As COVID-19 tears through remote NT communities, Chief Minister Michael Gunner hits back at mounting criticism that his government is not doing enough to help.
One week into the return of school, more than 100 teachers across Northern Territory schools have gone into isolation after contracting COVID-19.
"If it gets any worse, which it will, we're expecting it to get worse, it will affect teacher workload," Mr Lampe said. With the support of Aboriginal health organisations and several land councils, the Commonwealth this week reintroduced biosecurity zones preventing travel in and out of dozens of remote communities battling COVID outbreaks.strongly advocatedNed Jampijinpa Hargraves, a senior community leader in Yuendumu in Central Australia, said the measure was a "disgrace".
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