Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Minister for Justice – Steve Edgington Under a CLP Government, there will be real consequences for crime, with a suite of new initiatives unveiled as part of its Plan for a Safe Territory, which will reform corrections in the Northern Territory. Key to the plan is a reduction in overcrowding in the …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Minister for Youth – Joshua Burgoyne The past week has seen Labor tangle themselves up in their own lies with Eva Lawler trying to make it sound like it had always been Labor’s intention to only bulldoze the old Don Dale facility, and the deceit continued with Ngaree Ah Kit, despite a …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Eva Lawler as Treasurer and Chief Minister has led a 22% increase in the cost of living since 2016. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for the March quarter has seen CPI reach 3.3%. Labor has failed to tackle crime or grow our economy and it is Territorians who are paying the …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Minister for Renewables and Energy – Joshua Burgoyne Labor has had 8 years to deliver security of gas supply so that Territorians can keep the lights on, and they have failed. Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro said, “Territorians know Labor cancelled its annual conference to avoid a public fight on gas …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Eva Lawler and Labor cannot be trusted to deliver new prisons and the proof is in their failure to open a new Don Dale despite promising it in 2016. Now they expect Territorians to believe that they will deliver on women’s prisons in Alice Springs and Darwin. Eva Lawler, who was long term …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Under Labor, during the month of February in the Northern Territory, we saw more victims of crime with more theft and violence. The release of government crime statistics for February 2024 further exposes the severity of the situation with rises since last month: Crime in the Territory is totally out of control and …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Local Government – Steven Edgington The CLP will empower bush communities through local government reforms designed to return greater community control. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said the CLP was committed to restoring control of communities to Aboriginal people and strengthening service delivery. Control that Labor took away. …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro In less than 24 hours the CLP has been briefed by Vince Kelly for the very first time on the Police Review, read and considered the recommendations, and provided a decisive response. Let me say very clearly – we don’t have a broken police force – we have a broken government. The Review …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Today’s announcement comes with no clear pathway on how Labor is going to stop police leaving in droves. With 126 police departing the force last year, recruiting 50 police a year will not increase the bottom line until they address attrition. Eva Lawler has been sitting on the police review for 6 months …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Minister for Territory Families – Joshua Burgoyne We are not a failed state, we have a failed Government. Overnight, Alice Springs has experienced serious and sustained criminal attacks threatening residents and our police. Starting with a large group of people taking to the Todd Tavern throwing rocks and breaking windows while terrified …
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