What will it take for the Chief Minister to understand the impact that crime is having on our economy, the Territory’s budget and the ability for her Labor Government to deliver on essential services. Shadow Minister for Health today said that “In a bid to again ignore the crime crisis in Alice Springs, the large amount of healthcare professionals positions …

Today in Estimates the Chief Minister not only used every trick in the book to avoid scrutiny, the Opposition has uncovered that many of the Territory’s important scrutiny bodies had again had their funding cut. Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro said “For a Chief Minister that promised transparency, today Natasha Fyles proved again that this is nothing but a …

Today every Territorian has learned why crime is out of control in the Territory, their Chief Minister Natasha Fyles does not think it is her responsibility. Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro said “Today my questions were the questions that Territorians wanted answers to, and Natasha Fyles showed she is out of touch.” “Any Territorian watching today should be outraged …

Today Shadow Minister for Territory Families Joshua Burgoyne said it was astonishing despite the escalating crime crisis in Alice Springs that none of the emergency funding announced by the Prime Minister had been received. “In late January this year the Prime Minister stood with the Chief Minister to announce an emergency funding package of $250million, today we have learned that …

Today the Police Minister Kate Worden already embroiled in scandal and failure, further showed that she does not have what it takes to back and properly resource our Police. Leader of the Opposition Lia Finocchiaro said, “Despite denying she knew the figure of Jamie Chalker’s pay-out said the Police budget was very large and could cop the hit.” “This from …

In the next chapter of the master cover up of the bungled sacking of Jamie Chalker, the Minister has gagged the Opposition from asking important questions on this issue, by refusing to take more questions. Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro said “Yesterday we learned that Jamie Chalker’s payout came straight from the police budget, and today extraordinarily the Police …

The damage at the taxpayer owned facility at Howard Springs according to the Labor Treasurer is still just ‘wear and tear’ and claimed ‘Territorians don’t want to know the details.’ Deputy Leader of the Opposition Gerard Maley said “Eva Lawler despite knowing that these would be important questions on the minds of Territorians, came ill-prepared to outline the details. She …

Every Territorian would expect that the safety of our students, teachers and staff and the impact crime is having on schools should not be kept secret. Today these questions led to the Education Minister behaving so appallingly the feed had to be cut and estimates sent to a break. Shadow Education Minister said, “It says everything you need to know …

Labor’s Treasurer has exposed the Fyles Government for exactly what it is – rubbery with the truth. The Fyles Government cannot bring itself to acknowledge that Deloitte, ABS and CommSec all show worrying trends for the Territory’s economy and that all of the pillars required to achieve a $40b economy by 2030 are not achievable. “When you look at the …

The Treasurer has this morning admitted that the payout paid to Jamie Chalker was paid for out of the Police Budget, and no additional funds were provided to the Police Budget to support this figure. The Treasurer despite being responsible for all expenditure of taxpayer dollars, continued to say that she had no idea how much the payout was, so …