Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says despite stepping aside while her Laborcolleagues approved and signed the cheque for the dodgy $12 million grandstand deal,former Treasurer, Nicole Manison’s fingerprints are all over the proposal. “The ICAC report and timeline into the dodgy deal makes around a dozen mentions of NicoleManison dating from May 2018 to March 2019; when she finally …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Chief Minister should be on a plane to theTokyo Olympics following yesterday’s spectacular backflip on the dodgy grandstandsubmission to cabinet. “Over the past week, Michael Gunner has been shoved under the bus by his Labor Ministersin an attempt to distance themselves from spearheading the $12 million deal and yesterdaythe Chief Minister was …

A 28% surge in assaults, 36% jump in domestic violence assaults and 37% spike in alcohol relatedassaults across the Territory are the shocking outcomes revealed in the latest police crime statistics. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro says in the 12-months to June there were an astonishing 8605assaults, 5483 domestic assaults and 4456 alcohol related assaults in the Territory. There were also …

The selection of a political staffer and the Territory’s second highest ranked public servant to newCommissioner roles shows the Chief Minister is shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic as it sinks. Opposition Leader, Lia Finocchiaro, says the $300,000-a-year appointments are politically taintedand show the Chief Minister’s lack of vision when it comes to implementing the TERCrecommendations. Neither position has …

Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro has spoken with a disgruntled former board member whois furious about the Gunner Government’s attack on board members and their demands thatthey resign. “A government cannot bully other people to escape culpability – that is an abuse of powerand position,” Mrs Finocchiaro said. The deep discontent with the Gunner Government’s handling of the dodgy Fannie Baygrandstand …

The uselessness of the Chief Minister to properly represent Territorians is on fulldisplay during the latest five-day Victorian COVID lockdown. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro said in stark contrast to the Chief Minister,Victoria stood up and secured financial support for Victorian workers during thelock-down. “Commonwealth support was previously only activated after a seven-daylockdown, but Victoria has secured its workers compensation after …

The Opposition has submitted over 200 written questions to the Government scrutinising the dodgygrandstand deal and the gifting of $12 million to Darwin Turf Club. “We have asked a series of detailed questions to Chief Minister Michael Gunner, Deputy ChiefMinister and former Treasurer Nicole Manison, Racing Minister Natasha Fyles and Cabinet ministersEva Lawler and Paul Kirby. “We expect the Gunner …

The Territory Government has still provided no substantial comment to ICAC’s findings offraud at Milingimbi school and the warning that similar practices could be occurring at otherremote schools. Shadow Education Minister, Jo Hersey, said the Minister’s silence continues to be deafeningdespite the urgency required to ensure probity in remote schools. “It has been almost a week since ICAC’s scathing review …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says Michael Gunner is lying to Territorians whenhe says he didn’t know that the $12 million Turf Club Grandstand ‘proposal had not beenrigorously tested and validated prior to cabinet’s decision’. “Michael Gunner is taking Territorians for fools,” says Ms Finocchiaro. The ICAC Report, information reported by the NT Independent and then Minister Eva Lawlerthrowing …

Deputy Leader of the Opposition, Gerard Maley, says the emergence of a clear timeline which pointsto panic from the Gunner Government as soon as it was alerted to the damning ICAC report linkingthe Chief Minister and Cabinet with the corrupt Darwin Turf Club grandstand deal demonstrates Laborwas always poised for bad news. “The Chief Minister says he was handed the …