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NT:Weather blamed for drop in school attendance rates

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Extreme flooding is being blamed for a territory's reduced school attendance rates as an education minister defends her government's tough anti-truancy policy, including fines for parents.

Northern Territory minister Jo Hersey was grilled by opposition members in an estimates hearing on Tuesday, over what evidence she could provide to show the tough approach was working.

The education department's school attendance officers have the power to issue parents with compliance notices if students fail to attend school for 20 days or more.

Continuing non-compliance can lead to parents being fined or put on income management programs.

For term one in 2026 the school attendance rate across the NT was 75.4 per cent, compared to term one in 2025 when it was 76.1 per cent.

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