The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Australian Government is investing $8.75 million over four years to provide additional health services in the Northern Territory as part of its commitment to strengthen Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.
Delivered through the Northern Territory Pathways to Community Control program (NT P2CC), the funding will provide First Nations people with access to effective, high quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate primary health care services.
This investment builds on the $4 million already committed for transition activities occurring in West Arnhem, demonstrating the strong partnerships that exist between the Commonwealth and Northern Territory Government and other key members of the NT Aboriginal Health Forum, including the Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT (AMSANT).
Woolworths controversial plan to open a Dan Murphy s megastore in Darwin has been approved by the Northern Territory government despite community concerns.
The proposed bottle shop, the largest in the NT, has been repeatedly slammed by health groups that say it could be devastating for nearby Indigenous dry communities.
NT s Director of Liquor Licensing was given a December 20 deadline to make a decision and approved the liquor store application on Friday.
An application for a Dan Murphy s megastore in Darwin (digital mockup pictured above) was approved by the Northern Territory government on Friday despite community concerns
Health groups have repeatedly slammed the bottle shop (Dan Murphy s pictured) and claimed it could be devastating for three nearby Indigenous communities that are dry
Aboriginal community groups are devastated that the Northern Territory government has approved a Dan Murphy’s ‘megastore’ in Darwin. Photograph: Alexander Bogatyrev/SOPA Images/Rex/Shutterstock
Aboriginal and community groups have expressed deep disappointment at the Northern Territory’s decision to approve a Dan Murphy’s alcohol “megastore” in Darwin.
They said the process was “stacked against community” concerns about the health impacts of alcohol and it amounted to “corporate wilful blindness” by parent company Woolworths.
But Woolworths – through a spokesman for its subsidiary Endeavour Group, which operates Dan Murphy’s – said the store would have the “most stringent set of alcohol control policies anywhere in the country”.