Media Releases

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Gunner Government is trashing theTerritory as an attractive place to do business after propping up the world’s worst miningtax, which puts $5.5 billion in mining sector projects in jeopardy. “Amendments to the Mineral Royalty Amendment Bill couldn’t have come at a worse timefor our mining industry. The Gunner Government is doing everything …

Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, says NT Health has now been forced to return to the oldgovernance of silos, while regions have been stripped of local decision-making, after Laborpushed through a rewrite of the Health Services Act. “This afternoon, the Labor Government passed legislation to centralise all of our healthservices, a reversal of the previous reforms undertaken by the …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the NT police force deserves better than theinadequate Police Minister currently overseeing an atrocious attrition rate, the constantneed for mountains of overtime just to fill roster gaps, a shameless lack of funding forremote policing and broken promises regarding school-based policing and Police AuxiliaryLiquor Inspectors. ATTRITION RATE“In the past month, we’ve seen 22 police …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the fallout from the Labor ‘Cocaine Sex’Scandal is still being widely felt, following an extraordinary move by the GunnerGovernment to scrap yet another level of scrutiny. “When Labor booted the disgraced Member for Blain from caucus for ‘dishonesty’, he wasstripped of his position on a number of parliamentary committees – and halved the …

Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics, Gerard Maley, says when theChief Minister handed down the worst budget the Territory has even seen, he exposed theInfrastructure Minister’s economic incompetence. “What we saw in yesterday’s budget, is $900 million in revote from last year’s infrastructurebudget, rolled over to 2021-22. That means the $900 million that should have been spentgrowing our economy, …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the CLP understands the way to pull thecrippled Northern Territory economy out of the vast budget black hole is growing ourpopulation and growing our own source revenue – and has a detailed plan to do it. This is in stark contrast to the fiscally inept Gunner Labor Government which has no plan togrow …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says Territorians are staring down the barrel of decades of economic annihilation as the Gunner Labor Government nose dives further into the red. “Today’s budget is a spectacular flop. For the second year in a row, the Chief Minister has delivered the worst budget the Territory has ever been forced to endure. “Net debt …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says this week is a major test for the Chief Minister to explain how he plans to pull the Territory out of the current economic doldrums, combat the crime wave plaguing Territorians, force AUSMAT out of Howard Springs despite no experience and a fraction of the staff needed, as well as detail how he …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says Territorians need to brace themselves for boundless economic pain when the Chief Minister hands down his second budget as Treasurer next week. “The Gunner Government wants us to believe it’s not all doom and gloom because of an unexpected GST windfall and additional federal funding to manage Howard Springs. Make no mistake, this …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the decision by Dan Murphy’s not to proceed with its Darwin development shows the Gunner government is killing off investment in the Territory and shines a spotlight on Labor’s alcohol policy failures. “This saga has been dragging on for five long years and from the start the Gunner Labor Government has made Dan …