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2 Geography

There are many very small settlements scattered across the Territory but the larger population centres are located on the single sealed road that links Darwin to southern Australia, the Stuart Highway, known to locals simply as "the track".

The Northern Territory is also home to two spectacular natural rock formations, Uluru (Ayers Rock) and Kata Tjuta (The Olgas), which are sacred to the local Aborigines and which have become major tourist attractions.

In the northern part of the territory lies Kakadu National Park, which features breathtaking wetlands and native wildlife. To the north of that lies the Arafura Sea, and to the east lies

Rivers include:

• Aligator River
• Daly River
• Finke River
• McArthur River
• Roper River
• Todd River
• Victoria River, which flows for 560 kilometres until it enters the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf in the Timor Sea.

3 Politics

The territory has a legislative assembly. Whilst this assembly exercises roughly the same powers as the governments of the states of Australia, it does so by delegation of powers from the commonwealth government, rather than by any constitutional right.

For several years there has been agitation for full statehood. A referendum was held on the issue in 1998 which failed. This was a shock to both the Northern Territory and Commonwealth governments, for opinion polls showed most Territorians supported statehood. However, under the Australian Constitution, the Federal government may set the terms of entry to full statehood. The Northern Territory was offered 3 Senators, rather than the full complement of 12. (With 12 Senate seats, a Territorian vote would have been worth more than 30 votes in New South Wales or Victoria.) Alongside what was cited as an arrogant approach adopted by then Chief Minister Shane Stone , it is believed that most Territorians were reluctant to adopt the offer which was made.

The current head of government in the Territory is Chief Minister Clare Martin of the Australian Labor Party (since August 2001).

The territory is represented in the Commonwealth parliament by two members in the House of Representatives and two members in the Senate.

At the local government level, there are 6 incorporated municipalities (3 town councils, 1 shire and 2 cities), 30 'community government councils' and 26 other bodies. [1]

4 Demographics

The population of the Northern Territory is about 1% of the total population of Australia. The entire territory is covered by a combined White Pages and Yellow Pages.

The Northern Territory's alcohol consumption is one of the highest in the world, and certainly the highest in Australia. In 2001 the alcohol consumption rate was estimated at 1,120 standard drinks, per person, per year.

5 Economy

• Mining
  • Bauxite at Gove Peninsula
  • Manganese at Groote Eylandt
• Tourism

6 External link

• Northern Territory Government of Australia

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