Report released on inquiry into community safety, support services and job opportunities in the Northern Territory

THE Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs has today published a report on its inquiry into community safety, support services and job opportunities in the Northern Territory.

The report makes several recommendations to the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments in the wake of the sunsetting of the Stronger Futures Act last year.

Committee Chair Senator Patrick Dodson said, "The committee believed investment in support services and programs is essential to improving socio‑economic outcomes, especially for people living in town camps, remote communities and homelands."

The committee called for locally-led, place-based initiatives to support community development.

"Governments need to listen and acting on what communities say will work best for them," Senator Dodson said.

For more information about this committee and its report, visit the inquiry webpage.

 

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