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House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport

25 June 2026

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The Chair formally opens the public hearing into local government funding and fiscal sustainability, sets out broadcasting and privilege arrangements, and places committee members and regional council representatives from the NT and Kimberley on the record.

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Opening of hearing and witness introductions

29:50

Hearing opening, acknowledgements and witness introductions

29:50

Remote council fiscal pressures and infrastructure burden

32:56

Barkly Regional Council — fiscal constraints and extreme service costs

32:56

Alice Springs Town Council — asset gap and remote cost pressures

37:49

Roper Gulf Regional Council — Aboriginal service delivery and funding exclusion

43:20

Kimberley Regional Group — infrastructure burden and Roads to Recovery

49:16

Commonwealth grant access, design flaws and red tape

01:21:02

Commonwealth grant programs accessed and practical barriers

01:21:02

Grant design, red tape and local infrastructure funding limits

01:25:47

Mining, Beetaloo Basin and linking resource wealth locally

01:30:01

Mining, Beetaloo Basin and failure to return benefits locally

01:30:01

International models and reforms to link resource wealth to councils

01:37:13

Expanded service load, health, social services and cost shifting

01:42:28

Remote councils’ expanded service load and NT cost shifting

01:42:28

Health workforce, GP incentives and essential social services

01:47:02

Financial Assistance Grants equity, renewables rating and Aboriginal governance

01:50:11

Financial Assistance Grants methodology, inequity and NT share

01:50:11

Rating renewables, ACCO status and Closing the Gap governance risks

01:59:42

Closing remarks and follow‑up material

02:03:32

Final remarks, further information and hearing close

02:03:32

House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport

25 June 2026

House Standing Committee on Regional Development, Infrastructure and Transport Thu, 25 Jun 2026 Australian Parliament

29:49 - 31:05

Speaker 6

Of the standing committee on regional development infrastructure and transports inquiry into local government funding and and fiscal sustainability.

And I'd like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which we meet today, and I pay my respects to their ancestors and their elders past, present, and future. I extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in their cultural and spiritual connections to Australia's lands and waters. In accordance with the committee's resolution of 08/28/2025, this hearing will be broadcast on the parliament's website, and the proof and official transcripts of proceedings will be published on the inquiry website. I remind members of the media who may be present or listening on the web of the need to fairly and accurately report the proceedings of the committee. I now welcome representatives of the Barclay Regional Council, Alice Springs Town Council, Roper Golf Regional Council, and Kimberley Regional Group to give evidence today.

For the hand side record, would you please state your full name and the capacity in which you appear before the committee? Let's start here.

31:06 - 31:08

Speaker 18

Peter Johata, CEO, Barclays Regional Council.

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