Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Ghosh for his question and wish him a long and successful career in this place. Last week the entire Albanese cabinet made a trip to the Northern Territory, with ministers getting on the ground to hear firsthand from communities, industries and our Territory colleagues. During the trip our government delivered billions of dollars in investment for projects right across the Northern Territory in areas such as education, health and resources.

Minister Clare announced, for example, that our government will deliver at least an additional $737.7 million for public schools in the Northern Territory, which, when combined with a further $330 million from the Territory government, will change lives for kids across the Northern Territory. Minister Burney joined with the Prime Minister to announce a landmark $4 billion investment for remote housing in the Northern Territory to help close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and make a major difference to the lives of people living in remote communities. With the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy approaching in December, our government will also invest $600,000 to install monuments to memorialise those whose lives were changed forever during that disaster. I was especially pleased to join my Territory colleague Minister Joel Bowden to launch Choose Tourism, a new campaign to attract more workers to the tourism industry and show off the Northern Territory to the world.

These investments will deliver serious economic development in the Territory and ensure that they are well placed to thrive into the future.