Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says Labor’s ongoing acceptance of the Member for Blain’s conduct sends a disturbing message that the disgraced MLA’s behaviour is tolerated and even condoned by the party. “Labor’s failure to dump the Member for Blain for his scandalous and unparliamentary behaviour is not only weak, but again proves Michael Gunner has lost all control. …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says there are serious concerns over whether the Gunner Labor Government can handle the additional management of international arrivals for mandatory quarantine at Howard Springs. “This afternoon the Chief Minister made the snap announcement, without the support of his Health Minister or the Territory’s Chief Health Officer, that the NT Government will take over …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says it is unacceptable Territorians weren’t alerted to a critical capacity issue at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH) last week. A ‘code yellow’ is an Australian Standard defined as a “serious internal emergency”, which may “adversely impact service delivery and/or the safety of staff, patients and visitors”. “We’ve got a situation where RDH had a …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the criticism levelled at the Essential Service’s Minister over her response to the catastrophic Alice Springs ‘System Black’ outage, which left 12,000 customers without power for up to 10 hours, is damning. “The Utilities Commission doesn’t mince words in this progress report, describing the current situation as ‘suboptimal’. “All 33 recommendations stemming from …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Gunner Labor Government is so allergic to scrutiny that it won’t even tell Territorians who its Assistant Ministers are. “After the election, Michael Gunner announced that the Territory needed 45 separate Ministries, to be divided amongst his Cabinet Ministers. It now that was not enough, with the introduction of a new Minister: …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the Chief Minister’s soft stance on crime has been further highlighted by his willingness to consider pill testing at Bass in the Grass. “This is a reckless and misguided position for the Chief Minister to take and proof that Labor has its priorities all wrong. “The Gunner Government should be focusing on addressing …

Shadow Minister for Recreational Fishing, Gerard Maley, says the Gunner Labor Government has completely failed recreational fishers after the Northern Land Council (NLC) announced mandatory permits for access to thousands of kilometres of NT coastline. “Just weeks before the August 2020 election, the Gunner Government signed a $10 million agreement with the Northern Land Council to guarantee access to Aboriginal-owned …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the latest credit outlook from ratings agency Moody’s shows the Gunner Labor Government is completely reliant on the Federal Government to prop up the Territory’s ailing economy and has absolutely no hope of reigning in the $16 billion of net debt projected for 2029-30 in budget papers. “Moody’s specifically states that Labor’s budget …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says it’s outrageous the Police Minister can only offer the return of the Darwin Watch House ‘part-time’ because of the Gunner Labor Government’s failure to provide adequate staff and resources to the Territory’s police force. “The Darwin Watch House was shut last July, which means Darwin-based officers currently have to spend around an hour …

Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro, says the latest credit outlook from ratings agency Moody’s shows the Gunner Labor Government is completely reliant on the Federal Government to prop up the Territory’s ailing economy and has absolutely no hope of reigning in the $16 billion of net debt projected for 2029-30 in budget papers. “Moody’s specifically states that Labor’s budget …