Backing Small Business With Big Savings

Joint Media Release from the Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Business, Jobs and Training Marie-Clare Boothby Small businesses in the Territory will save tens of thousands of dollars a year on tax under a CLP government. The CLP will: Raise the payroll tax-free threshold for the first time in 13…

Labor’s Immediate Action 411 Days Later

Media Release from Shadow Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Marie-Clare Boothby It has been 411 days since this Labor Government promised to deliver immediate action for more security at bottle shops and improve community safety. On 22 March 2023, following the tragic death of bottle shop worker Declan Laverty, the Labor government announced ‘an immediate…

Real Consequences and Pathway Out of Crime

Media Release from Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Justice Steve Edgington Under a CLP Government, there will be real consequences for crime, with a suite of new initiatives unveiled as part of its Plan for a Safe Territory, which will reform corrections in the Northern Territory. Key to the plan is a…

Alice Springs No Better Off Since PM Last Visit

Media Release from Shadow Minister for Territory Families and Shadow Minister for Youth Josh Burgoyne One year on from the Prime Ministers fly-in-fly out visit Alice Springs continues to call out for change. In just the last month we have seen riots on our streets which resulted in the youth curfew. $250 million dollars was…

Bottle shops Workers Not Safe Under Labor’s Crime Crisis

Media Release from Shadow Minister for Tourism and Hospitality Marie-Clare Boothby The Lawler Labor Government has completely failed in its plans to keep bottle shop workers safe. When Declan Laverty was murdered over a year ago, Labor pledged to implement comprehensive training in de-escalation techniques to manage anti-social behavior. They also promised to grant security…

Territorians Pay More under Eva Lawler

Media Release from Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro Eva Lawler as Treasurer and Chief Minister has led a 22% increase in the cost of living since 2016. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for the March quarter has seen CPI reach 3.3%. Labor has failed to tackle crime or grow our economy and…

Labor failing to keep Territorians safe

Media Release from Shadow Attorney-General and Minister for Justice Steven Edgington Reports in today’s NT News that a judge gave a slap on the wrist for a violent assault that resulted in spinal fractures is the result of Eva Lawler and Chansey Paech weakening laws and removing consequences for offending. In March 2023, Attorney General…

Howard Springs ‘wear and tear’ 2.0

Joint Media Release from Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Renewables and Energy Josh Burgoyne The past week has seen Labor tangle themselves up in their own lies with Eva Lawler trying to make it sound like it had always been Labor’s intention to only bulldoze the old Don Dale facility,…

Labor: 8 Years of Energy Insecurity

Joint Media Release from Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Renewables and Energy Josh Burgoyne Labor has had 8 years to deliver security of gas supply so that Territorians can keep the lights on, and they have failed. Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro said, “Territorians know Labor cancelled its annual…