According to the Productivity Commission Closing the Gap: Dashboard, Target 9B cannot be reported against as there is no data source currently available. Submission 1 of the Closing the Gap Review 2026 by AHNT, presents a methodology for measuring Target 9B by assessing the discrepancy in service levels, consumer rights and protections between major urban areas and remote communities in the NT through the assessment of 10 Consumer-Centred Apex Indicators.

The indicators measure the extent to which key codes, licences, customer contracts applying in major urban NT also apply to essential services delivery in remote communities.

Closing the Gap Target 9B – By 2031, all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander households: (1) within discrete Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander communities receive essential services that meet or exceed the relevant jurisdictional standard; and (2) in or near to a town receive essential services that meet or exceed the same standard as applies generally within the town (including Town Camps).    READ MORE