10 May 2023 | Speeches

BUDGET IN REPLY – By Lia Finocchiaro

Mr Speaker, this is not the Territory I know and love. This is not the Territory I grew up in. And it does not have to be the Territory of the future. Yesterday’s budget was an opportunity for Territory Labor to deliver on the cries for change, the cries for help from a community desperate to be safe, but again …

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5 May 2021 | Speeches

Budget Reply 2021/22

This extract is taken from the Draft Daily Hansard of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, and will be subject to further edits by the Hansard Unit before incorporation into the Parliamentary Record. Mrs FINOCCHIARO (Opposition Leader): Madam Speaker, yesterday a puffed‑up Chief Minister delivered a puffed‑up budget that condemns Territorians to record levels of debt, rehashes announcements and …

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23 October 2012 | Speeches

Maiden Speech

This extract is taken from the Draft Daily Hansard of the Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory, and will be subject to further edits by the Hansard Unit before incorporation into the Parliamentary Record. Ms FINOCCHIARO (Drysdale): Madam Speaker, I thank you and the parliament for this opportunity to introduce myself, for the first time, in the Chamber as the …

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