Media Releases
Tuesday, 8th May 2012
Over the next twelve months the Federal Labor Government’s ambitious capital works program will continue unabated, with the 2012-13 Budget delivering a further instalment of $100.7 million in funding to progress a range of projects across the Northern Territory.
All up, we are providing an unprecedented $635.6 million from our six-year
Nation Building Program (2008-09 to 2013-14) to rebuild and renew the Territory’s road infrastructure. Already, Labor has nearly doubled annual infrastructure spending from $275 to $458 per Territorian.
As a result of this record funding in the Northern Territory, works will be continuing in 2012-13 on the following major road projects:
As part of our $160.0 million flood immunity, safety and productivity package, work will also continue on:
We have also agreed to the Northern Territory Government’s request to reallocate the $50.0 million originally earmarked for the Darwin Port expansion to a package of road works which will support the Ichthys LNG project. Specific projects details will be finalised in the coming months.
In addition, the 2012-13 Budget maintains funding for a range of initiatives which will help make the Territory’s local roads better and safer:
From the outset Federal Labor’s mission has been to reverse the neglect we inherited and invest in the modern, well-planned infrastructure that will make working people’s lives easier, our businesses more competitive and the national economy stronger, not just for the next five years but for the next five decades.
Across the length and breadth of Northern Territory that’s precisely what we are doing. Federal Labor is setting the Territory up for the future with good infrastructure which will stand the test of time.
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Electorate Office
334a Marrickville Rd
Marrickville NSW 2204
Phone: 02 9564 3588
Parliament House Office
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Phone: 02 6277 7700
Phone: (02) 9564 3588
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Email: A.Albanese.MP@aph.gov.au
We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which our offices stand and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge the sorrow of the Stolen Generations and the impacts of colonisation on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We also recognise the resilience, strength and pride of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
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