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Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says the CLP welcomes today’s announcement that the vaccine mandate will be scrapped, following months of pressure from the Opposition and Territorians. “For many Territorians and businesses this is too little, too late. Small businesses, tourism, hospitality, and retail have suffered terribly under this divisive, draconian measure which was only forced onto Territorians by …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says Estimates will be an opportunity for the Opposition and Independent MLAs to shine the spotlight on Labor’s sustained health failures, and for the Chief Health Officer (CHO) to finally detail the “best health advice” to Territorians. “The Chief Minister, who is also the Health Minister, has refused to allow the CHO to regularly …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says the Fyles Labor Government needs to urgently scrap the blanket vaccine mandate which is contributing to critical staff shortages and damaging our economy. “The Northern Territory is now the most restricted and least competitive jurisdiction in the country. “While other states have kept the vaccine mandate for health staff and some high-risk settings, …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says it’s ridiculous that the new Police Minister, Kate Worden, has banned the CLP from speaking with police and fire crews in Tennant Creek. “As the Shadow Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, it is a critical part of my job to visit the rank and file to say thank you – and …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says Natasha Fyles has proven she has no desire to combat the Territory’s escalating and unsustainable levels of crime, or address the catastrophic concerns within NT police by refusing to take back the police portfolio, which traditionally sits with the Chief Minister. “While we welcome Nicole Manison being dumped from one of the Territory’s …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says the latest NT crime statistics makes for more grim reading for Territorians and proves Labor’s policy failures are creating more victims of crime. “Violent crime remains at critically high rates. In the last year across the Territory, 18,614 people were the victim of assault, domestic violence-related assault and alcohol-related assault. These figures are …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says Labor has lied to Territorians about the COVID vaccine mandate. “Territorians were told mandating a vaccine was the best health advice. What Labor failed to mention is that, that the direction was possibly invalid. “In a complete state of panic and deliberate deception, Labor used the last night of parliamentary sittings to force …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says Labor must have something to hide given the extraordinary power being granted to the unelected Chief Health Officer (CHO) and the scrapping of parliamentary scrutiny that Natasha Fyles intends to ram through parliament today. “Last night, Labor voted down the CLP’s legislation which would ensure the CHO provides a detailed report to Territorians …

NT Labor has voted down the CLP’s laws to introduce mandatory time behind bars for every offender who is cowardly enough to assault police, paramedics, nurses, doctors, teachers, corrections officers, retail and hospitality workers, bus and taxi drivers – and any other Territory worker. “Today was an opportunity for Natasha Fyles to show a point of difference between herself and …

Territory workers deserve a government that will support and protect them from abuse and violence in their workplace – and the CLP implores Labor to back the Sentencing Amendment Bill 2022 which introduces minimum mandatory sentences for cowardly first-time offenders who attack workers including: police, paramedics, nurses, doctors, teachers, corrections officers, retail and hospitality workers, bus and taxi drivers, and …