Media Releases

Following decades of tireless advocacy from the community, the tabling of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill is a significant win for the Northern Territory and a testament to what people-powered politics can achieve.

Yesterday was a tragic missed opportunity. We all agree that keeping children safe must be our highest priority, and the evidence showed us how to do that. 

Yesterday, the Legislative Scrutiny Committee tabled its report into the Government'schild protection reforms. The Committee’s job was clear: examine the Bill, listen to the evidence anddetermine whether it would make children safer.

The Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment Bill is a harmful and opportunistic reaction from the CLP government who are politicising a tragedy to push their own agenda and bypass proper processes.

“The CLP Government says this year’s Budget is for ‘everyday Territorians’ . But budgets are about choices, and today’s budget reveals exactly who those choices were made for. While the NT is facing multiple...

The NT is more vulnerable to climate “ change than the rest of Australia. If we want to live here long term, we cannot afford to keep subsidising gas.

A Code of Conduct for a Safer, More Productive NT Parliament. Territorians expect their elected representatives to uphold the highest standards of behaviour and do the job they were elected to do. It’s time...

On Friday the Member for Mulka and I met with the Office of the Governor-General to formally raise the very serious and widespread concerns that many Territorians have about the appointment of David Connolly...

Over the last three days, the Crossbench and the Opposition have used every mechanism available to us within Parliament to seek answers on behalf of Territorians about the recent appointment of David Conolly as NT Administrator. 

This is not about politics. It is about standards, accountability, and respect for the people of the Northern Territory.