03 Jul 09 | ONLY yesterday I talked to the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Jenny Macklin Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Regional Manager of the New Future Alliance SIHIP project, my Northern Territory Cabinet colleagues and a number of Barkly constituents and they say, ‘a week is a long time in politics!’
19 Jun 09 | SINCE when does $927,709 equal $805,543?
For the ex-TC Council it was on the 30th June 2007.
You are expected to believe this and unfortunately it seems that most do.
19 Jun 09 | “THAT, notwithstanding anything contained in Standing Orders and Sessional Orders there be appointed an Estimates Committee of the Legislative Assembly for the purposes of examining and reporting on the estimates of proposed expenditure contained in the Appropriation Bill 2009/2010.”
12 Jun 09 | LAST week Chief Minister Paul Henderson said: “The Government maintains a working majority on the floor of Parliament and we’ll be getting on with the job,” and that’s exactly what is happening in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly.
05 Jun 09 | I RECENTLY had the privilege of citizenship bestowed upon me.
05 Jun 09 | WHEN I arrived in the Northern Territory my only vision related to starting a school for a group of children living on a remote cattle station south east of Tennant Creek.
29 May 09 | I WORKED for a couple of decades out bush, in some of the more remote parts of the Barkly.
29 May 09 | ON the 27th of March this year Barkly Enterprises Ltd was deregistered as a company by ASIC.
22 May 09 | I’VE been on the road quite a bit over the last week – and for me, at any rate, music always features pretty heavily while travelling, whether it’s doing the trip to Darwin, or over the long stretches across the Barkly or Carpentaria highways.
15 May 09 | AS I write this, I cannot help but be really proud of the Borroloola Cyclones Under 16 soccer team.
08 May 09 | THOSE of you who attended the Minemakers meeting about the proposed Wonarah phosphate mine would have been impressed by the scale of the project – and also the straight talking from the mine’s representatives.
01 May 09 | I AM writing in dismay at the attitude of some people in Tennant Creek in regards to “Bring Birthing Back to the Barkly.”
01 May 09 | I FULLY support Pulkapulkka Kari Aged Care Facility, having spent many years there with Joseph Bethel as a resident.
24 Apr 09 | ONE of the major issues facing the Northern Territory is a proposed nuclear waste management facility – a proposal put forward by John Howard’s Liberal Government.
09 Apr 09 | IT is great to see the Eagles Football team training on the High School oval in preparation for their 2009 season while the Purkiss Reserve facilities are currently a construction site.
03 Apr 09 | CAN the Barkly Shire confirm the date for the completion of the 2008 Annual Report for the ex-TC Town Council?
03 Apr 09 | AS a small business owner in Tennant Creek, we feel compelled to write this letter.
03 Apr 09 | THIS week marked my first 50 days in the hot seat as a minister, so I thought it would be worth taking stock.
27 Mar 09 | IT is unfortunate the writer chose to raise these issues in the public domain without first bringing their concerns to the attention of PPK management.
27 Mar 09 | I READ with interest and concern regarding your article “Aged care facility maintains its big tick” (TDT 13/03/2009).