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Budget Paper No.2 Fiscal and Economic Outlook 2008-2009

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Title

Budget Paper No.2 Fiscal and Economic Outlook 2008-2009

Other title

Tabled paper 1293

Collection

Tabled papers for 10th Assembly 2005 - 2008; Tabled papers; ParliamentNT

Date

2008-05-06

Description

Tabled By Delia Lawrie

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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.

Language

English

Subject

Tabled papers

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application/pdf

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License

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C1968A00063

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/283912

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/410393

Page content

2008-09 Budget 40 Budget Initiatives 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 Estimate Budget Forward Estimates $000 $000 $000 $000 $000 Department of Justice Closing the Gap initiatives Two additional court clinicians based in Darwin and Alice Springs to service the Katherine, Tennant Creek and Nhulunbuy regions 140 275 275 275 275 Expansion of Community Courts 419 419 419 419 419 Additional remote area corrections officers 320 700 1 000 1 300 1 300 Provision for a Witness Assistance Service in Katherine 100 200 200 200 200 Funding to implement a Regional Alcohol Licensing Identification System 1 680 520 520 520 520 Regional Alcohol Management Plans 500 500 500 500 500 Additional compliance inspectors to support alcohol management plans 150 300 300 300 300 Expansion of the Return to Home program 50 50 50 50 50 Support for alcohol community education and awareness campaign 200 200 200 200 200 Support for gambling community education and awareness campaign 250 250 250 250 250 Expansion of rehabilitation programs for sex offenders 550 700 900 1 150 1 150 Expansion of the Indigenous Family Violence Community Based Program 500 800 1 000 1 300 1 640 Expansion of the Elders Visiting Program 100 210 210 210 210 Other initiatives Increased prisoner capacity at Darwin and Alice Springs correctional centres 6 860 9 150 10 570 10 570 Additional antisocial behaviour initiatives including a telephone reporting service, First Response Patrol, Darwin Area Night Patrol and Information and Referrals Office in Palmerston 956 2 018 2 018 Improved prisoner education and rehabilitation programs 500 1 000 1 000 1 000 Additional resources to coordinate the implementation and monitoring of alcohol management plans and antisocial activities across the Northern Territory 330 330 330 330 330 Additional resources for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions to improve the prosecution of child sex offences 394 394 394 394 Additional support for the Crime Victims Services Unit and Victims Register 427 427 Indigenous Liaison Officer for Katherine to provide intervention and referral service in domestic violence cases 100 100 100 100 100 Total 6 345 15 753 19 243 19 068 19 408