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Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta national parks to receive more than $250 million in funding

The iconic Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is one of the parks set to share in the new funding. (ABC News: Michael Franchi)

Australia's most treasured national parks have been promised hundreds of millions of dollars to combat what has been described as years of neglect and "chronic underfunding".

Kakadu and Uluru-Kata Tjuta in the Northern Territory will be among the national parks set to benefit from more than $250 million in extra funding to feature in the upcoming Commonwealth budget.

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