Improved access to healthy food in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities

Stores licensing will now apply to more stores in the Northern Territory, after the Australian Government finalised plans for its expansion.

As part of Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory, stores licensing is being expanded to include all stores outside of major centres that service Aboriginal communities, not just stores located in or close to Aboriginal communities.

Under the changes the Northern Territory is defined as a food security area, apart from major centres that are specifically excluded.

 

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The Australian Government has made a ten-year commitment to work with Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory to build strong, independent lives, where communities, families and children are safe and healthy.

Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory is a $3.4 billion investment and responds directly to what Aboriginal people told the Government was important to them.

For more information about the Australian Government’s Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory vist the Department of Families, Housing, Comnmunity Service and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) website.