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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Media release from Deputy Leader of the Opposition Gerard Maley The Lawler Labor Government’s mismanagement of their alcohol policies is terrible, particularly in addressing secondary supply. Shockingly, for nearly two and a half years, no charges have been laid against individuals supplying alcohol to those listed on the Banned Drinkers Register (BDR), or subject to…
Media Release from Shadow Treasurer Bill Yan After almost eight years of complete failure in economic policy by this Labor Government, the Northern Territory’s economy has once again been ranked as the worst performer in the nation, 66 months in a row. The CommSec April 2024 State of the States quarterly report ranks the Territory…
Media Release from Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro Eva Lawler and Labor cannot be trusted to deliver new prisons and the proof is in their failure to open a new Don Dale despite promising it in 2016. Now they expect Territorians to believe that they will deliver on women’s prisons in Alice Springs and…
Media Release from Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro Under Labor, during the month of February in the Northern Territory, we saw more victims of crime with more theft and violence. The release of government crime statistics for February 2024 further exposes the severity of the situation with rises since last month: Palmerston robberies are…
Media Release from Shadow Minister for Business, Jobs and Training Marie-Clare Boothby The most recent employment information released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reveals the Northern Territory’s economy remains stagnant under Labor and Eva Lawler’s failed leadership. The latest monthly Labour Force Data shows that the total number of people employed has stalled,…