discussion Why is Northern Territory not a STATE yet?

[Cryptique]

Population - 250,000

Area - 1.42M sq.km

GSP - $26.15B

Per Capita - $107k

 

Darwin (Capital) - 150,000 Population

 

A very big area but sparsely populated.. but still almost half of Australia's/US' current smallest state while ~100k larger than Canada's smallest province population wise.. amazing economy as well while having a GLOBALLY RECOGNIZED and fairly big capital city of Darwin

 

So what prevents it to became a STATE??

Edited November 14, 2022 by Cryptique

[Punky Rooster]

 

[Galah]

Basic ass name. They should rename it 'Mauboy' in honour of the Get 'Em Girls songstress and make it the official State of Mauboy, Australia.

[ontherocks]

Saltwater crocs still have not learned how to vote.

[Nip Tuck]

1 hour ago, Cryptique said:

amazing economy

One of the main reason why NT isn’t a state is because it can’t financially support itself.

[Revolution]

Too sparsely populated I fear.

[Cryptique]

43 minutes ago, Nip Tuck said:

One of the main reason why NT isn’t a state is because it can’t financially support itself.

really.. i know GDP is not end all be all but the per capita is looking great for them

GSP	2020 estimate
• Total	AU$26.153 billion[2] (8th)
• Per capita	AU$106,851 (2nd)
HDI (2019)	0.933[3] very high · 6th

 

this is Tasmania's for comparison

GSP	2020 estimate
• Total	AU$32.102 billion[5] (8th)
• Per capita	AU$59,779 (7th)
HDI (2019)	0.914[7] very high · 8th

[Cryptique]

1 hour ago, Aurora said:

Basic ass name. They should rename it 'Mauboy' in honour of the Get 'Em Girls songstress and make it the official State of Mauboy, Australia.

they should name it simply North Australia.. or maybe Darwinia 

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

Name it Delta after Delta Goodrem!

 

Delta, Australia! 

 

 

OT: maybe the crocodiles or alligators do not vote!

 

[Galah]

1 hour ago, Cryptique said:

they should name it simply North Australia.. or maybe Darwinia 

Northern Territory, Western Australia, South Australia... like where is the imagination? Victoria, Queensland, and Tasmania are the trinity of Aussie state names.

[Guest]

The Northern Territory needs to stand on its own two feet as a region that’s capable of having a prosperous economy without an endless injection of government funds before it worries about becoming a state. 
 

I love the region and even lived there for a short time (in the Mataranka region, not Darwin) but it’s frustrating that it has so many things going for it (natural and historical) and it doesn’t seem to take full advantage of any of them.