Territorians get proactive in forging the NT’s path to economic recovery
THE Territory’s Economic Reconstruction Commission has received about 300 projects Territorians think hold the answer to economic recovery, in a magnificent demonstration of the interest residents are showing in getting the NT economy on a more secure footing post-coronavirus.
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THE Territory’s Economic Reconstruction Commission has received about 300 projects Territorians think hold the answer to economic recovery.
It’s a magnificent demonstration of the level of interest Territorians are showing in getting this place back on the path to better things and a more secure footing.
While the projects may be exciting and bold, the important thing to understand is that this report by the Economic Reconstruction Commission will not be about picking winners.
The report will not be about lining up projects for the government to pick like a lottery draw.
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Rightly so, it is about best practice in scanning the landscape of opportunity and attempting to provide a road map that will encourage investors around the world and in Australia to look at the Northern Territory as a destination for investment.
It’s about putting better processes in place so that projects important to a prosperous economy don’t take forever to be approved.
It’s about making sure redundant studies do not hold the Territory back from the jobs and the new industries it so desperately needs.
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This week’s meetings the TERC will have in Darwin will be the best opportunity business leaders and the other key stakeholders have to really get their message to commission members about matters critical to them in the report.
Make your voice heard.
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