July 1 each year is celebrated as his Northern Territory Day. It was on July 1 1978 the Northern Territory became partly responsible for the management of its affairs.

Every year on July 1 public fireworks display the fireworks being let off on a barge situated off Mindil Beach in Darwin.

Several thousand people always turn up for the fireworks display on the beach is crowded.

This year there was a slight jam in the works, with the government deciding to relocate the fireworks to the Darwin Waterfront – a nice venue but much smaller than the beach and not able to accommodate people comfortably in big numbers.

The news of this change quite deeply upset Northern Territorians. The media has been full of their reactions and negative expressions.

So today, came in miracle. The government announced that the fireworks would after all be let off on the barge of Mindil Beach.

All praise to the government. And of course one one has to wonder because today marks 73 days from our Territory elections held once every four years.