Did You Know?
The extension of the railway from Oodnadatta to Alice Springs was completed in 1929, forever to be called ‘The Ghan’.
In the five years to 1999-2000 defence spending increased by 82.8 per cent.
Pine Gap opened in 1968, 20 kilometres south west of Alice Springs.
MYTH BUSTERS
#1
Will the Northern Territory lose federal government funding by becoming a State?
No. The Territory receives funding under the same formula as the States and has done so since 1988. All the States rely on federal funding because the Commonwealth Government collects GST and Income Tax and distributes some of that money back to the States.
INFORMATION ROADSHOW

The Statehood Steering Committee is planning for a major Constitutional Convention to be held in Darwin in 2011. The 100th year since the Northern Territory was last part of a state.

To prepare Territorians for this significant event, the Committee is conducting a series of Forums across the Northern Territory as part of an Information Roadshow.

At the Forums the Committee will provide information on becoming a State and how we can create a new constitution that reflects what we want as Territorians and how you can be part of the 2011 Convention.

It’s the opportunity to design how our system of government works for the next hundred years or more.

All Territorians are invited.

Click on the link to find out more information about the Forum you want to attend. Dates and Locations are now set and we are adding the times and venues for the whole year in the coming weeks.

This is the opportunity of a generation. The last time Australians participated in a constitutional convention that resulted in a new constitution was in the 1890s. This is your chance to be part of history and the future of the Northern Territory.

July Statehood Forums
Jul 21 Batchelor

RUM JUNGLE TAVERN CONFERENCE ROOM
5 NURDINA ST, BATCHELOR
WEDNESDAY 21 JULY 2010
12.00PM

Jul 21
Batchelor
Jul 21 Taminmin College

TAMINMIN COLLEGE
CHALLONER CRES, HUMPTY DOO
WEDNESDAY 21 JULY 2010
5.30PM

Jul 21
Taminmin College
Jul 27 Darwin

GREEK ORTHODOX SCHOOL
17 CHAPMAN RD, RAPID CREEK
TUESDAY 27 JULY 2010
FORUM 1 @ 12.30PM
FORUM 2 @ 5.30PM

Jul 27
Darwin
Jul 28 Palmerston

PALMERSTON RECREATION CENTRE
11 THE BLVD, PALMERSTON
WEDNESDAY 28 JULY
12.30PM

Jul 28
Palmerston

Did you miss your local Forum or are you interested in the results from others? Visit the Roadshow page and download the Statehood Forums Reports.

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