ABC The $50 million Tiwi Islands port development. <\/p>\n
A series of delayed development projects promising income and jobs for Tiwi people has led to calls for the Tiwi Land Council (TLC) regional authority to be replaced. <\/p>\n
A $50 million port development, said to be worth up to $200 million in export revenue, has fallen months behind schedule. <\/p>\n
A major forestry plantation project, developed in partnership with the council by company Sylvatech and then Great Southern, has also struggled to get off the ground. <\/p>\n
The setbacks have raised concerns about TLC governance problems. Meanwhile, high rates of unemployment on the Tiwi Islands remain a source of community frustration and anger. <\/p>\n
Former Northern Territory deputy chief minister Marion Scrymgour has called on the Commonwealth and Territory governments to deliver a new regional authority. <\/p>\n
\"I think there's been a whole lot of investments that have been wrong,\" she said. <\/p>\n
\"If this was a business or an organisation in mainstream Australia there'd be an outcry because it's taxpayer money. And yet because it's a remote Aboriginal community it doesn't hit the Richter scale. <\/p>\n
\"I've had concerns for a long time. I think I've done about two to three submissions to the Senate and tried to get through successive federal governments an independent external inquiry. <\/p>\n
\"Those two big projects have failed. People often forget that there were 52 business on the Tiwi Islands that have failed and gone bankrupt or people have walked away. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Follow this link: <\/p>\n
Tiwi Islands: Delays to multi-million-dollar port, forestry project turn up heat on land council<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABC The $50 million Tiwi Islands port development. A series of delayed development projects promising income and jobs for Tiwi people has led to calls for the Tiwi Land Council (TLC) regional authority to be replaced. A $50 million port development, said to be worth up to $200 million in export revenue, has fallen months behind schedule. Continue reading