Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Our support for the Northern Territory is strong in delivering support for national parks and through the JobKeeper and JobSeeker programs we are supporting. Indeed, through JobKeeper more than 5,000 organisations in the Northern Territory have received more than $200 million in support and funding to sustain jobs and employment during the pandemic.

Our government has also provided support to individuals and households. Indeed, there is the business support, with more than $180 million paid out in credits across the Territory. Our freight assistance mechanism has helped the Territory by establishing an air bridge between Darwin and Brisbane that can enable necessary freight, be that mud crabs heading into Asia or, soon, in the mango season, when we will see Territory produce headed from Darwin to Brisbane and then on to flights across the region and out into the world, sustaining jobs and exports for Territorians and the Territory.