• To help ensure that school students behave sensibly and safely, the Department of Lands and Planning, together with operators, schools and police, have developed codes of conduct, codes of good practice and procedures for school children.

  • Children returned to school on Tuesday 31 January 2012. Motorists are reminded to slow down, watch for children, and observe the 40 km/h zone speed limit near schools between 7am and 5pm.
  • The Territory Government is seeking proposals from suitably qualified entities interested in developing Section 4445 Hundred of Bagot, Batten Road site under a Crown lease term, for a short stay workers accommodation village.
  • The Department of Lands and Planning business units located at Cavenagh House will be moving to Arnhemica House in Parap in early 2012.
  • Construction is underway on a new $17 million Berrimah Road Railway Overpass that will benefit more than 4000 vehicles a day.
  • A new pedestrian facility will be built on McMillans Road to provide families with a better, safer walking route across the road.