Ministerial Statement Development and Progress of the Northern Territory University Hon. Fred Finch February 1997
Tabled Paper 3121
Tabled Papers for 7th Assembly 1994 - 1997; Tabled papers; ParliamentNT
1997-02-27
Made available by the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory under Standing Order 240. Where copyright subsists with a third party it remains with the original owner and permission may be required to reuse the material.
English
Tabled papers
application/pdf
Copyright
See publication
https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/289829
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/403436
IN 1997, THE UNIVERSITY'S DIRECT INCOME IN TOTAL WILL BE CLOSE TO $72 MILLION DOLLARS. IN ADDITION TO FEDERAL AND TERRITORY GOVERNMENT FUNDING, THE UNIVERSITY GENERATES INCOME THROUGH ITS RESEARCH ENDEAVOUR, AND BY ATTRACTING FEE PAYING STUDENTS FROM BOTH INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL LOCATIONS. ALSO, THE CAPITAL FUNDS THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS ATTRACTED HAVE HAD A FLOW-ON BENEFIT TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY COMMUNITY THROUGH SALARIES, BUILDING PROJECTS, SERVICE INDUSTRIES AND SO ON. MR SPEAKER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE VISITED THE UNIVERSITY'S CASUARINA CAMPUS RECENTLY, BUT THE BUILDING PROGRAM IS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SINCE 1989, SOME $80 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN SPENT ON THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMPUS, AND THE FIRST PHASE OF THE MASTER PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED BY JUNE OF THIS YEAR WITH THE CONSOLIDATION