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Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Today marks 200 days until the Territory election. Territorians have before them an important choice, a choice that will decide the future of the Territory. Under Labor’s weak economy, the worst performing economy in the nation, Territory families are paying more as the cost of living continues to rise. Territorians no longer feel …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro What is it going to take for Labor to understand that our police force is in crisis, crime is destroying people’s lives and their policies are only making things worse. The Northern Territory Police Association (NTPA) Resource Review Survey Results paint a grim picture of the state of policing in the Territory. With …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro In politics, disunity is death, and the disastrous deal delivered by Territory Labor shows that they are irreparably tearing themselves apart, focussed solely on themselves and not on the Territory. Three Chief Ministers, two of them unelected, and the second reshuffle in as many months, Territorians now have to suffer through Labor’s next …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Natasha Fyles resignation comes after a turbulent year of Labor failures where Territorians have suffered under failed leadership and failed policies. Her time as Chief Minister will be remembered as one dogged by integrity scandals, where on multiple occasions she showed through her actions that she was willing to mislead Territorians instead of …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro In a not so unexpected turn of events, questions surrounding the transparency of Chief Minister Natasha Fyles have escalated, following fresh allegations that she may have undisclosed shareholdings, this time with South32, the company that runs the Gemco manganese mine on Groote Eylandt. Last month, the Chief Minister said that she had “declared …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Today’s report on the alleged violent crime at Casuarina proves that the consequences the Fyles Labor Government continues to tell Territorians exist, are simply not in place. Territorians are rightly outraged at the news that a 15 year old allegedly wielding a machete, possessing drugs, was ushered home to a ‘responsible adult’. This …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Today in Question Time Natasha Fyles handballed five questions to her captain’s pick Police Minister in an astonishing display of avoiding and dodging accountability. Off the back of her announcement yesterday which blindsided two major representative groups – Hospitality NT and the NT Police Association, she couldn’t even answer questions directed at her, …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro In 2019 the Territory Labor Government quietly watered down public drinking laws that made it no longer an offence to consume alcohol in a public place. Fast forward almost four years later and Alcohol-related assaults have increased in the Northern Territory by over 50%. Territory Labor removed the laws that were designed to …

Leader of the Opposition – Lia Finocchiaro Crime is out of control. Since 2016 under the Territory Labor Government: On 30 August 2023, the Chief Minister said during Parliament, “On this side of the House we will take the steps necessary to keep our community safe.” Yet they continue to vote down measures to combat crime. In total there has …