The Northern Territory government will freeze rental payments for public housing tenants affected by historic floods spreading across the Big Rivers region. Monsoonal rainfall has inundated remote Aboriginal communities in the region over the past two weeks. The Daly River area was hit hardest on Wednesday, with Dorisvale Crossing reaching 23.93 metres by 1.30pm, the highest level ever recorded. The nearby Katherine River peaked at 19.2 metres last Saturday, its highest level since floods in 1998. The NT’s department of housing confirmed the emergency rent pause on Friday, saying flood-affected public housing tenants did not need to apply to receive
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