Neighbourhood Watch NT gets $250,000 funding boost
Neighbourhood Watch NT will receive an extra $250,000 to help expand its operations and deliver more community initiatives aimed at driving down opportunistic crime.
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Neighbourhood Watch NT will receive an extra $250,000 to help expand its operations and deliver more community initiatives aimed at driving down opportunistic crime.
The not-for-profit delivers workshops and public awareness campaigns to help Territorians protect themselves and their properties, including personal protection sessions and absentee advice forms for residents going away on holidays.
Over the past year, the organisation has delivered nine personal protection sessions across urban, regional and remote communities.
As part of the funding boost, two new staff positions will be created, one in the Top End and one in the southern region.
In 2023-24 Neighbourhood Watch NT’s total income was $320,798, largely comprised of its core funding from NT Police.
Chief executive Veronica Larson welcomed the funding boost as “great news for neighbourhoods and communities right across the Territory”.
“Access to preventive safety information is key to helping Territorians feel safer and be safer,” she said.
Chief Minister and Police Minister Lia Finocchiaro said the investment was part of her government’s “clear and unapologetic focus on law and order”.
“Restoring community safety remains the number one priority of my government. We want Territorians to feel safe and confident in their daily lives,” Mrs Finocchiaro said.
“We’ve seen a decline in robberies and house break-ins when comparing January to April 2025 with the same period last year, but we know there is always more to do to ensure people feel secure in their homes and communities.
“Neighbourhood Watch plays a critical role in bringing communities together, preventing crime before it happens, and sending a clear message that we will not tolerate criminal behaviour anywhere in the Territory.”
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