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CLP to relocate up to 150 people from Darwin housing shelter to Batchelor

CLP to relocate up to 150 people from Darwin housing shelter to Batchelor

The Finocchiaro CLP Government will relocate residents of the Batten Road YiSSA transitional housing facility to Batchelor as part of a costly plan that will see a new repurposed demountable facility built that will also accommodate remote flood evacuees, but the decision has irked Batchelor residents and its local council who say the government did not consult with anyone there before announcing the “bad idea”.

Acacia overseers lacked reliable information and failed to make hard decisions: Consultant

Acacia overseers lacked reliable information and failed to make hard decisions: Consultant

The $355 million Acacia digital health program did not have a proper implementation plan produced until two years after the project started which was not effectively adopted, a consultant who worked on the project has revealed, arguing the system was treated merely as an IT project, rather than a system intended to change how healthcare works, adding those in charge were not prepared to make hard decisions. The consultant said perhaps the most important question of all was why money kept being spent without an understanding of whether value was being achieved.

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