Taxpayers paying three times more for stolen cars

Media release from Shadow Treasurer, Bill Yan: Written questions put to the Fyles Labor Government from the Opposition have been returned, showing staggering figures of how much the escalating crime crisis is costing the taxpayer. Shadow Treasurer, Bill Yan said, “The CLP Opposition has uncovered a staggering 43 Government Fleet Vehicles were stolen this financial…

Land Council report highlights need for Senate Inquiry

  An audit report into the Northern Territory’s Land Councils highlights the need for urgent action to ensure some of Australia’s most marginalised people are not being silenced. The Auditor General’s report titled Governance of the Northern Land Council notes poor-record keeping, a failure to implement a fraud and corruption policy and that is has…

One Together Not Two Divided

One_Together_Not_Two_Divided (click link to access original document)   Australia is the greatest country in the world. We’ve enjoyed a peace and prosperity that’s the envy of nations from all corners of the globe. But we’re not perfect and there is no issue that exemplifies our shortcomings as the ongoing disadvantages faced by our Indigenous brothers…

Another Code Yellow means More Cost, Less Services

Media release from Shadow Health Minister Bill Yan: Today Territorians woke up to the news of yet another Code Yellow called for Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals, off the back of 9 code yellows at these facilities in the past financial year. Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, today said that “Labor’s mismanagement of the…

Natasha Fyles kept Police out of the loop AGAIN

Media release from the Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro: This morning we heard from the NTPA President Nathan Finn that again this Government had kept the NTPA, representing our frontline police, out of the loop when it comes to the bail review, wanding laws and raising the age of criminal responsibility. Mr Finn revealed…

Justice for Declan Laverty’ Reaches 20,000 Signatures

Media release from the Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro: Today Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro tabled a petition that weighed 2.2kgs, was 458 pages and had 14,908 signatures to Parliament. By the time the petition was read out, the petition had grown to over 20,000 signatures. “Yesterday the petition ‘Justice for Declan Laverty: Action against…

10 REASONS TO VOTE NO

ONE TOGETHER, NOT TWO DIVIDED   No one would buy a car that they couldn’t return without seeing it first. But when it comes to permanently changing our constitution – Australia’s rulebook – the Prime Minister says the details of the Voice will only be decided AFTER you vote for it.   CLICK HERE- 10…