Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians, and Senator for the Northern Territory said she was deeply concerned by the comments made in The Australian today by Queensland’s Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. “If Mr. Crawford’s comments on New Zealand’s process are any indication, this will be a multi-billion-dollar cost to…
This morning Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro, for the 7th time, fought for an Inquiry into our police crisis. There is urgent need for an Inquiry into our police force to examine the health and wellbeing of our police, resourcing, police numbers, morale and leadership – particularly at a time when there is no Police Commissioner.…
Today the CLP, on behalf of Territorians, put forward Laws that would properly strengthen bail, only to be shut down in a farcical display by the Labor Government. Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro says she is absolutely outraged at the Government’s decision to use the Parliament not as a tool of change but as…
**CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY** Mr Speaker, this is not the Territory I know and love. This is not the Territory I grew up in. And it does not have to be the Territory of the future. Yesterday’s budget was an opportunity for Territory Labor to deliver on the cries for change, the cries for help…
Labor’s proposed bail reform Bill is a case of false advertising, according to Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro. “This Bill is not what was advertised in the media release and the announcement by Chief Minister Natasha Fyles yesterday,” Mrs Finocchiaro said. “Labor is using deliberately tricky wording to hide the fact the Bill, you…
The Country Liberal Party has endorsed Deputy Mayor, Tiwi Islands Regional Council Leslie Tungatalum as the candidate for the Arafura by-election. Leslie also holds senior roles across the electorate of Arafura including Chairman of Bathurst Island Housing Association (BIHA), Director to the Board of the NT Aboriginal Investment Corporation (NTAIC) who are responsible for investing…
The people of the Northern Territory suffer no fools, and this week we have been let down by the Prime Minister of Australia, and by the Northern Territory Fyles Labor Government. Their game is to lead us as Territorians into believing that the proposed Constitutional National advisory body called a ‘voice’ will be the winner…
Euthanasia Assisted Dying Debate – Restoring Territory Rights Bill (2022) I support the rights of Territorians, all Territorians. Always have, always will. The Euthanasia Assisted Dying Territory Rights Bill is specifically designed to allow for a Northern Territory Government to develop legislation to allow voluntary assisted dying to occur. Territorians have different views on this…
Opposition Leader Mrs Lia Finocchiaro MLA gave the keynote address at the Property Council of Australia ‘State of the Union’ to a sold out event. It was a fantastic opportunity to take people on a journey of what a Country Liberal Party Government I lead will do to reignite our “can-do” Territory spirit by doing two…
The Country Liberal Party Senator for the Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says Labor has broken the hearts of Territorians in its first Budget. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised if he won government, there would be “no one held back, no one left behind”. But in Labor’s first Budget, 30 per cent of Australians…