Opposition spokesperson for housing Gerard Maley says $69 million that was written off in unpaid rent would have made a huge difference to police, school, or health resources.

He told Katie Woolf estimates also revealed that remote housing repairs cost 44.9-million, with $11.4 million of that spent in Wadeye.

Mr Maley says the CLP would introduce a process of weekly rent collection through the likes of Centrelink and other agencies.

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