The Finocchiaro Government has spent $7.5 million buying 30,000-hectares to expand Litchfield National Park by 20 per cent, which will include a hunting reserve of an unspecified size, but the Chief Minister has said there has been no planning about how much it will cost the taxpayer to develop or manage the area.

Chief Minister Finocchiaro said the area known as Silkwood borders Litchfield’s southeast boundary, is about 120km from Darwin near the Adelaide River township, includes Robin Falls, other unspecified waterfalls, gorges, hot springs and 4WD tracks. She added that a lot of it is rugged.

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