$15,000 on offer for families willing to move to the Northern Territory

Over 53 occupations have been listed as high priority - including accountants, software engineers, mechanical engineers and chefs.

Aerial Shot of Darwin City, Darwin.

Foto aérea de Darwin Source: Wikimedia Commons/David Silva/CC BY-SA 1.0

The Northern Territory wants more people to come and live up north and is offering cash incentives to families, couples and individuals willing to do so.

The government says it will invest $9.3 million to attract more people, including migrants, to the Territory with families being  offered more than $15,000 over five years to move to NT to work in "high priority jobs".

This announcement is part of the Northern Territory Population Growth Strategy 2018-2028, where the government hopes to add 21,000 new jobs and $10.4 billion to the NT’s economy in the next decade.

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