Media Releases

Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Alcohol Policy, Gerard Maley, says the growing rates of alcohol-fuelled abuse, harm and crime across the Territory proves the Gunner Labor Government has no desire to address its policy failures. “NT Labor’s ‘set and forget’ policy mentality is creating more crime and more victims. What we’ve seen at the Fannie Bay …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says the Chief Minister is misleading Territorians by refusing to allow the Chief Health Officer (CHO) to regularly report to Territorians, because he ‘doesn’t want to add to their workload’. “The Chief Minister clearly doesn’t understand the law. There is already a legislative requirement for the CHO to keep records of decisions and actions …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says the Chief Minister needs to immediately outline his plan to lift the Territory-wide mask mandate and scrap the Check In App. “Territorians have been crying out for certainty and all Michael Gunner can offer up is vague ‘sooner rather than later’, or ‘days not weeks’ comments when quizzed about the roadmap out of …

Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro says the CLP stands by NT Police and the NT Police Association in their support for the highly regulated use of spit hoods and restraint chairs to prevent members of the NT Police being exposed to communicable diseases. “Northern Territory police perform a very difficult job in extremely confronting circumstances and deserve to be protected from …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Gunner Labor Government needs to take urgent action to combat escalating crime across the Territory. “The latest crime statistics, year on year to December 2021, show there have been more than 8,720 victims of assault from the Top End, to Central Australia, more than 5,500 domestic violence victims and close to 4,300 …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says it is shameful that a Code Yellow critical bed and staff shortage has been declared at Royal Darwin Hospital and Palmerston Regional Hospital – but Territorian had to find out through leaks to the media. “This Code Yellow declaration comes as little surprise given the dire state of the NT health system, and …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Gunner Labor Government has committed to sweeping illegal drug use under the carpet, by gagging debate and refusing to support an Opposition motion to introduce random drug testing of politicians and political staff in Parliament House. “Michael Gunner had publicly thrown his weight behind plans to introduce drug testing for NT police …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the release of a video purportedly showing a Labor staffer – and NT Young Labor President – snorting a white substance is further proof of Labor’s toxic culture which is led by a Chief Minister whose shameful legacy will be crime, cocaine and cover-ups. “It appears that toxic culture the Chief Minister has …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says the Gunner Labor Government has serious questions to answer over why it is spending $130 million – which is more than 10 percent of the NT’s hospital budget – on Rapid Antigen Tests, according to a public tender released today. “There’s no doubt the Territory is experiencing a widespread shortage of RAT kits, …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the CLP Opposition is committed to putting the rights of victims above the rights of offenders and will categorically not raise the age of criminal responsibility. “The current system is appropriate and allows Judges to use discretion when dealing with offenders aged between 10 and 14. Under section 43AQ of the Criminal Code …