Brennan Brief

PETER CHANDLER MLA Member for Brennan

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June 2014
Keeping clear of Graffti
I have recently noticed
an increase in grafti
around Brennan.
Northern Territory
Government and City of
Palmerston property as
well as private fences
and homes have been
vandalised by grafti and
this is a criminal offence.
It is important to remove
this grafti from our
neighbourhood as soon as
possible to prevent further
damage and keep our local
area clean and attractive.
I have written to property
owners, the City of
Palmerston and the NT
Government asking them
to remove this grafti
immediately. We need to
work together to keep our
local streets clean and safe.
Local residents can
collect kits from the City of
Palmerston to remove any
grafti you may nd.
The City of Palmerstons
Grafti Management
Program outlines various
management options
in the event you come
across grafti in our local
community.
Graffti needs to be cleaned
off as quickly as possible
For more information visit
the City of Palmerston
website www.palmerston.
nt.gov.au/laws-and-permits/
grafti-management or
phone City of Palmerston
on 8935 9922.
If you have further
questions please contact
my Electorate Ofce on
8999 5587.
I visited the site of the new Michael Long Learning and Leadership
Centre at TIO Stadium recently. This will be a fantastic piece of
infrastructure that will help educate young indigenous students
while also fostering potential elite athletes.
Brennan Brief
Dinosaurs arrive in Darwin
The very popular DINOSAURS ALIVE! Exhibition is now open
at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory from
Saturday 7th June to Monday 4th August.
Suburb
General
Waste
Recycling
New
Collection
Days
Bakewell No change
No change
Farrar No change
Tuesday
Gunn Wednesday
& Saturday
Wednesday
Johnston Tuesday
& Friday
Tuesday
Rosebery Monday
& Thursday
Thursday
I offcially opened the national 12 years and under school sport
cricket championship being hosted in Darwin for the frst time in
8 years.
150 kids from across Australia competing over the week leading up
to the school holidays. Best of luck to the NT Team pictured here.
Changes
to bin
collection
From Monday 30th June 2014
If you have any queries,
contact Councils Technical
Services Customer Service
Ofcers on 8935 9950 or visit
www.palmerston.nt.gov.au
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Free Family
Movie Night
Driver Primary School farm with
Member for Drysdale
Lia Finocchiaro
The Northern Territory
Governments Real Housing
for Growth Plan will deliver
2,000 new affordable
dwellings for Territorians by
2016-17.
As part of this commitment,
the Department of Housing
is working with private
developers across all major
urban centres to provide
new affordable rental
accommodation for key
service industry workers.
This includes the
development of three
vacant sites in your area:
89 and 100 Farrar
Boulevard, Farrar
26 Angel Road, Johnston
A private developer has
been selected to develop
the sites in accordance with
the planning scheme and
the appropriate development
consent approvals.
Each property will be
privately owned, and the
Department will head lease
the dwellings for a ten year
period.
The dwellings cannot be
used as public housing.
The Department will sublet
the dwellings to key service
industry workers at 30 per
cent below the market rate.
Farrar and Johnston Residents
At the end of the ten year
lease period, the dwellings
will revert back to regular
private rentals, or owner
occupied dwellings.
Tenants eligible for
affordable rental housing
must be employed in a key
service industry, this would
include education and
childcare workers,
nurses, retail assistants,
tradespeople and hospitality
staff.
To be eligible, affordable
housing tenants must:
Meet a strict range of
eligibility criteria and be
employed in a key service
industry
Have a sound rental history
Be able to afford the
subsidised market rent.
Affordable housing helps
ease cost of living pressures
and supports the attraction
and retention of key service
industry workers across the
Northern Territory.
If you require any further
information please do not
hesitate to contact the
Department of Housing at
realhousingforgrowth@
nt.gov.au; or by phoning the
Housing Growth Unit on
08 8999 8496.
Proudly donated towards a
healthy breakfast for all at
Bakewell Primary School for
Walk Safely to School Day 2014
AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR KEY
SERVICE INDUSTRY WORKERS
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PETER CHANDLER MLA
Member for Brennan Tel: 08 8999 5587
Shop 2 Palmerston Shopping Centre Fax: 08 8932 7488
PO Box 3668 Palmerston NT 0831 Email: electorate.brennan@nt.gov.au
The NT Government
is starting a new
conversation with
Territorians about how
we can enhance our
celebration of Territory
Day, including the
possibility of a public
holiday.
Territory Day should be a
celebration that belongs
to the people and reects
everything thats so great
about being a Territorian.
Territorians are proud
of our unique history,
achievements and lifestyle
and the Territory ag should
be ying high on July 1
each year.
Cracker night will always
be part of this celebration
but theres an opportunity
to make it much more by
developing a wider program
of events that showcase our
Territory spirit.
We want to hear your ideas
on how we can breathe
new life into this distinctly
Territory event.
The Government strongly
believes that there should
Putting the Territory
back into Territory Day
be a Territory Day public
holiday but how this may
happen is part of a broader
conversation that we want
Territorians to join.
Weve already surveyed
a cross-section of
stakeholders and its
clear that Territorians are
passionate about what it
means to live here and
how we should mark this
important occasion.
One idea that came out
of our survey was shifting
cracker night to a weekend
and wed like to know
whether Territorians support
that move.
Wed also like to explore
the idea of extending the
celebration beyond just a
single day to create a more
comprehensive Territory
Week that has a focus on
community-based events.
Were considering a
community grants program
to fund events, activities
and programs across the
Territory around July 1 each
year.
Sporting events are a great
part of our Territory lifestyle
and theres the possibility of
scheduling sporting xtures
to coincide with these
celebrations.
To tell us how you think
Territory Day should be
celebrated visit:
www.territoryday.nt.gov.au
Come join your
Palmerston team
at the Palmerston
Markets every
Friday evening.
Our stall is just
down Frances
Drive.