Regional Territory councils sound warning on dramatic funding cuts

By Lyndon Keane
Updated March 25 2015 - 12:28pm, first published 12:00pm
TIME TO LISTEN: Victoria Daly Regional Council mayor Steve Hennessy says it is time for Canberra-based politicians, including Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion to "start listening real fast" to how badly Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding cuts will hurt regional communities in the Northern Territory.
TIME TO LISTEN: Victoria Daly Regional Council mayor Steve Hennessy says it is time for Canberra-based politicians, including Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion to "start listening real fast" to how badly Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding cuts will hurt regional communities in the Northern Territory.

THE mayor of a Top End regional council hit hard by Indigenous Advancement Strategy funding cuts says federal politicians “better start listening real fast” as communities prepare themselves for painful service and job losses.

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