Media Releases

News of a Code Yellow at the Katherine Hospital has almost tipped a struggling town over the edge. Shadow Minister for Health Bill Yan said the Code Yellow was announced by the government at 4.45pm on Thursday afternoon via a media release. Sources have told the CLP Opposition that staff thought they would scrape through without needing the Code Yellow …

Natasha Fyles and her cabinet must show to the community crime meeting organised by local business owners for next week. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said Labor were a no-show at all other community meetings and rallies, held in protest of weak laws and crime policy affecting business owners across the Territory. “Business owners are at breaking point, and they have …

Labor’s soft-on-crime policies are causing chaos with public transport in the Northern Territory, according to Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Gerard Maley. Hundreds of bus services were cancelled last month, with drivers refusing to cop the abuse and threats, while Blue Taxi driver numbers have plummeted from 200 to about 40. “Labor has removed the consequences for crime and anti-social …

The Territory and Federal governments are in a strong position to work collaboratively for the benefit of the north after Shadow Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro’s visit to Canberra last week. Mrs Finocchiaro met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles, as well as Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King. “It was comforting to finish those …

The infamous shade-less shade structure on Cavenagh Street is costing taxpayers $90,000 a year, and is six-times the cost since 2021. Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics Gerard Maley said written questions to the government uncovered monthly maintenance of the vine costs taxpayers $90,000 per year. The answer also revealed that expenditure on the vine for the 2022-2023 financial …

Shadow Minister for Education Jo Hersey and teachers in Katherine have claimed a win today with confirmation of additional financial support to secure housing. Mrs Hersey said the teachers of Katherine had been let down by an arrogant and incompetent government for too long. “We have been calling on more support from this Fyles Labor government for years, and they’ve …

While last night’s budget delivered much-needed funding for Middle Arm, the Alice Springs art gallery, and the sealing of the Tanami Highway and other roads like the Central Arnhem Highway, the test will be on the Fyles Labor Government to pull it all off. Deputy Opposition Leader Gerard Maley said more information was also needed on the ‘equity’ funding arrangements …

The cracks are well and truly showing around Labor’s hands-off approach at controlling anti-social behaviour, which is now spilling into local sport. Shadow Minister for Sport Jo Hersey said the Darwin Basketball Association’s plea to the government on ABC radio Darwin this morning was heartbreaking. “People don’t willingly go to the media on these issues, but it is obviously at …

The Territory has the worst performing economy in the country for the 16th straight quarter, according to the latest CommSec State of the States Report. This confirms the latest Deloitte Access Economics report, which predicted the Territory to have the “weakest economic growth” of any jurisdiction in 2021-22. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said the results were four years of proof …

Police Minister Kate Worden has again dodged calling the Territory’s crime crisis exactly what it is – a crisis. On Mix FM yesterday morning with Katie Woolf, the minister was asked directly if she was dealing with the crime crisis with the same urgency as the COVID crisis. Katie Woolf: Why isn’t the government treating this crime crisis in the …