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Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Gunner Government will be forced to faceup to its staggering failure to address the Territory’s ballooning crime rates as well as thecatastrophic and dangerous bed block at Royal Darwin Hospital during this weeks’parliamentary sittings. “Three days of sittings were scrapped from the August sittings due to a COVID lockdown andthe Gunner Government …

Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Gerard Maley, says Territorians have had a gutful with theGunner Labor Government’s head in the sand approach to the escalating crime crisis. “Territory-wide, violent crime has again risen drastically. In the 12 months to July this year,close to nine thousand Territorians were the victim of assault. Domestic violence-relatedassault is up 35 percent and alcohol-related attacks …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the disparity between Labor’s focus onoffenders compared with victims of crime couldn’t be more stark after it was revealed justfive percent of restitution owed by convicted teenage criminals has been recouped since2019. “Opposition questions, submitted through a formal Parliamentary process last month, haveuncovered less than $615 has been clawed back for victims of …

Shadow Minister for Territory Families, Joshua Burgoyne, says the Minister for TerritoryFamilies needs to take urgent action to address spiralling crime rates on Railway Terrace, inthe Alice Springs CBD, which have doubled since the Gunner Government’s Youth Hub wasopened there last November. “Opposition questions, submitted in July through a formal Parliamentary process, haverevealed crime including assaults, break ins, and property …

Shadow Minister for Tourism, Marie-Clare Boothby, says the Gunner Labor Governmentneeds to come clean on whether recent cuts and job losses at the Territory Wildlife Park arein preparation to close one of the Territory’s most iconic tourist attractions – or move it closerto Darwin. “We have serious concerns about what impact staff cuts, animal exhibit closures and Laborneglect is having …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the rescheduling of cracker night has beenterribly mishandled by the Chief Minister right from the start. “Michael Gunner made a captain’s call to move cracker night to August 29 – during the TopEnd’s peak fire season – with no consultation, or real logic. “Territorians can accept July 1 crackers were cancelled due to …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the CLP will bring crucial bail reform backbefore Parliament to curb repeat youth offending – and is demanding the Gunner LaborGovernment back our Bill. “Territorians are being brutalised and victimised on a daily basis because of the GunnerGovernment’s bail failures. “Labor’s tweaks to the legislation have barely made a ripple against the Territory-wide …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Chief Minister’s avoidance of Labor’s toxiccandidate for the Daly by-election, after he was outed as verbally attacking a Member ofParliament, is glaringly obvious. “Labor announced its candidate for Daly last Thursday, yet Michael Gunner hasn’t publiclyendorsed Labor candidate Dheran Young. “Despite the Chief Minister using his social media to prematurely post critical …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says it’s absolutely staggering the lengths Labor iswilling to go to, to avoid scrutiny around its gifting of $12 million for the dodgy grandstanddeal – by the Chief Minister and his Cabinet. “Since the release of the bombshell ICAC report, the Chief Minister and his cabinet have doneeverything possible to try and avoid scrutiny, …

Shadow Minister for Territory Families, Joshua Burgoyne, says he’s dumbfounded that Laborhas chosen Dheran Young as its candidate for the upcoming Daly by-election. “I can confirm Dheran Young, the recently announced Labor candidate for Daly, is the personwho confronted me outside Parliament House late on February the 18th and tried tointimidate me as a direct result of issues I had …