Shadow Minister for Education Jo Hersey and teachers in Katherine have claimed a win today with confirmation of additional financial support to secure housing. Mrs Hersey said the teachers of Katherine had been let down by an arrogant and incompetent government for too long. “We have been calling on more support from this Fyles Labor government for years, and they’ve …

While last night’s budget delivered much-needed funding for Middle Arm, the Alice Springs art gallery, and the sealing of the Tanami Highway and other roads like the Central Arnhem Highway, the test will be on the Fyles Labor Government to pull it all off. Deputy Opposition Leader Gerard Maley said more information was also needed on the ‘equity’ funding arrangements …

The cracks are well and truly showing around Labor’s hands-off approach at controlling anti-social behaviour, which is now spilling into local sport. Shadow Minister for Sport Jo Hersey said the Darwin Basketball Association’s plea to the government on ABC radio Darwin this morning was heartbreaking. “People don’t willingly go to the media on these issues, but it is obviously at …

The Territory has the worst performing economy in the country for the 16th straight quarter, according to the latest CommSec State of the States Report. This confirms the latest Deloitte Access Economics report, which predicted the Territory to have the “weakest economic growth” of any jurisdiction in 2021-22. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said the results were four years of proof …

Police Minister Kate Worden has again dodged calling the Territory’s crime crisis exactly what it is – a crisis. On Mix FM yesterday morning with Katie Woolf, the minister was asked directly if she was dealing with the crime crisis with the same urgency as the COVID crisis. Katie Woolf: Why isn’t the government treating this crime crisis in the …

The Fyles Labor Government’s new seven-point crime plan is no more than a revamp of the failed seven-point crime plan they rolled out in 2019, according to Shadow Minister for Territory Families Joshua Burgoyne. Mr Burgoyne said Labor’s announcement is even more devoid of substance than the previous one, consisting almost entirely of bureaucratic fluff and motherhood statements, such as: …

Yesterday’s rally for businesses fed-up with crime is the beginning of the end for an arrogant government, according to Shadow Minister for Business, Jobs, and Training Marie-Clare Boothby. About 20 businesses turned up to an initial rally in Yarrawonga yesterday in the wake of another ram raid. Ms Boothby said business owners took a risk by speaking out, knowing that it …

Enough is enough – that’s the message from fed up Yarrawonga business owners, some who have had their businesses ram raided multiple times. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said she stood in solidarity with those business owners, who are rallying for a second time against the crime plague sweeping the Territory. “These business owners are the human face of the crime …

In the middle of the worst crime crisis the Northern Territory has ever seen, the Labor Government have decided to raise the age of criminal responsibility. Shadow Minister for Youth Justice Josh Burgoyne said the change wouldn’t stop a single crime from happening, rather stop consequences that lead to offenders being held accountable for their actions. “The current system leaves …

For a fourth time, the CLP Opposition will tomorrow fight for an inquiry into the police crisis. Shadow Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro said every time Labor voted against this inquiry, they were turning their back on police. “The Fyles Labor government has knocked back our calls for an inquiry three times before, all the while we’ve tragically lost three officers …