Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Minister for Territory Families – Joshua Burgoyne Despite repeated warnings from locals and store owners regarding the risks associated with removing Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors (PALIs) from bottle shops, Labor have again ignored Alice Springs as lawlessness continues to take over. The NT Police Association (NTPA) has reported 20 additional officers have …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Under Labor, the month of January in the Northern Territory was plunged into further chaos with more house break-ins, theft and violence. The release of government crime statistics for January 2024 further exposes the severity of the situation with rises since last month of: Territorians have seen frightening events as youths wield weapons …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro During Question Time yesterday, under interrogation by the CLP, Eva Lawler confessed to intentionally concealing the preliminary findings of the independent review concerning NT Police. When Labor’s latest Chief Minister, Eva Lawler, was asked whether she or any members of her Cabinet had seen the interim report, Lawler arrogantly said: “One of the …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Shadow Treasurer – Bill Yan Labor’s promise that there would be coverage on bottle shops while Police Auxiliary Liquor Inspectors (PALIs) transition to constables has been exposed as a lie. Just 2 weeks ago Brent Potter, the disgraced Police Minister said “we will have coverage on all our bottle shops.” If PALIs have …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro While Territorians are struggling with Labor’s crime crisis, skyrocketing cost of living, and loss of lifestyle, Labor are only focused on themselves. The Labor Party’s only focus is to keep their jobs, at all costs. The posts by Brent Potter show how out of touch he is with not only the people of …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Labor has shown its true colours on its fake support for the gas industry, with comments from the Minster for Mining, Mark Monaghan that the gas industry is temporary. At a press conference yesterday, Monaghan was asked if gas would be part of the transition to renewables forever – to which he replied, …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Under this weak Labor Government, the alleged youth offenders who last night stole cars in the northern suburbs of Darwin and carjacked a driver with a machete, are all back on the streets free to terrorise residents again. Of the four alleged youth offenders involved in last night’s incident, the youngest was just …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Just when Territorians thought Labor’s integrity crisis couldn’t get any worse, Chansey Paech in an extraordinary act of self-interest, used his power during question time to shut down a censure of Eva Lawler for her failure to act on his shares scandal. The CLP continued for the third day of Parliament to ask …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Once more, the Territory Labor Government finds itself in turmoil as Deputy Chief Minister Chansey Paech’s personal investment in a liquor wholesale company has come to light, just two months prior to the lifting of the Stronger Futures alcohol bans on remote communities in 2022. What we’re seeing here is a glaring confirmation …
Continue readingLeader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Territorians across the Top End have been left frustrated at a mass blackout lasting for almost three hours, revealing the Lawler Labor Government’s glaring failure to ensure the reliability of essential services. Lawler’s acknowledgment of a “loss of gas supply” at the Channel Island Power Station on Facebook has demonstrated a significant breakdown …
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