A landmark joint housing program between the Australian and Northern Territory Governments will deliver vital construction, refurbishment and infrastructure developments, as well as jobs in 73 Northern Territory Indigenous communities and some urban areas.
14 March 2008 | Housing Minister’s meet in Melbourne for national conference
Territory Housing Minister, Kon Vatskalis, will join his national counterparts in Melbourne today for the first Housing Minister’s Conference since last year’s Federal Election.
10 March 2008 | More options for short-term accommodation in Alice Springs
The Territory Government’s determination to get people into short-term housing and off the streets has taken another step forward with the completion of extensions at Ayiparinya Hostel in Alice Springs.
28 February 2008 | Territory Government spends $2.97 million on new short term accommodation in Darwin
The Territory Government will spend nearly $3 million for new short term accommodation in Darwin as part of the comprehensive package to address anti-social behaviour.
15 February 2008 | New Cabinet Team Appointed
Chief Minister Paul Henderson has welcomed the Member for Daly to his new Cabinet line up at the official swearing in at Government House this morning.
8 February 2008 | Public Housing Going Dry
The common areas of nine public housing unit complexes have been declared ‘dry’ from Monday 10 February at the request of tenants across the Territory.
16 January 2008 | Territory Welcomes Commonwealth Housing Funding
Acting Chief Minister Marion Scrymgour today welcomed Commonwealth funding of $64.4 million for Indigenous housing and continued cooperation between the Rudd and Territory Governments in tackling Indigenous disadvantage.