Today Territorians woke up to the news of yet another Code Yellow called for Royal Darwin and Palmerston hospitals, off the back of 9 code yellows at these facilities in the past financial year. Shadow Minister for Health, Bill Yan, today said that “Labor’s mismanagement of the economy means they cannot provide the essential services Territorians need when they need …

This morning we heard from the NTPA President Nathan Finn that again this Government had kept the NTPA, representing our frontline police, out of the loop when it comes to the bail review, wanding laws and raising the age of criminal responsibility. Mr Finn revealed this morning that the first police on the ground heard of the wanding laws was …

Today Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro called on Natasha Fyles to be open and transparent around the date and time that Samara Laverty’s petition of more than 26,000 people will be debated, and challenged Labor to allow the petition to come before Parliament for open debate. “The Fyles Government uses Parliament as a shield to control debate and hide from scrutiny” …

Over the last week several economic reports released show the Territory as the worst performing economy in the nation, but according to Labor it’s everyone and everything else’s fault. Shadow Treasurer Bill Yan today said “Territorians have had a gutful of Labor’s spin and excuses, crime is out of control, the Territory’s reputation is in tatters and our economy continues …

Today Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro tabled a petition that weighed 2.2kgs, was 458 pages and had 14,908 signatures to Parliament. By the time the petition was read out, the petition had grown to over 20,000 signatures. “Yesterday the petition ‘Justice for Declan Laverty: Action against crime in the NT’ had 14,908 signatures and today it exceeds 20,000. This rapid growth …

Territorians have been gathering in their thousands calling out for change to the bail act. For five months Labor’s excuse has been yet again to conduct a ‘secret review’ in place of action. During this time more Territorians continue to be victims of crime at the hands of offenders out on bail. Opposition Leader Lia Finocchiaro today said, “Today we …

During Budget Estimates the CLP uncovered the severe impact crime is having on our economy and our key service delivery. With the return of the unanswered questions that were taken on notice the costs continue to stack up. Today the CLP Opposition Leader, Lia Finocchiaro said, “The CLP has uncovered that in the past financial year to March 31 2023, …

During Budget Estimates, Labor Ministers did everything they could to get out of answering questions, taking almost 200 questions on notice. With Natasha Fyles unsurprisingly taking more questions on notice than any of her Ministers – taking over 40 questions on notice. Leader of the Opposition, Lia Finocchiaro said, “Today we can reveal more damning information our CLP Team have …

Natasha Fyles has struck another blow to our hard-working police force, by saying on radio while speaking on police taking leave: “… when you get out remote, if you are one of just a couple of officers there, it can be really difficult. And so, you are choosing to let the community down by looking after yourself.” (ABC Radio, 11/7/23) …

For almost 1000 days our hard-working Territory firefighters have been fighting for a pay rise from the Fyles Labor Government. Yet Labor’s minister responsible was too busy to come to the table, instead choosing to attend the show circuit. Minister for Public Employment, Paul Kirby, cancelled the latest meeting between the United Workers Union and his department to resolve the …