NT project account
Tennant Creek Hospital – installation of CT scanner
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Reporting boundary
New work approved in 2026-27. Two different figures appear in the same budget: 4 000 ($000) in the Budget Paper No. 4 capital works table and $5.3 million in the Regional Overview. Budget Paper No. 4's glossary states capital works 'excludes capital items, which are capital purchases where limited construction or fabrication is required, such as equipment', while the Regional Overview figure is described as 'to purchase and install' the scanner — a plausible explanation for the gap, but the source does not reconcile the two.
Cost as published, edition by edition
What each edition said this would cost
3 observations
| Edition | Published figure | Publisher | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 (most recent). Department of Health capital works table | $4mAs printed: 4 000 ($'000)Component or work-package cost, accepted interpretation, not selected as a project headlineReviewed interpretationComponent or work-package cost · Original estimate · tennant-creek-ct-installation-works | Document mining | Machine-read |
| 2026-27 (most recent). Department of Health capital works table | $4mAs printed: $4 millionComponent or work-package cost, accepted interpretation, not selected as a project headlineReviewed interpretationComponent or work-package cost · Original estimate · tennant-creek-ct-installation-works | Document mining | Machine-read |
| 2026-27. Tennant Creek Hospital narrative p.22 (Barkly); Royal D | $5.3mAs printed: $5.3 millionTotal project funding, accepted interpretation, not selected as a project headlineReviewed interpretationTotal project funding · Original estimate · tennant-creek-ct-purchase-install-package | Document mining | Machine-read |
Sources
Original documents
Document mining, Northern Territory 2026-27 Budget, Budget Paper No. 4 – The Infrastructure Program
p.24, Department of Health table, 'Program $000' column, under 'New works in 2026-27' / Barkly / Tennant Creek Hospital
Open original sourceDocument mining, Northern Territory 2026-27 Budget, Budget Paper No. 4 – The Infrastructure Program
p.8, Overview chapter, 'Health' section, 'Significant health infrastructure projects in 2026-27' bullet list
Open original sourceDocument mining, Northern Territory 2026-27 Budget, Budget and Regional Overview
p.22, Barkly section, 'Tennant Creek Hospital CT scanner and upgrades' item
Open original source