Calls have been made to suspend stimulus payments to people living in the Northern Territory due to fears it could increase the spread of coronavirus to remote Indigenous communities. Independent MP Scott McConnell said $750 payments as a part of the stimulus package should be delayed because it could prompt recipients to head to more commercial areas such as Darwin or Alice Springs and increase the chance of infection. The NT government announced all non-essential travel to and from remote Indigenous communities should be stopped to protect vulnerable communities from the potentially deadly virus. Image: Getty