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,…
Joint Media Release: Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Local Government Steve Edgington The CLP will empower bush communities through local government reforms designed to return greater community control. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said the CLP was committed to restoring control of communities to Aboriginal people and strengthening…
Media Release from Shadow Health Minister Bill Yan Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals have just been plunged into yet another Code Yellow, marking the 7th code yellow in the last 12 months. Data came out last week that the Territory lost 668 people who were fed up in the territory and moved interstate. Undoubtedly many…
Media Release from Bill Yan Shadow Treasurer and Josh Burgoyne Shadow Minister for Territory Families In a remarkable backflip this afternoon, despite only this morning defending that she is keeping crime under control in Alice Springs, Chief Minister Eva Lawler is sending back the Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors (PALIs) she ripped from Alice Springs bottle…