The Northern Territory Department of the Chief Minister and Cabinet advises a State Funeral for Mr Lawrence Costa MLA will be held at 9:00am (Australian Central Standard Time) on Wednesday 1 March 2023, at St Mary’s Star of the Sea Cathedral, Darwin, Northern Territory.
Mr Costa was a Tiwi Islander man from Pitjarmirra Outstation, north of Melville Island in the Northern Territory.
He was the Member for Arafura of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly for 6 years, from 2016 to 2022, serving his communities of Tiwi Islands, Maningrida and West Arnhem.
Details regarding attendance at the service and livestreaming can be found on the Northern Territory Government website.
As a mark of mourning and respect, the Australian National Flag should be flown at half-mast all day on Wednesday 1 March 2023 in the Northern Territory only from all buildings and establishments occupied by Australian Government departments and affiliated agencies. Other organisations are welcome to participate.
- When flying the Australian National Flag with other flags, all flags in the set should be flown at half-mast.
- If a set of flags includes the flags of other nations, it would be appropriate to seek permission from the diplomatic representatives of that nation to half-mast their flag.
- An acceptable half-mast position would be when the top of the flag is a third of the distance down from the top of the flagpole.
- Information on flag protocol is available on the Department's website.
Your assistance is appreciated.
Commonwealth Flag Officer