Toward Decline
NT government reveals scale of bungled smart meter rollout
Why it matters
The Northern Territory's critical energy infrastructure has experienced a major operational failure in billing and distribution systems, affecting thousands of users and leaving a $33M revenue gap. This reveals systemic weaknesses in Australia's Northern Arc utility resilience—a strategic vulnerability at a time when the NT's infrastructure and supply chains are pivotal to Indo-Pacific posture and resource sovereignty.
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