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Budget 2012-2013 Budget Paper No.3 The Budget

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Title

Budget 2012-2013 Budget Paper No.3 The Budget

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Tabled paper 1785

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Tabled papers for 11th Assembly 2008 - 2012; Tabled papers; ParliamentNT

Date

2012-05-01

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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.

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English

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Tabled papers

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application/pdf

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https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00042

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/277295

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/424028

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115 Department of Housing, Local Government and Regional Services $30.8 million in Commonwealth funding for the provision of financial assistance to local governments for municipal services. $25.8 million for the Territory Governments commitment to improve remote Indigenous housing and related infrastructure. $24.1 million in local government operational subsidy grants provided to shire councils to assist with the provision of local government services. $21.2 million in joint Commonwealth and Territory funding under Stronger Futures to provide municipal and essential services to outstations. $20 million in Commonwealth funding for employment programs to support fencing projects in remote communities. $13.3 million, as part of a $20.3 million two-year program under the National Partnership Agreement on Water for the Future, to implement the Council of Australian Governments Strategy on Water and Wastewater in Remote Communities. $10.6 million in joint Commonwealth and Territory funding under the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness to construct additional social housing to support families that are homeless or at risk of homelessness. $8.4 million in Territory funding and a further $1.6 million from the Commonwealth as part of the $30 million, three-year Indigenous employment package for shire councils to support core local government service delivery. $3.7 million in joint Commonwealth and Territory funding to address homelessness through tenancy support programs and managed accommodation. $2.9 million for the Public Housing Safety Strategy to address antisocial behaviour and improve safety of tenants in public housing complexes. $2.5 million in Territory funding to continue municipal and essential services to town camps including Alice Springs and Darwin. $1.2 million to operate a transitional accommodation facility at Crerar Road, Berrimah. $1.1 million in joint Commonwealth and Territory funding to support community organisations to provide housing options to special needs groups. $0.8 million to manage the Apmere Mwerre Visitor Park, a short-term accommodation facility in AliceSprings. $0.5 million, as part of a $1 million two-year Intensive Support Tenancy Enabling Program, to provide intensive tenancy support and case management to assist tenants transitioning from town camps into urban public housing in AliceSprings by developing their capacity to maintain an independent public housing tenancy. $0.4 million in 2012-13, as part of a $1.3 million three-year package, to manage and maintain sporting and other infrastructure at Freds Pass Reserve. $0.4 million, as part of a $0.8 million two-year contribution to the construction of an AliceSprings regional waste management facility. $0.4 million in Commonwealth funding, as part of a $1million four-year program, to support Indigenous economic development in regional areas.